Running USA wire 30-04-13

Issue 30-04-13 April 8, 2013


Upcoming Events
Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K, Richmond, VA, April 13
ZOOMA Texas Half-Marathon & 5K, Austin, TX, April 13
Flying Pirate Half Marathon & 5K, Kitty Hawk, NC, April 13
ATC Spring Has Sprung 8K & 15K, Atlanta, GA, April 13
Half Marathon Unplugged, Burlington, VT, April 13
XTERRA Cheyenne Mountain State Park 12K, 24K, Colorado Springs, CO, April 13
The Cookie Chase 5K and 1K, Denver, CO, April 13
Feel the Energy Family 5K, Denver, CO, April 14
ZOOMA Texas Half-Marathon and 5K, Bastrop, TX, April 14
Murray Half-Marathon, Murray, KY, April 13
Eisenhower Marathon, Abilene, TX, April 13
More Magazine / Fitness Magazine Women's Half-Marathon, New York, NY, April 14
XTERRA Lake Las Vegas Trail Runs, Henderson, NV, April 14
Austin 10/20 10 mile, Austin, TX, April 14
Race for Fetal Hope, Seattle, WA, April 14
GO! St. Louis Marathon Weekend, St. Louis, MO, April 14
117th B.A.A. Boston Marathon, Boston, MA, April 15
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.




Course Records Fall on GO! St. Louis Marathon Weekend


ST. LOUIS, Mo. (April 7, 2013) - GO! St. Louis Half Marathon winners Aaron Braun and Mattie Suver rewrote the course records Sunday, while Geoffrey Kiprotich, who also set a course record, and Autumn Ray captured the marathon portion of GO! St. Louis Marathon Weekend.

Braun (above, courtesy GO! St. Louis), 25, from Flagstaff, Ariz. set a new GO! St. Louis Half Marathon record, with a time of 1 hour, three minutes, 13 seconds. Braun, was closely followed by Jordan Chipangama, 24, also a Flagstaff resident, in 1:03:22. Josphat Boit of Little Rock, Ark., finished third in 1:03:52.

On the women's side, first time GO! St. Louis Half Marathon champion Suver, 25, from Colorado Spring, Colo., established a new women's half-marathon course record, posting a time of 1:12:22. The mark handily eclipsed the previous record set by Serena Ramsey (Burla) of 1:14:13, in 2007. Tera Moody, 32, from Boulder, Colo. finished second with a time of 1:12:34. Sara Kiptoo, 23, of Santa Fe, NM finished third in 1:12:51.

Braun and Suver both secured the $10,000 top prize in the half-marathon. Second place finishers in the men's and women's divisions both received $5,000, while third place received $2,000.

Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org


Locals Win Transamerica Rock 'n' Roll San Francisco Half Marathon
SAN FRANCISCO - (April 7, 2013) - A cool fog settled over Aquatic Park as the inaugural Transamerica Rock 'n' Roll San Francisco Half Marathon took off, meandering along a stunningly scenic course including an invigorating run across the Golden Gate Bridge and a waterfront finish on Sunday morning.

Ideal running weather helped propel runners up the hills of San Francisco and across the finish line. Local runner Chris Mocko, 27, led the men's field in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 59 seconds, beating Peter Birney of Walnut Creek by nearly two minutes. After a rough recent bout of training, Mocko said he was surprised and pleased to take the win in his hometown.

"My goal today was just to survive so it's nice to get some momentum for the season. It was a beautiful day - I should have run ten minutes faster with the weather. The crowds were great too and all the cheering and music really helped me across the bridge."

Twenty-five-year-old Tim Cole came in third, finishing in 1:20:13.

On the women's race, Elle Pishny, 27, was the only female in sight, running alongside the lead men. Finishing fourth overall, the San Francisco local won in 1:20:30. As she crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, runners on the other side were cheering her on.

Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org



Napa Valley Marathon Earns RRCA Road Race of the Year Award

NAPA, Calif. - The
Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) named the
Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon among its 2012 National Running Award recipients, designating the 35-year-old race through California's scenic Napa Valley as its 2012 Road Race of the Year. The RRCA is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. dedicated to distance running with over 1,000 member running clubs and running events representing over 200,000 running club members. It will honor the Napa Valley Marathon (NVM) among all of its 2012 National Running Award recipients and outstanding contributors to the sport at the upcoming RRCA National Running Awards Banquet and Ceremony on May 4, 2013 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For a complete list of the RRCA's 2012 National Running Award recipients click here
This year's edition of NVM, which was held on Sunday, March 3, served as the RRCA National Marathon Championship, a designation it also received from 1998-2009. Last year's race served as the organization's Western Regional Marathon Championship.
Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org

