Issue 26-03-13 March 27, 2013
Upcoming Events
RumpShaker 5K, Birmingham, AL, March 30
Crescent City Classic, New Orleans, LA, March 30
Rock 'n' Roll Lexington Half-Marathon, Lexington, KY, March 30
Lagoon Valley Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, Vacaville, CA, March 30
Easter Sunday - Rise 'n' Shine 5K, St. Paul, MN, March 31
Race for Fetal Hope, Seattle, WA, April 1
Cooper River Bridge Run 10K, Charleston, SC, April 6
Hollywood Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, Hollywood, CA, April 6
XTERRA Power to the Tower Trail Run, Kingsport, TN, April 6
New York Colon Cancer Challenge, New York, NY, April 7
Carlsbad 5000, Carlsbad, CA, April 7
San Luis Obispo Marathon + Half, San Luis Obispo, CA, April 7
Atlantic City April Fool's Half-Marathon, Atlantic City, NJ, April 7
US Half 2 - The Other Half, San Francisco, CA, April 7
Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, Knoxville, TN, April 7
For more upcoming events for 2013, visit the Running USA Website event calendar.
Joan Samuelson, Greg Meyer, and Amby Burfoot to Run 2013 Boston Marathon
BOSTON - With less than one month until the 117th Boston Marathon, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that several former champions of the Boston Marathon will return to Boston to participate in events surrounding this year's running of the historic race. The 117th running of the world's oldest annual marathon will take place on Monday, April 15, 2013.
Inaugural Olympic gold medalist Joan Samuelson will run this year's Boston Marathon. Samuelson, 55, won the 1979 and 1983 Boston Marathons before winning the Olympic Games Marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. She will return to Boston on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her 1983 victory, the race in which she established a world record (two hours, 22 minutes, 43 seconds). Samuelson has run the previous two Boston Marathons (2:51:29 in 2011; 3:28:08 in 2012), including last year under challenging conditions (i.e., extremely warm weather) while starting with her daughter, Abby. She is a member of principal sponsor John Hancock Financial Services' Elite Athlete Team and is one of the sport's most recognizable and popular personalities. Samuelson has remained competitive for more than three decades.
Also returning to run this year's Boston Marathon are Greg Meyer and Amby Burfoot. Like Samuelson, Meyer will mark the 30th anniversary of his 1983 Boston Marathon victory and will also be a member of John Hancock's Elite Athlete Team.
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Kelfezighi is Keynote Speaker for the 55th RRCA National Convention
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Since 1958, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) has gathered in different cities around the country for the RRCA National Convention. Each year, hundreds of runners, club leaders, event directors, and corporate supporters attend the RRCA Convention. The 55th RRCA Convention will be hosted in Albuquerque, NM from Thursday through Sunday, May 2-5, 2013.
The RRCA Convention is a great opportunity for running club leaders, race directors, fitness professionals, RRCA Certified Coaches, sponsors, running industry professionals and runners to come together to share information about best practices and to contribute to the national mission of the RRCA.
The RRCA is proud to present Meb Keflezighi as the featured speaker for the Saturday Luncheon on May 4.
On November 1, 2009, during the 40th running of the New York City Marathon, Mebrahtom Keflezighi, better known as just Meb, secured a place in history by becoming the first American since Alberto Salazar in 1982 to win the largest marathon in the world. His journey to the pinnacle of distance running has been called one of the best illustrations of the American Dream.
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Chevron Houston Marathon's Run for a Reason Charity Program Raises $2.2 million
HOUSTON - The Chevron Houston Marathon's Run for a Reason charity program raised $2.2 million to benefit 60 charities, the Houston Marathon Committee announced. With more than 17,000 donations, the 2012-2013 season marks the third year in a row that fundraising has surpassed the $2 million mark.
"The Chevron Houston Marathon Run for a Reason Program surpassed the $2 million fundraising plateau for the third consecutive year, and this achievement is a testament to the charitable nature of the City of Houston and the amazing fundraising efforts of our participants," said Wade Morehead, Executive Director of the Houston Marathon Committee. "The 60 official charities and their tireless staffs should be congratulated for their year-round efforts as well, and we again look forward to hearing the amazing stories of how these funds are immediately directed to support each of their causes."
Since the program's inception in 1995, almost $17 million has been raised to benefit various charities.
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Brooks Running Company to Sponsor Mt. SAC Relays and Cross Country Meet
BOTHELL, Wash. - Brooks Running Company announced it will sponsor the Mt. San Antonio College (SAC) Relays and Cross Country Invitational beginning in 2014. With this partnership, over 40,000 athletes and 20,000 attendees will celebrate not just the spirit of competition, but also the "run happy" joy of the sport.
"Mt. SAC is one of the oldest and most well respected track and cross country franchises in the nation," said Brooks Team Brand Manager Steve DeKoker. "At Brooks, running is all we do. To be part of these legendary meets allows us to celebrate the run at the competitive level and the future stars of running."
The partnership begins with the Mt. SAC Relays, a track meet, in 2014 and also includes the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational, the largest cross country meet in the nation, in the fall. Mt. San Antonio College hosts both meets in its hometown of Walnut, Calif. The two meets provide top-tier competition for tens of thousands of high school, college and professional runners each year who look forward to the consistently fast races.
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USA Senior Men's Team Takes Second at 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland - (March 24, 2013) - Kenya's
Japhet Korir was a surprise winner of the senior men's title at
the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Sunday, pocketing $30,000.
The Team USA senior men's team, buoyed by an impressive sixth place finish from Ben True (Hanover, N.H.), won a silver medal, their first time on the podium since 1984 in East Rutherford, N.J., when Pat Porter led the squad to a second place finish behind Ethiopia.
True's sixth place was best American placing in the senior men's race since Todd Williams was ninth in 1995 in Durham, England.
Korir, in only his third race in the last nine months after getting badly spiked in the Kenyan trials for the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships last June, also become the youngest ever senior champion and only the second teenager to win the long race, following in the footsteps of the prodigious Kenenisa Bekele.
True, who won the 2013 U.S. 15K championship earlier this month, was fifth at the USA Cross Country Championships in February.
The U.S. had three other athletes in the top 19 to seal their podium performance.
Chris Derrick was 10th in 33:23,
Ryan Vail was 17th in 33:42, and
Bobby Mack was 18th in 33:49. The last time Team USA had two men finish in the top ten was in 1986 in Neuchatel, Switzerland, when Pat Porter finished sixth, and John Easker was tenth.
Rounding out the U.S. team, Elliott Heath was 30th in 34:11 and James Strang finished in 37th place in 34:20.
In the women's senior race,
Neely Spence Gracey finished 13th (25:08) to place as top non-African and lead the U.S. team.
Behind Gracey were Emily Infeld and Mattie Suver who finished 21st and 26th, respectively, with times of 25:27 and 25:41. 2012 US Olympian Kim Conley was 30th to round out the USA scorers with a time of 25:45.
Deena Kastor, the 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist, competing in her tenth career world cross country championships, finished 34th in 25:52, and Delilah DiCrescenzo was 47th in 26:05.
Kenya's Emily Chebet, 27, enjoyed an impressive return to the top of the medals podium in winning her second global title. Chebet led the Kenyan outfit to emphatic gold medal-winning display, with 19 points to Ethiopia's 48.
The U.S. senior women's team placed fourth with the junior men fifth and the junior women sixth.
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