Running USA wire 18-02-13

Issue 18-02-13 February 27, 2013


Upcoming Events
Finish Chelsea's Run 5K, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2
Hellyer Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, San Jose, CA, Mar. 2
USA 50K Trail Championships, Rock Springs, TX, Mar. 2
Little Rock Marathon Weekend, Little Rock, AR, Mar. 2-3
Rocks and Roots 5K Trail Run, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 2
Red Devil Dash 5K, Decatur, GA, Mar. 2
That Dam Run Half-Marathon & 5K, Denver, CO, Mar. 3
USA 50K Road Championships, Caumsett State Park, NY, Mar. 3
Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon, Napa, CA, Mar. 3
For more upcoming events for 2013, visit the Running USA Website event calendar.




Running USA 2013: The 10th Industry Conference Recap


SAVANNAH, Ga. - (February 27, 2013) - Running USA 2013: The 10th Industry Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Savannah from February 24-26, set a record with 511 attendees in the Hostess City of the South.


"With all-time highs in attendance, expo exhibitors and sponsorship plus the well-received inaugural Tech Tent, our 10th edition was our best conference ever! Our Hall of Champions Dinner & Auction was also wonderful with the induction of running pioneers Ted Corbitt and Nina Kuscsik and with ZAP Fitness receiving the Allan Steinfeld Development Award," said Susan Weeks, Running USA CEO. "We thank all our Running USA 2013 sponsors, attendees and exhibitors who made this conference so special."



On Monday at the Women's Trailblazer Luncheon presented by The Active Network, Dawna Stone, Women's Running Magazine founder and publisher and Women's Running Half-Marathon Series founder, was presented the 9th Women's Trailblazer Award for her contributions to the sport.



At Tuesday's Running USA Youth Awards Luncheon presented by Ashworth Awards, the following winners were announced:



Youth Event of the Year
AJC Peachtree Jr., Atlanta, GA

Youth Program of the Year
GO! St. Louis Read, Right & Run Marathon, St. Louis, MO

Youth Program Contributor of the Year
Rod Dixon, KiDSMARATHON Foundation, Los Angeles, CA



Earlier, on Sunday, Running USA's Board of Directors elected Kevin Callahan (MapMyFitness, Inc.) as its president and selected Dan Ashworth (Ashworth Awards) to replace the retiring Basil Honikman as a Board member.



Running USA 2013 was presented by The Active Network, Ashworth Awards, Competitor Group, Leslie Jordan, Inc. and MarathonFoto.



Running USA 2014 - set for February 9-11 - will be held in San Diego, California at the Marriott Marquis & Marina, and 2014 registration will open soon.

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Keflezighi, Abdirahman, Ritzenhein Lead U.S. Contingent in NYC Half


NEW YORK CITY - A formidable trio of 2012 U.S. Olympians, Meb Keflezighi, Abdi Abdirahman, and Dathan Ritzenhein will run the NYC Half 2013 on Sunday, March 17, it was announced by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.


"We are positively thrilled to welcome Meb, Dathan, and Abdi-three of America's finest and favorite long distance runners-back to NYC as we celebrate the spirit of NYC," said Wittenberg. "This NYC Half is more than a run. It's about the spirit of our runners of all types, and especially this year, it's about the spirit of Lower Manhattan and all of NYC. Meb, Dathan, and Abdi each have comeback stories of their own to add to the inspiration of the day."



The announcement of Keflezighi, Abdirahman, and Ritzenhein gives the race two members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's marathon team and one member of its 10,000-meter team, respectively. Increasing the depth of the American roster are talented pros Jason Hartmann, Guor Marial, Janet Bawcom, Serena Burla, Maegan Krifchin, Adriana Nelson, Molly Pritz, Stephanie Rothstein Bruce, and Lindsey Scherf. Previously announced was Bernard Lagat, a five-time world champion and international medalist.

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The Cowtown Celebrates 35 Years with New Records



FORT WORTH, Texas - The Cowtown Marathon celebrated 35 years of running with record breaking attendance at its race weekend Feb. 23-24. The Cowtown's registration was larger than ever, with just under 27,000 runners registered. Registration records were set in the ultra marathon, marathon, half-marathon and the Cook Children's 5K races.

