Pasta Dinner
The Asics Pasta Dinner is held in conjunction with the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sports & Fitness Expo at the Polk County Convention Complex on Saturday, October 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Each year more than 500 athletes and fans celebrate the sport of the marathon by carbo-loading on a never ending buffet of pasta in downtown Des Moines. This is a great opportunity for you and your support team to enjoy the evening and excitement of the race with fellow athletes.
IMT Des Moines Marathon dignitaries, elite athletes and special guests will be on hand to welcome you to Des Moines, entertain you and make sure you get plenty to eat before race day. The Asics Pasta Dinner typically sells out.
Jeff Galloway will keynote the Asics Pasta Dinner.
Rebecca Meyer fron NBC's Biggest Loser will also speak.
Marshal Ulrich from Running America will preview his film.
Running America 
On September 13, 2008 Running the Sahara's Charlie Engle teamed up with Ultra-Marathoner Marshall Ulrich for his next expedition to press the human physical and mental strengths to their limits. This time the challenge was 3,063 miles in 45 days, starting in San Francisco and running to Times Square in New York. To accomplish this record breaking milestone, the runners would have to average close to SEVENTY miles each day.
Within the first steps of the journey, the story set out to be captured had changed. The country beneath Charlie and Marshall began to change. This expedition delivered breathtaking running footage across the distinctive portraits of the U.S. landscape. It delivered Charlie and Marshall, two super-human icons, experiencing humanizing emotions that can be related to by the experienced and novice running enthusiast. Running America captures one of the most defining and difficult years in American history as the platform and backdrop for an amazing and unpredictable expedition.
Purchase Tickets
Running America will be shown in Des Moines at the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Sports & Fitness Expo in conjunction with the Asics Pasta Dinner. The film will begin at 4 p.m. followed by the Asics Pasta Dinner a 6 p.m.
You can purchase a ticket to Runing America with an introduction to the film and meet and greet with Marshall Ulrich for $10 or you can purchase a ticket to Running America and a ticket to the Asics Pasta Dinner for $23.
Tickets for the Asics Pasta Dinner are $15 for adults and $8 for children. You are encouraged to buy your tickets in advance, as the dinner typically sells out. Purchase Tickets Now!
Polk County Convention Complex | 501 Grand Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50309
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