Issue 5-01-14 January 19, 2014
Upcoming Events
Coyote Hills Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, Fremont, CA, Jan. 25
Village to Village 10K, Birmingham, AL, Jan. 25
Seasons 52 Park Avenue 5.2K , Winter Park, FL, Jan. 25
Securian Winter Run, St. Paul, MN, Jan. 25
NYCRUNS Brrr-ooklyn Hot Chocolate 5K & 10K, Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 25
XTERRA Bayamon Trail Run, Bayamon, PUR, Jan. 26
Miracle Match Marathon, Waco, TX, Jan. 26
Suncoast Half Marathon, Lakewood Ranch, FL, Jan. 26
Rocky Raccoon 100: USA 100 Mile Trail Championships, Huntsville, TX, Feb. 1
Florida Today 5K and 8K, Melbourne, FL, Feb. 1
Florida Hospital Lady Track Shack 5K, Winter Park, FL, Feb. 1
Medtronic TC Kids Marathon Fieldhouse Fun Run, Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 1
Pensacola Double Bridge Run Presented by Publix Pensacola, FL, Feb. 1
Heroes in Recovery 6K, Palm Springs, CA, Feb. 1
State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon Weekend, Melbourne, FL, Feb. 2
Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 10K, Redondo Beach, CA, Feb. 2
Surf City USA® Marathon, Half Marathon & 1 Mile kids race, Huntington Beach, CA, Feb. 2
Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon and 1/2 Marathon, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 2
Miami Marathon & Half Marathon, Miami, FL, Feb. 2
XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run, Santee, CA, Feb. 2
XTERRA McDowell Mountain Trail Run, Fountain Hills, AZ, Feb. 2
Super Sunday 5K, Washington Crossing, PA, Feb. 2
Empire State Building Run-Up, New York, NY, Feb. 2
Running USA 2014: The 11th Industry Conference powered by ACTIVE Network, San Diego, CA, Feb. 9-11
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.
Idea Labs: Something for Everybody at Running USA 2014
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (January 19, 2014) - At Running USA 2014: The Industry Conference powered by ACTIVE Network, Idea Labs, slated for Monday & Tuesday, February 10-11, will be some of the best attended, t ake-home-and-apply sessions. The 11th edition of the sport's premier and largest conference will be held on February 9-11 at the Marriott Marquis & Marina on San Diego's beautiful waterfront.
"Our popular Idea Labs will have something for everybody," said Christine Bowen, Running USA Conference Director. "A spectrum of topics such as media relations, operations, social networking and more will be covered that will educate, engage and entertain attendees, and moreover, many of the ideas presented will be applicable when attendees return home post-conference."
IDEA LABS
Monday, February 10 - 1:30-3:00pm
Managing Media & Public Relations - Dan Cruz (Competitor Group)
"Running On Empty - How to Market Your Race Without a Budget" - Faron Kelley (runDisney) and Bob Hitchcock (Disney Sports)
Youth Events: Fun, Healthy, and Profit-Generating - Mike Dove (JustRun), Heidi Schwartz (Cowtown Marathon) and Tina Klein (Balanced Running / Vamos Running)
Tuesday, February 11 - 1:45-3:15pm
Operations: Behind the orange vest, duct tape and zip ties - Doug Thurston (BSIM Events) and Nick Curl (ASICS LA Marathon)
Social Networking and the Science Behind It - Galen Bursen (ACTIVE Network)
Cultivating Connections: Creating strategic event relationships and partnerships that foster growth, prosperity and long-term success - Beth Salinger (Hospital Hill Run)
Presenting sponsors of Running USA 2014 are Ashworth Awards, ChronoTrack, Competitor Group, Leslie Jordan, Inc. and MarathonFoto.com
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Keflezighi, Burla Take Home Titles at USA Half Marathon Championships
HOUSTON, Texas -- Two different race strategies led to the same result Sunday morning in Houston, Texas, as Olympian Meb Keflezighi (San Diego, Calif.) and marathon standout Serena Burla (Falls Church, Va.) captured titles at the USA Half Marathon Championships, hosted by the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
The USA Half Marathon Championships are the first stop on the USA Running Circuit, which will conclude this fall with the .US National Road Racing Championships. The top ten finishers at each race on the circuit qualify to compete in the .US National Road Racing Championships.
A strong contingent of runners paced the men's race early on. Through the first few miles, a pack of 14-16 men sized each other up, content to let Keflezighi, Tyler Pennel (Blowing Rock, N.C.) and Fernando Cabada (Boulder, Colo.) do much of the pacing.