Records were broken not only in overall attendance but in finishing times for five races. Logan Sherman took the title as the fastest male in the ultra marathon in 3:10:40, shaving off over seven minutes from the old record.
Elizabeth Eder, a Fort Worth native, smashed the record in the women's full marathon by 20 minutes with a time of 2:46:09. Eder was also the winner at the
San Antonio Rock n Roll Marathon in November, 2012.

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Council For Responsible Sport Awards Gold CertificationTo 2013 Chevron Houston Marathon

HOUSTON - The Council for Responsible Sport announced that the Houston Marathon Committee has been awarded a Gold Certification for its sustainability efforts while conducting the 2013 Chevron Houston Marathon event weekend. The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) is now one of only eight organizations ever to achieve this distinction since the Council launched its certification program in 2008.


The three-day event weekend generated 17.74 tons of waste, 83% of which was diverted out of landfills. The HMC recycled 11.27 tons and composted 3.45 tons, while sending 3.02 tons to landfills. The integrated planning efforts of the HMC, corporate partners, the GRB Convention Center, Discovery Green, Waste Management, and green crew volunteers made this initiative a reality.


"We have a responsibility to the local communities, to our loyal participants, and our corporate partners to operate responsibly in regard to environmental and social best practices," stated Wade Morehead, Executive Director of the Houston Marathon Committee. "We are grateful that the Council of Responsible Sport has created a quantifiable method to measure success in these areas, and to garner a gold certification in the second year of this initiative is truly gratifying."
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Running USA 2013 Hall of Champions Dinner & Auction Fetes Honorees


SAVANNAH, Ga. - (February 25, 2013) - At the Running USA Hall of Champions Dinner & Live Auction on Monday evening at the Hyatt Regency Savannah, the fourth Allan Steinfeld Development Award winner and two Hall of Champions inductees were celebrated and feted. The evening presented by Competitor Group was part of Running USA 2013: The 10th Industry Conference that opened to a record registration of nearly 500 attendees in the Hostess City of the South.


ZAP Fitness was announced as the fourth Allan Steinfeld Development Award recipient. The development award was named after Allan Steinfeld, who jump-started the U.S. distance running resurgence when as head of the New York Road Runners he allocated $20,000 seed money for the development program Team USA Distance Running. The program, launched in November 2000, produced training groups such as Team Running USA (two Olympic medals in 2004 and major marathon wins) and Team USA Minnesota (winner of the inaugural development award) and inspired the formation of others. Steinfeld also is a co-founder and President Emeritus of Running USA.



"Since our inception in 1999, Running USA has supported and promoted U.S. athlete development, and ZAP Fitness embodies our and Allan's vision. It is our distinct honor to present this $25,000 grant to ZAP Fitness," said Susan Weeks, Running USA CEO.



ZAP athletes have produced top results from the turf to 1500 meters to the marathon. ZAP qualified five athletes for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon and track & field, nine for the 2008 Olympic Trials, and nine for the 2012 Olympic Trials. Four ZAP men and one woman have qualified for the World Cross Country Team in the last 9 years, another athlete made the World Half-Marathon Team, and four ZAP women have run on the U.S. Ekiden Relay teams in Japan and Korea.



Also at the Monday evening awards banquet and live auction, the 10th class of Running USA Hall of Champions was recognized for their contributions and impact to the sport. The 2013 inductees, the 40th and 41st overall, were:

Ted Corbitt (New York, NY), 1952 Olympian / ultra record setter / developer of U.S. certified course system / founder / pioneer
Nina Kuscsik (Huntington Station, NY), first official Boston Marathon women's champion / long-time USA Track & Field Women's LDR Executive Committee member and Law & Legislation chair / advocate / pioneer
"Ted and Nina are true pioneers in the sport, who unselfishly have given so much and who also often worked behind the scenes to improve and advance the sport that we love," said Susan Weeks, Running USA CEO.


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