Willis, Gezahegne Headline B.A.A. Invitational Mile Field
BOSTON - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced that an international field of elite athletes will compete in the B.A.A. Invitational Mile to be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013, one day before the 117th Boston Marathon®. Highlighting the men's field is Nick Willis (NZL), a silver medalist at 1500 meters in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships 1500 meter gold medalist Kalkidan Gezahegne (ETH) will look to lead the women. The B.A.A. Invitational Mile also features a Middle School 1,000 meter race and Scholastic Mile, held immediately before the professional mile races.
With a one-mile personal best of 3:50.66, Willis is the fastest man in the field. He will face 2012 Olympian, Glastonbury, Conn. native and Washington resident Donn Cabral and 2012 U.S. Road Mile champion Craig Miller (CO). Also competing is Ross Murray (GBR) who ran a 3:52.77 mile last year at the age of 21, defeating Willis at the Aviva London Grand Prix. Rounding out the field are Ben Bruce (AZ), who placed third in last year's B.A.A. Invitational Mile; Peter van der Westhuizen (RSA), who earned three top five finishes in road mile races in 2012; and six-time NCAA All-American De'Sean Turner (IN).

Highlighting the women's field is Gezahegne, who holds a 1500 meter personal best of 4:00.97. A talented group of Americans are also expected to be in contention for the win, including 2012 Olympian Geena Gall (MI); 2012 Fifth Avenue Mile and Falmouth Mile champion Brenda Martinez (CA); Heather Kampf (MN), 2012 U.S. Road Mile champion; Chelsea Reilly (CA), 2012 U.S. 10K champion; and 2012 B.A.A. Invitational Mile third-place finisher Gabriele Anderson (MN). Also in the field is two-time NCAA All-American Violah Lagat (KEN), the sister of two-time Olympic medalist and six-time IAAF World Championships medalist Bernard Lagat.

Find the full story at RunningUSA.org





Follow Running USA on social media








Visit RunningUSA.org


2013 National Runner Survey Now Available - Vital Industry Data


Member News Updates


Runners of Interest

Race Calendar


More About Us

Running USA

Presenting Sponsors






























Running USA Contacts



To submit a press release to the Running USA wire, email Leah Etling, Running USA Content Manager, at
leah@runningusa.org



To request an interview or statistics information about running or road racing, contact Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director, ryan@runningusa.org

or call (805) 966-7747


For membership information, email Nancy Hobbs, Running USA Membership Director, at membership@runningusa.org



In case you missed it on RunningUSA.org







Gebremeskel Three-Peats at Carlsbad 5000


CARLSBAD, Calif. (April 7, 2013) - The possibility of a world-record was out the window by the 1-mile mark, but that didn't worry Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel. Victory was his only objective on Sunday afternoon at the Carlsbad 5000.




Sitting pretty in a pack of 13 through a strategic first mile split of 4:22, the 23-year-old bided his time through the first hairpin turn 1.25 miles into the race before countryman Yenew Alamirew
ratcheted down the pace with a 4:17 second mile split into a headwind heading north along Coast Boulevard. Gebremeskel and John Kipkoech
of Kenya were the only two runners that went with the the 22-year-old Ethiopians's strong surge, and with a half mile to go Gebremeskel asserted himself as the man to chase. Coming off the final turn toward the finish line, Gebremeskel (above, PhotoRun) was clear of his two pursuers and held his lead through the finish line to win in 13 minutes, 21 seconds -- the slowest winning time at the World's Fastest 5K
since 2008."Today was special for me to win three times," said Gebremeskel, the silver medalist in the 5,000m at last summer's Olympic Games in London. "Carlsbad is like family so I will come every year. I'm glad to get the win. After winning Carlsbad last year I had a lot of success, and hope that this year I will have a lot of success with the World Championships. I hope to win a medal."


Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org


Reid, Uhl Win Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K


CHICAGO (April 7, 2013) - More than 33,000 runners hit the streets of downtown Chicago this morning to ring in the spring at the 34th Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K. Sunny skies and ideal running conditions greeted participants with temperatures in the mid 50s, making for a festive atmosphere on the race course and at the Post-Race Party at Buckingham Fountain.


The first runner across the finish line was Phillip Reid, 27, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 23:08. The women's winner was U.S. Olympian Lisa Uhl, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, in 25:54. Reid's winning time was the fastest run on the course since 2002.
Reid was surprised to break the finish tape after U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein withdrew from the race earlier in the week. He earned a two-second victory over Jacob Riley, 24, of Rochester Hills, Mich.
Joe Moore, 29, of Minneapolis, Minn., was third in 23:14.

Read the rest of the story at RunningUSA.org







Forward this email


This email was sent to keithconning@aol.com by runningusa@runningusa.org |
Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy.

Running USA | 1631 Mesa Ave., Suite A | Colorado Springs | CO | 80906