Running USA wire 7-01-13

Issue 7-01-13 January 22, 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
Heroes in Recovery 6K, Palm Springs, CA, 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.




Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half Marathon Elite Field Announced


CARLSBAD, Calif. - Three returning race champions and an international contingent of elite athletes including a South Sudanese 2012 Olympian will lead a sold-out field of 10,000 participants in the 22nd Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 27, announced In Motion, Inc., the event organizer.


Ethiopia's Demesse Tefera, the Carlsbad Marathon's 2011 champion, will toe the start line with countryman Dejene Nigussie and Jonathan Ndambuki of Kenya. Nigussie won the 2012 Quad Cities Marathon (2:33:22) while Ndambuki racked up a victory at last month's Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon (2:32:24). Seeded Americans include masters standout Thomas Lentz, 45, of Cincinnati, Ohio and Craig McMahon, 23, of Brighton, Mass., who will be making his marathon debut.



On the women's side, Mary Akor of Hawthorne, Calif., the 2011 marathon champion and podium finisher in the 2012 Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Half Marathon, will return to the familiar, seaside course. A prolific racer, Akor won the Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon on Jan. 21, in a time of 2:49:14, just one of her many marathon and half-marathon victories in recent years.



Akor will be joined by fellow 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, Devon Yanko (formally Devon Crosby-Helms) of San Anselmo, Calif., who achieved her marathon PR at the 2012 Olympic Trials (2:38:55).



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Olympian Deena Kastor to Run 2013 LA Marathon


LOS ANGELES - One of the biggest names in running will be at the start line of the 2013 LA Marathon. Three-time Olympian Deena Kastor, who holds the American record in the marathon, will compete in her first LA Marathon on Sunday, March 17.


Kastor (right, image courtesy ASICS America) is a 25-time USA champion in track, road and cross country races. She is most noted for winning the 2005 Chicago Marathon and the 2006 Flora London Marathon, where she became the fastest female marathoner ever with a time of 2:19:36. Kastor also won the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympic women's marathon, becoming only the second American to win a medal in the event in Olympic history.





"I was on the LA Marathon course last year as part of the broadcast team, and I was so impressed with the course and the energy of the event that I knew I needed to compete in 2013," said Kastor, an ASICS athlete. "I am really looking forward to running the Stadium to the Sea route alongside thousands of other runners, including some of the world's greatest marathoners."




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Ragnar Relay Series and Salomon Launch World's First Trail Relay Events



KAYSVILLE, Utah -
Ragnar Relay Series just got wilder. In partnership with
Salomon, a leader in technical design and innovation of athletic outdoor products, Ragnar Events, LLC has announced an expansion of the Ragnar brand and its world-renowned 200-mile overnight relay events.
Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon is the world's
first overnight trail relay series.


Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon will provide all runners the opportunity to discover a new concept in overnight relay running. The events combine dynamic terrain at some of the most majestic destinations in the US with the bonding team environment that only comes with Ragnar events.



"After 10 years of putting on the most incredible road relay races in the world, we're stoked to announce the Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon," said Tanner Bell, Founder of Ragnar Events, LLC. "For years we have dreamed of taking Ragnar to the trails and now it's a reality."



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Twin Cities In Motion and Partners Raise $759,462 in Charitable Contributions in 2012


ST. PAUL, Minn.- Twin Cities In Motion (TCM), together with its Community Partners and Charity Program teams, raised a grand total of $759,462 for charity in 2012, exceeding its 2011 fundraising total by nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The funds were raised via race entry fundraisers, individual donations and contributions to the Friends of TCM program which supports youth fitness.


"The charitable contributions we and our participants and partners make for the community are something we're especially proud of at Twin Cities In Motion," TCM Executive Director Virginia Brophy Achman said. "Increasing the amount of money our events contribute to the community by more than 30% last year only inspires our organization and our partners to strive for more."



The majority of money raised came through the efforts of teams participating in TCM's Charity Program. Twenty charity teams used the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon for their fundraising efforts, using race entries and pledges to gather more than $586,000 for their respective causes.


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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.





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