Running Network Sept. 15

Issue 74-09-13 September 15, 2013




Upcoming Events
US Air Force 5K, Dayton, OH, Sept. 20
Ridgewalk Run Race Ride, Wellsville, NY, Sept. 20
Trail Hog Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, San Jose, CA, Sept. 21
Jackson Hole Marathon, Jackson Hole, WY, Sept. 21
Run for Heroes Marathon, Half, 10K, 5K, Amherstburg, CAN, Sept. 21
US Air Force Marathon, Half-Marathon & 10K, Dayton, OH, Sept. 21
Singleton 5 & 10 Mile, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 21
Great Prostate Cancer Challenge, Carmel, IN, Sept. 21
XTERRA Harbins Park Trail Run, Dacula, GA, Sept. 21
FitOne 5K, 9K and Expo, Boise, ID, Sept. 21
Oasis Montreal Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half-Marathon, Montreal, CAN, Sept. 22
Quad Cities Marathon, Moline, IN, Sept. 22
Fort2Base, Chicago, IL, Sept. 22
Challenge Aging 5K, St. Paul, MN, Sept. 22
NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile, New York, NY, Sept. 22
XTERRA Trail Running National Championship, Ogden, UT, Sept. 22
City of Pittsburgh Junior Great Race, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 22
Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race 10K / 5K Run-Walk, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 22
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


Biwott Repeats at Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia


PHILADELPHIA ( Sept. 15, 2013) - Defending champion
Stanley Biwott of Kenya owned the streets of Philadelphia once again on Sunday morning, winning the Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon for the second-straight year in 59 minutes and 36 seconds. The 27-year-old Biwott (right), who broke away from countrymen Edwin Kipyego (third, 60:04) and Cybrian Kotut (second, 59:59) just past the 6-mile mark, ran the fastest half marathon on U.S. soil this year on a record-eligible course in the U.S. this year (Bernard Koech ran 58:41 in San Diego this past June) and the third fastest time in this event's 36-year history.



"This victory was very important to me," said Biwott, who improved upon his winning time from last year by 27 seconds. "I knew that I had some speed in preparation for New York [City Marathon]. It was encouraging because I improved my time from last year. I trained very well for this race and I knew I was in good shape."



In the women's race, 24-year-old Lyudmyla Kovalenko of the Ukraine found her final gear less than 100 meters before the finish line, passing New York-based Ethiopian Konjit Biruk just before the tape to win 1 hour, 8 minutes and 59 seconds. The 25-year-old Biruk finished as the runner-up was just one second back, while Hanae Tanaka of Japan, 23, took third in 1:10:03.



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World Championships Silver Medalists Symmonds, Simpson Lead Fields for NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile


NEW YORK - Among the pro athletes announced for the 33rd
NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile
Presented by Nissan on Sunday, September 22 are three Olympic medalists, two World Champions, six national record-holders, two who have topped the world ranking
s, an Olympic flag-bearer, a brother-sister duo, and a couple that recently became engaged to be married.


Leading the men's field are Americans Bernard Lagat, a two-time Olympic medalist, 2007 IAAF World Champion at 1500 meters and 5000 meters, and holder of eight U.S. records; Leo Manzano, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist at 1500 meters; Nick Symmonds, the 2013 World Championships silver medalist at 800 meters; Lopez Lomong, the flagbearer at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony and the fastest U.S. miler (3:51.45) so far in 2013; and Evan Jager, the U.S. record-holder in the 3000-meter steeplechase; as well as New Zealand's Nick Willis, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist at 1500 meters.



Lagat (2011) and Willis (2008) are past champions in the event.



The top women include Americans Shannon Rowbury, the 2009 World Championships bronze medalist at 1500 meters; Jenny Simpson, the 2011 World Champion and 2013 World Championships silver medalist at 1500 meters; and Morgan Uceny, ranked No. 1 in the world at the distance in 2011. They are joined by Hannah England of Great Britain, the 2011 World Championships silver medalist at 1500 meters, and Kenya's Susan Kuijken, a two-time NCAA Champion.



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EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler Adds $10,500 Prize Purse to Inaugural Event


PITTSBURGH, Penn. - Race
organizers announced that they will be adding $10,500 in prize money to the inaugural EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler. The first running is set for Sunday, Nov. 3. The top five finishers per gender will be awarded prize money with the race champions receiving $2500 each.



"The addition of prize money to our newest event reinforces our continued support to elite athletes," said
Patrice Matamoros, executive director of the Pittsburgh Three

Rivers Marathon, Inc. "We are committed to establishing Pittsburgh as top destination for competitive runners. We feel strongly that it is part of our mission to provide support and resources to our country's emerging talent."


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Deployed Ohio Soldiers to Run the Akron Marathon in Kuwait


AKRON, Ohio- On Saturday, September 28, while thousands of runners and spectators fill the streets along the blue line in Akron for the Akron Marathon, about 300 soldiers deployed 6,600 miles away in Kuwait will also be lining up to take part in the race. This shadow run at the U.S. Army's Camp Arifjan will host soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard's 371st Sustainment Brigade.


This is the second time that the Akron Marathon has sponsored a shadow run for deployed soldiers, and race organizers have provided most of the perks that Akron-based runners will receive including finisher medals, finisher certificates and special shadow run tech t-shirts.


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Ortiz Wins Gold at World Mountain Running Championships


The 2013 U.S. Mountain Running Team competed at the 29th World Mountain Running Championships on Sunday, September 8, in Krynica - Zdrój, Poland, with four individual top-ten performances, and no team finish below fifth place.



On a crisp, clear morning with temperatures in the low 50s for the start of the first race at 9:15, the U.S. junior women's team earned a silver medal led by the gold-medal individual performance of 18-year-old
Mandy Ortiz of Eagle, Colo., racing in her first international event.


The senior women's squad included newcomer to the team
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, 40. Lewy-Boulet, in just her second mountain race, led the team to fifth place among the 17 teams with her 11th place finish in a time of 44:56



The senior men's race was the final event. Temperatures had reached the mid 70s under bright, sunny skies. Of the 137 starters, eight did not finish including USA's Max King, the defending up/down champ from the 2011 World Championships, who rolled an ankle on the downhill section in the second loop of the three-loop 13.56-kilometer course.


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