The BMO Vancouver Marathon has partnered with FREE runners Social Networking website www.joggingbuddy.com

The BMO Vancouver Marathon is a popular event attracting runners from all over the world. The partnership with joggingBuddy will bring their event to a wide audience of active runners and joggers.

Tony Piedade, Founder and CEO said "Its great to be working with the BMO Vancouver Marathon organisers. They are our first Canadian partner and I look forward to working with them. Joggingbuddy is fast becoming the place for joggers and runners to meet and more and more event partners are realising the potential of our website by offering our members some great value to get involved in their events. - it's a partnership that works well for everyone."

JoggingBuddy.com was only founded 16 months ago; already it has almost 8000 runners all looking for someone to train with. The website is beginning to take traction on the world stage, it already boasts members in 55 countries and growing every day.

BMO Vancouver Marathon Race Director Tom Keogh said, " The BMO Vancouver Marathon is excited to be the first Canadian partner of JoggingBuddy.com. Running is a sport that unites runners regardless of geography and we only see it as a benefit to both our participants and future participants alike"

The website is full of smart functions designed for runners, once signed up members can plan running routes, find buddies, search for events, log their runs in the running log section and contribute to the forum.