Who We Are

NorthFace

The American Odyssey Relay is proud to be a grassroots race of The North Face, the premier supplier of high performance and technically innovative products for outdoor recreation.

Puma Running

Puma Running provides high quality running apparel and shoes with fantastic designs! Please support Puma Running as they are supporting the American Odyssey Relay.

Sport and Health Clubs

The American Odyssey is pleased to welcome Sport and Health Clubs, the premier health club in the greater Washington area as a sponsor. Learn more at www.sportandhealth.com.

The Wharf

The American Odyssey Relay is delighted to welcome The Wharf Hoffman-Madison as a sponsor. The Wharf is a $2 billion, world-class, mixed-use waterfront development located on the historic Washington Channel. The Wharf is situated along the District of Columbia's Southwest Waterfront and adjacent to the National Mall. The development area stretches across 27 acres of land and 24 acres of water from the Municipal Fish Market to Fort McNair. When complete, it will feature approximately 3 million square feet of new retail, office, residential, hotel, cultural and public uses including parks, cultural centers, promenades, waterfront piers and docks. The Wharf is a mixed-use waterfront development by Hoffman-Madison Waterfront as part of The District of Columbia's Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. The Waterfront team is led by PN Hoffman and Madison Marquette and is comprised of ER Bacon Development, City Partners, Paramount Development, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse and Triden Development. Ground-breaking is scheduled for 2012 and the first phase of The Wharf is scheduled to open in 2015. More information is available at www.swdcwaterfront.com.

Glassman Wealth Services

Glassman Wealth Services, a leader in the financial planning industry, provides families with personalized, comprehensive, innovative and objective investment and wealth management services.

Barry Glassman, CFP®, President of Glassman Wealth Services, has been honored with just about every Top Advisor award from the financial planning industry and his peers including Barron's, Washingtonian, Reuters, Investment News, Institutional Investor and Registered Rep to name a few.

If you would like more information, please call Lisa Poff at 703-534-4444. You are also invited to read their GWOG (Glassman Wealth Services blog) or visit their website www.glassmanwealth.com.

Safeway

With over 1700 stores nationwide, Safeway is the premiere grocery store in the United States. The American Odyssey Relay is delighted to welcome Safeway as a sponsor for 2011!

Honest Tea

The American Odyssey Relay is delighted to have Honest Tea as a sponsor. Honest Tea is the nation's top-selling organic bottled tea company with a mission to make great-tasting, truly healthy organic beverages sweetened with less sugar and fewer calories than most bottled beverages. Honest Tea's product lines include: Honest Tea, ready-to-drink bottled teas, Honest Ade organic thirst quenchers and Honest Kids drink pouches. All varieties are USDA-certified organic and all teas will be Fair Trade Certified™ in early 2011. To learn more visit www.honesttea.com.

SAIC

The American Odyssey Relay is delighted to welcome SAIC as the presenting sponsor of the Commander's Cup given to the fastest military team.

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately 43,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®

CFAR - 30K Gut Check

CFAR (Community, Fitness, Fun, Friends and Running) is committed to promoting the joys & benefits, as well as the trials & tribulations of running throughout the greater Waynesboro, PA area. In addition to weekly long-runs every Sat morning and speed work every Thurs evening, we also offer "Running 101" each spring, an 8 session "all-things-running" course, and our signature running event, the "30K Gut Check" on the third Sat of Sept (Sep 17, 2011). We hope you love our community and enjoy newly re-engineered legs 9 and 10 - how about that hill on leg 9 and the trails through Pine Hill Park on leg 10?

Road Rations

Ever feel like you're too busy getting game on, to get the groceries too? Well you don't have to run to the supermarket any more. Road Rations (www.raceprovisions.com) provides a ridiculously convenient new service for the long distance relay racer: pre-packaged wholesome, delicious, balanced meal packs - delivered direct to your door or hotel before the big race.

The freshest Farmers Market produce ... white meat grilled chicken ... roasted garlic hummus spread ... hand-made granola ... It's just like having your Mom in your van. It all comes self-contained and hygienically wrapped in containers that make it easy to store, carry and consume, even in a crowded van! Bypass the PBJ - making and order your Road Rations ready to go!

Check out www.raceprovisions.com to conveniently order your choice of menus.

If The Shoe Fits

If the Shoe Fits is Frederick Maryland's premier athletic shoe source. Located conveniently on the "Golden Mile" Rt 40 West in Frederick, Maryland. If the Shoe Fits offers the latest styles, brands and comfort in athletic shoes and casual shoes for men and women. It also offers an extensive line of athletic apparel and accessories and everything you need to run, walk, work out or just have fun...comfortably. The staff at If the Shoe Fits is committed to providing the information and technology that accompanies finding the shoe that truly fits. Their services include free analysis using their in-store camera and treadmill; a network of fitness, healthcare, and foot specialists; and experience with accommodationg specific foot challenges. Their team is trained to fit you with shoes that will provide your feet with excellent support and cushion in the right places...every step you take.

The Runner's Sole

We are pleased to welcome the Runner's Sole in Chambersburg, PA as a sponsor of the American Odyssey Relay. The Runner's Sole is a running specialty store that offers a great selection of name-brand running apparel, offers gait analysis, contests such as the biggest loser and many other running and fitness related services and products.

Quartermaine Coffee Roasters

The American Odyssey Relay is delighted to partner with Quartermaine Coffee Roasters, voted the Best of Bethesda 2008! Quartermaine has a wonderful retail shop on Bethesda Avenue in Bethesda, MD and can be found on the web at www.quartermaine.com. We specifically thank Quartermaine for its support of The Wellness Community/DC.

Charm City Run

Charm City Run is a running specialty company with retail stores in the Baltimore, MD Metro Region: Annapolis, Bel Air, and Timonium, Maryland. Its staff professionally fits runners into the "RIGHT" shoe by conducting video gait-analysis and evaluations of your feet. For more information please visit their website www.charmcityrun.com.

Redman Communications

These are the hard-working folks whose efforts generated all that great publicity so many of our first-year teams mentioned as being "the best they had ever seen" for an event of this sort. They also provide "large" agency quality work with "small" agency personal service in concepting, creating and producing advertising campaigns (print & broadcast), materials development and event management. You absolutely will not be disappointed if you get in touch with them (301-468-6701 or rc@redmancommunications.com) and see how they can help you promote your product, service or event.

Cary Bland Therapeutic Massage

The American Odyssey Relay is pleased to welcome Cary Bland LMT,NMT,SMT of Cary Bland Therapeutic Massage, as a sponsor and as the official massage therapist of this years relay. Cary has over 20 years of experience in the field of Sports Massage and is your "go to guy" in the DC area for skillful, knowledgeable massage therapy. Cary has been "in your shoes". When he says: "I feel your pain"... he has truly been there! As a competitive cyclist and runner for the past 35 years, Cary brings a great deal of knowledge and personal athletic experience to his work as a massage therapist. This helps him better understand and serve his active clients. Cary combines Sports Massage and Active Isolated Stretching with Neuomuscular Massage Therapy for a very effective "one-two punch" to help his clients overcome their soft tissue injuries and painful conditions. Take good care of yourself... call Cary. You'll be glad you did!

Bethesda Bagels

The American Odyssey Relay is pleased be partnering with Bethesda Bagels, quite simply the best bagels in town! Visit us at www.bethesdabagels.com