Running USA Wire

Issue 81-10-13 October 9, 2013




Upcoming Events
Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic, Walt Disney World, FL, Oct. 11
Emerald Bay Marathon and Half-Marathon, Lake Tahoe, CA, Oct. 11
Red River Rivalry Run, Dallas, TX, Oct. 11
Baltimore Running Festival, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 12
XTERRA Harvest Half, Kirkland, WA, Oct. 12
Haunted Hustle Cross Country 5K, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 12
Rock 'n' Roll Brooklyn 10K, New York, NY, Oct. 12
Zombie Chase, Windsor, Ontario, CAN, Oct. 12
20th ING Hartford Marathon, Hartford, CT, Oct. 12
Life Walk and Run, Dallas, TX, Oct. 12
XTERRA Fort Yargo Trail Run, Winder, GA, Oct. 12
Cal-Neva Marathon and Half-Marathon, Lake Tahoe, CA, Oct. 12
Missoula All Women's Diva Day 5K, Missoula, MT, Oct. 13
Belle Plaine Half Marathon and 5K, Belle Plaine, MN, Oct. 13
Staten Island Half-Marathon, Staten Island, NY, Oct. 13
Lake Tahoe Marathon, Lake Tahoe, CA, Oct. 13
Wild Life Marathon, Concord, MI, Oct. 13
Goodlife Fitness Royal Victoria Marathon, Half-Marathon and 8K, Victoria, BC, CAN, Oct. 13
Long Beach ICB Marathon Long Beach, CA, Oct. 13
XTERRA Pt. Mugu Trail Run, Malibu, CA, Oct. 13
Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL, Oct. 13
U Can Finish 5 Miler & 2 Mile Presented by Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, Oct. 13
The Great GO! St. Louis Halloween Race, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 13
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


World Class Field Announced for 13th B.A.A. Half Marathon®


BOSTON - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced its elite field of runners for the 13th B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund. The B.A.A. Half Marathon will be held on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Boston's Franklin Park and will be the third and final event of the 2013 B.A.A. Distance Medley. This three-race series will award $200,000 USD to the male and female ($100,000 each) with the fastest cumulative time from the B.A.A. 5K in April, the B.A.A. 10K in June, and the B.A.A. Half Marathon.


The 13th B.A.A. Half Marathon will include more than 7,500 participants. The event reached its field size limit in twelve minutes when registration opened in July. In addition to the B.A.A. Distance Medley prize purse at stake, top finishers will compete for a race prize purse of $38,400 USD.



2013 B.A.A. 10K champion and six-time NCAA All-American
Stephen Sambu (KEN) is currently in first place on the B.A.A. Distance Medley Leader Board with a cumulative time of 41 minutes, 53 seconds. Trailing him by 26 seconds is 2012 B.A.A. Distance Medley championAllan Kiprono (KEN), who established an event record time of 1:01:44 at last year's B.A.A. Half Marathon.


On the women's side, three-time Olympian and 2012 B.A.A. Distance Medley champion, Kim Smith, of New Zealand, will look to lead the field once again. A Providence, RI resident, Smith won the 2012 B.A.A. Half Marathon in 1:10:57, just five seconds shy of Caroline Rotich's (KEN) event record of 1:10:52 set in 2010. Smith won the 2012 B.A.A. Distance Medley with a cumulative time of 1:57:59.


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Ragnar Trail Hill Country Race Announced for October 2014


COMFORT, Texas - Ragnar Trail Relays, presented by Salomon, announced that their first overnight team relay running race in the state of Texas with the new Ragnar Trail Hill Country - TX, held Friday-Saturday, October 17-­18, 2014.

The two-­day, overnight team relay experience will begin midday on Friday, October 17 at Flat Rock Ranch in Comfort, Texas, about 45 miles northwest of San Antonio. Teams will run in an area known as Texas Hill Country. The ranch features more than 1,300 acres of rugged terrain and 27 miles of single-­track trails.


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Saucony Run For Good Awards Grant Winners Announced


LEXINGTON, Mass. - Global performance running footwear and apparel brand Saucony
and the Saucony Run for Good Foundation, established to help combat childhood obesity by providing financial support to community-based youth running programs, has announced its latest round of grant winners. This comes as the problem of childhood obesity is at last showing signs of turning the corner, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 2006, the Saucony Run For Good Foundation has awarded over $1 million dollars to schools and community organizations all dedicated to preventing childhood obesity through running and an active lifestyle. Even as signs of progress in the childhood obesity fight emerge, Saucony continues to challenge runners everywhere to join the cause by logging miles on the Saucony Run4Good App.



Saucony is inviting the running community to help double the brand's donations to the most recent selected grant recipients by logging miles run or walked on Saucony Run4Good™, the running industry's first-ever app dedicated to battling childhood obesity. Over the next six months (September 2013 through February 2014), the selected grant recipients will each be a monthly feature on the app. When a predetermined community mileage goal is reached during the recipient's featured month, Saucony will double its contribution to the selected organization.



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Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon Sells Out In Record Time



COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 34th
Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & Half Marathon

has sold every last spot in the race for the seventh consecutive year.



A field of 18,000 athletes will compete Sunday, October 20, 2013. This is the fastest the marathon has ever sold all its space.


Darris Blackford, Race Director, says having Nationwide Children's Hospital serve as a primary beneficiary helped drive participation, along with the marathon's growing national reputation as a fast and fun course.



Blackford said 7,000 participants will compete in the full marathon, and 11,000 will take part in the half-marathon. He said anyone can get involved to support Nationwide Children's Hospital through the Children's Champions program.


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Running USA's Allan Steinfeld Development Award Application Window Opens


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (October 6, 2013) - Running USA, the national industry non-profit organization, has

opened the application window for its annual Allan Steinfeld Development

Award, a $25,000 training group grant. The winning team will be announced and feted at Running USA 2014:
The 11th Industry Conference during the
Hall of Champions Dinner

on Monday, February 10 at the Marriott Marquis & Marina in San Diego, California.


"One of the highlights of our annual conference is presenting the Allan Steinfeld Development Award to a worthy U.S. training group," said
Kevin Callahan, Running USA President. "Although it is always a tough decision with many deserving teams, this grant fulfills our mission and Allan's vision to support and promote U.S. distance runners and to help nurture future Olympians."

At Running USA 2010, the inaugural development award was announced and named after Allan Steinfeld, a long-time
leader in the sport, who jump-started the U.S. distance running resurgence when as head of the New York Road Runners he allocated $20,000 seed money ($1 per U.S. entry at the 2000 New York City Marathon) for the development program Team USA Distance Running launched in November 2000 that produced top training groups such as Team Running USA (two Olympic medals in 2004 and major marathon wins) and inspired the formation of others.


In February 2010, Team USA Minnesota was selected as the inaugural award winner; in February 2011, Team USA Arizona, the second recipient of the award; in January 2012, Mammoth Track Club, the third recipient, and in February 2013, ZAP Fitness (left, MarathonFoto), the fourth team.


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Find the grant application here: http://cdn.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/RunningUSA2012/ASDA%202014%20app.pdf







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