Running USA wire 54-06-13

Issue 54-07-13 July 3, 2013




Upcoming Events
4th of July - Free to Run 4 Miles, St. Paul, MN, July 4
Hunter Vision Watermelon 5K, Winter Park, FL, July 4
Surf City 4th of July Run 5K, Huntington Beach, CA, July 4
Liberty Dash, Lone Tree, CO, July 4
Firecracker 6, Indianapolis, IN, July 4
Liberty Run, Denver, CO, July 4
AJC Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA, July 4
Red, White and Boom! TC Half-Marathon, Minneapolis, MN, July 4
Hilton Head Firecracker 5000, Hilton Head, SC, July 4
XTERRA Freedom Fest Trail Run, Oahu, HI, July 6
La Sportiva HillClimb, Vail, CO, July 6
Dirty Dozen or Half Dozen Endurance Run, Pinole, CA, July 6
XTERRA Magnolia Trail Run, Navasota, TX, July 6
Renschler Airfield 5K, East Hartford, CT, July 11
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.




World-Class Field Announced for 2013 AJC Peachtree Road Race
ATLANTA - Following tradition, a world-class men's and women's field will toe the line at the start of the 44th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race on Thursday, July 4. For the first time, the AJC Peachtree Road Race will host the
USA Women's 10K Championship. The race also welcomes back the USA Men's 10K Championship for the fifth time in seven years. Further, the event will also serve as the
2013 Professional Road Running Organization's (PRRO) Race of Champions.


Athletes in the 2013 AJC Peachtree Road Race will be competing for a share of the $139,500 overall prize purse, which includes $30,000 each for the USA Men's and Women's 10K Championships. Additionally, two men and two women competing in the 2013 Peachtree are eligible to receive a $10,000 PRRO bonus*. Eligible athletes must place first in the AJC Peachtree Road Race in order to take home the PRRO bonus.



"Hosting the USA Men's and Women's 10K Championships makes the AJC Peachtree Road Race even more exciting this year by attracting some of the top distance talent in the country," said Tracey Russell, race director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race and executive director of the Atlanta Track Club. "With more than 80 professional athletes from around the world competing, this will be the largest field in recent history, and we expect some outstanding performances from both the men and the women."


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Elite Athlete Grant Recipients Excel at USA Outdoor National Championships
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation is pleased to announce that a total of 20 Elite Athlete Grant recipients (13 women & 7 men) have either won gold, silver or bronze medals at the recently completed 2013 USA Outdoor National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, announced Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic and Chairman Bob Greifeld.


The Championships served as the Team USA selection for the upcoming IAAF World Championships being held in Moscow this summer. Many of the grantee athletes listed below currently have the qualifying IAAF standard for their respective events. Those athletes without the qualifying standard will have until July 20, 2013, to achieve their marks.


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.US National Road Racing Championships Slated for Sunday, Nov. 17


ALEXA NDRIA, Va. - The nation's top distance runners and everyday runners alike will gather near the nation's capital for the inaugural .US National Road Racing Championships on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in Alexandria, Va., USA Track & Field announced.



"We are excited to bring the .US National Road Racing Championships to Alexandria and to the D.C. metro area," said USATF CEO Max Siegel. "This region has a very robust running community, and the backdrop of the capital is perfect for USATF's first season-finale national championship road race."


The .US National Road Racing Championships is a 12-kilometer (12K) event providing a season-capping finale to the
USA Running Circuit (USARC), a series of national-championship races that annually provides nearly $1 million in prize money to American runners. Elite athletes must place in the top-ten at a USARC race to be eligible to compete at the .US National Road Racing Championships. The .US National Road Racing Championships feature $100,000 in prize money, with $20,000 going to the men's and women's national champions.


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New Balance Sponsors the Comrades Marathon
Global athletic leader New Balance announced their official signing of the technical footwear and apparel multi-year sponsorship contract for the Comrades Marathon, the world's greatest ultra marathon and one of South Africa's premier sporting events.


The New Balance sponsorship commences in time for the 2014 Comrades race which takes place on June 1, 2014 from Pietermaritzburg to the port of Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. This popular race attracts top athletes from around the world, and since its inception in 1921, has captured the imagination and fascination of the entire nation.



Steeped in tradition, the difficult and undulating race course alternates each year between "down runs" from Pietermaritzburg to Durban and "up runs" from Durban to Pietermaritzburg with the official race distance varying from year to year, averaging approximately 86 - 89 km (54 miles). The time limit for the Comrades Marathon is 12 hours.



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Tegenkamp to Make Marathon Debut at 2013 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO - The
Bank of America

Chicago Marathon announced that two-time U.S. Olympian
Matt Tegenkamp
(right, PhotoRun) will take on the 26.2-mile distance for the first time at the event's 36th running on Sunday, October 13. The 31-year-old native of Lee's Summit, Mo., has been one of the country's most decorated track athletes for the past decade. He has represented Team USA at two Olympic Games (2008 and 2012) and three IAAF World Track & Field Championships (2007, 2009 and 2011) in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter distances. In his highly anticipated move to the marathon, Tegenkamp bolsters the American presence alongside Olympic teammate Dathan Ritzenhein.




"I am very excited that all the stars aligned this year to make the Bank of America Chicago Marathon my debut at the distance," said Tegenkamp. "There are a lot of great fall marathon options, but for my first I wanted to stay true to my Midwest roots-born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, college at University of Wisconsin, married in Madison, and now the Chicago Marathon. I know that Chicago will provide a great course, electric fans, and amazing competition, which will provide the perfect stage for me to take on one of the toughest events in sports."

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