Issue 6-01-13 January 20, 2013
Upcoming Events
Seasons 52 Park Avenue 5.2K , Winter Park, FL, Jan. 26
Coyote Hills Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, Fremont Hills, CA, Jan. 26
Village to Village 10K, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 26
Kids Marathon Mile at LEGOLAND, Carlsbad, CA, Jan. 26
ATC Peachtree City 5K & 10K, Peachtree City, GA, Jan. 26
Publix Tropical 5K, Miami, FL, Jan. 26
ING Miami Marathon & Half Marathon, Miami, FL, Jan. 27
Rose Bowl Half-Marathon, Pasadena, CA, Jan. 27
Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half Marathon, Carlsbad, CA, Jan. 27
XTERRA Bayamon Trail Run, Bayamon, PR, Jan. 27
Miracle Match Marathon, Waco, TX, Jan. 27
Pensacola Double Bridge Run Presented by Publix, Pensacola, FL, Feb. 2
Florida Hospital Lady Track Shack 5K, Winter Park, FL, Feb. 2
Medtronic TC Kids Marathon Fieldhouse Fun Run, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 2
State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon Weekend , Melbourne, FL, Feb. 2-3
XTERRA McDowell Mountain Trail Run, Fountain Hills, AZ, Feb. 3
Surf City USA® Marathon, Half Marathon & 1 mile kids race, Huntington Beach, CA, Feb. 3
Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10K/5K, Redondo Beach, CA, Feb. 3
XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run, San Diego, CA, Feb. 3
Super Bowl 5K, Denver, CO, Feb. 3
The Texas Half, Dallas, TX, Feb. 3
Running USA 2013: The Industry Conference: A Bold Past, A Bright Future, Savannah, GA, February 24-26
For more upcoming events for 2013, visit the Running USA Website event calendar.
Neely, Foster Win 10th P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
McPherson, Rothstein-Bruce take half-marathon titles; abundant sunshine and ideal running conditions greet runners from all 50 states; Andy Grammer headlines post race concert
TEMPE, Ariz. - January 20, 2013 - It was a birthday celebration unlike any other as the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon & ½ Marathon celebrated 10 years running in the Valley of the Sun. In the men's marathon, 23-year-old Ryan Neely from Berkeley, California took the lead for the first time at mile 23 to win his second marathon in unorthodox fashion, crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 31 minutes and 7 seconds.
From the gun, Roosevelt Cook of Oak Hills, Calif. set the early pace, running an opening mile of 5:16 and hitting the 5K mark in 16:53, more than 20 seconds ahead of the second place runner. Unbeknownst to Cook, behind him was Moroccan Mohamed Fadil, who owns formidable personal bests for the 10K (28:22) and half-marathon (61:07), and was competing in his first marathon. Fadil caught Cook at 8 miles with the two runners trading the lead and hitting the halfway mark in 1:11:44.
Find the full race recap at RunningUSA.org
Brooks Renews Support for Hansons-Brooks ODP, New Seattle Team Announced
BOTHELL, Wash. - Brooks Running Company is going the distance in 2013. The leading running brand announced it will deepen its commitment to the sport through continued support of the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Program (ODP) and the creation of a Seattle-based middle distance team. Brooks, currently in Bothell, Wash., will relocate its headquarters to Seattle in 2014.
Brooks' increased dedication to the Hansons-Brooks ODP will allow the program to continue to develop up-and-coming talent and recruit rising stars. It will also expand its support of internationally successful athletes like Desi Davila, who qualified for the 2012 Olympics after training with the Hansons-Brooks team since 2005. The renewed commitment comes just shy of the program's 10th anniversary.
"Brooks' support is helping to usher in a new era for Hansons-Brooks," said
Kevin Hanson, Hansons-Brooks' coach and co-founder. "When we started this program in 1999, we thought we had an idea of what success looked like. Each year we continue to stretch that goal further and further. We've had two Olympians on the past two marathon teams, but feel that is just the beginning."
Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org
2014 and 2015 USA Half-Marathon Championships Awarded to Houston
HOUSTON -
USA Track & Field and the Houston Marathon Committee announced that the 2014 and 2015 men's and women's
USA Half Marathon Championships have been awarded to Houston, Texas.
Houston has a strong history of hosting national championship events, including the men's and women's 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials - Marathon, the women's 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials and 12 U.S. Half Marathon Championships since 2005.
"This is the ideal way to celebrate our 10th year with Aramco Services Company," said Wade Morehead, Executive Director of the Houston Marathon Committee. "We would like to thank USATF as we are honored to take on this responsibility again and we look forward to bringing the U.S. Half Marathon Championships back to Houston in 2014."
The men's and women's national half-marathon championship races will be run in conjunction with the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in Houston. The events will be held in January in 2014 & 2015.
Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org
Record Number of Achilles International Athletes Set for ING Miami Marathon
MIAMI - A record group of 75 athletes with disabilities under the banner of Achilles International will participate in the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 27 in downtown Miami.
Achilles is a rehab sports program for people with disabilities, with focus on marathon achievement.
"They are all inspirations and each has an incredible story," says Achilles South Florida coordinator and Palm Beach resident Chris Holcomb, himself a quadriplegic.
Achilles athletes have long had a presence in the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, and the record group includes 15-20 international athletes from Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, France, Italy and Canada. The Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans will also have a team entered in the event.
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Korir and Cherop to Defend Boston Marathon Titles
BOSTON - Reigning champions Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop, both of Kenya, return to defend their titles at the 177th Boston Marathon, but will be fiercely challenged by a talented international field of Olympians, World Marathon Majors champions of Chicago, New York City and Boston, and multiple global marathon winners, race sponsor John Hancock Financial announced.
Challenging Korir for the coveted laurel wreath this year is a fast group of men including 2011 Boston runner-up and 2011 Chicago champion Moses Mosop of Kenya, two-time Olympian and 2010 New York City winner Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia, Americans Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi, and many more.
Headlining the women's field are Cherop, Dubai's two-time winner and 2:19:31 course-record-holder Aselefech Medessa Mergia of Ethiopia and 2012 World Half-Marathon champion and Amsterdam's 2:21:09 course-record-holder Meseret Hailu Debele of Ethiopia.
Find the full list of elite international talent slated for the 2013 Boston Marathon at RunningUSA.org
Canady, Yates Capture USATF 100K Trail National Championships
BANDERA, Texas - Sage Canaday and Michele Yates demonstrated the versatility of their running talent with wins here in the USATF 100K Trail National Championships, held in conjunction with the Bandera Trail Races 100K event on Sunday, Jan. 13.
Canaday (Rick Kent photo, right), 27, of Boulder, Colo., won his first ultra trail championship, following up on his 2012 national title at the USATF Mountain Running Championships. The 100K course in the rugged Hill Country State Natural Area, southwest of Bandera, suited his mountain running expertise well.
From the start, Canaday took the lead and widened as the day wore on. While most of the field was hampered by the damp day, with mud-slick trails, Canady raced to a new course record, breaking the previous best of 8 hours, 16 minutes, 48 seconds set in by Dave Mackey in 2011.
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