Passing through the 5K split in 14:38, Keflezighi led, as experienced veterans Aaron Braun (Englewood, Colo.), Shadrack Biwott (Folsom, Calif.) and Josphat Boit (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) sat on his shoulder. The pack remained largely intact for the next half dozen miles, passing through the halfway point on sub-63 minute pace with nearly a dozen athletes still in contention.
As the ninth mile marker approached, Keflezighi made a small move, as he started to feel out the field. With the majority of the pack responding, Keflezighi sat back and waited.
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Hernandez Flies Away with Tinker Bell Half Marathon Victory
ANAHEIM, Calif. (January 19, 2014) - With the help of a little pixie dust, Melissa Hernandez won h er first-ever
half-marathon Sunday, flying away from the field to win the
Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.
Hernandez, a 29-year-old from Oxnard, Calif, ran among the leaders early in the 13.1-mile race. But nearly halfway through the event, Hernandez left the remaining challengers behind, floating across the finish line amid cheers, confetti and classic Disney characters.
Hernandez zipped around the course in 1 hour, 25 minutes, 40 seconds, nearly two minutes ahead of second-place finisher Alyssa White of Durham, NC (1:27:28). Hernandez's winning time was the third-fastest in the race's three-year history. Kellie Nickerson of Albuquerque, NM, who won the inaugural Tinker Bell Half Marathon in 2012, came in third (1:28:58).
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Worku Defends Chevron Houston Marathon Title
HOUSTON - Two returning champions claimed their second Houston wins and
a pair of first-time victors were convincing winners Sunday at the
Chevron Houston Marathon
and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. 25,000 runners enjoyed superb weather conditions and a brand new course in front of raucous fans in a festival atmosphere to produce some of the best races in event history.
It took Bazu Worku almost 26 miles to shake fellow Ethiopian
Getachew Terfa, but over the final half-mile the defending champion pulled away to win the Chevron Houston Marathon in 2:07:32, the third-fastest time in race history. Terfa crossed the line 22 seconds later at 2 hours, 7 minutes, 54 seconds, and unheralded Mexican Jose Antonio Uribe shattered his personal best with a 2:08:54 to place third. The top American finisher was former Georgia star Ian Burrell, who was seventh with a lifetime best 2:13:26.
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Kandie, Cole Win P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon
PHOENIX (Jan. 19, 2014) - On a picture-perfect winter day in the Valley of the Sun, Kenya's Solomon Kandie triumphed at the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon & ½ Marathon, which featured a new finish line at Tempe Beach Park for the first time in the event's 11-year history.
The 35-year-old clocked a 2 hour, 21 minutes flat for the 26.2-mile race, which started in downtown Phoenix and ran through the city of Scottsdale before finishing in Tempe.
A lead pack of three hit the halfway mark in 1:10:41, including Kandie, who previously finished second in the event in 2011, and Americans Tim Eisenga and Thomas Puzey. Eisenga , who ran stride for stride with Kandie for the first half of the race, was the first to fade just before mile 20. Puzey held strong for nearly 4 more miles, but Kandie proved to be the class of the field making his move at mile 24 to finish with the victory.
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Endale, Abate Win 23rd Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon
CARLSBAD, Calif. (January 19, 2014) - Cool early morning temperatures and partly cloudy skies created Chamber of Commerce-like conditions for elite and recreational athletes alike at the 23rd Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half Marathon held Sunday morning in Carlsbad, Calif.
More than 9,000 runners and walkers from 48 states and 14 foreign countries participated in the 26.2- and 13.1-mile coastal tours of this classic Southern California city.
Ethiopians swept the winner's podium in the marathon event with Abiyot Endale and Aregash Abate claiming victories. Endale, 27 won the men's division in two-hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds - the third fastest finish time in the event's history. Sage Canaday, 28, of Boulder, Colo. finished second in 2:22:15 with Mexico's Mario Macias, the two-time defending champion, battling it out for third, just 7 seconds back in 2:22:22.
In the women's marathon division, Abate, 22, took the lead and never looked back, finishing in 2:48:29. Bonnie Axman, 29, of San Diego placed second in 2:50:40, while Jacqui Giuliano, 27, of Oakland Hills, Ill., took third (2:54:16).
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Miami Marathon Generates $54 Million for Miami-Dade Country Economy
MIAMI - The 2013 Miami Marathon and Half Marathon, South Florida's largest marathon, generated $54.4 million in total economic impact for the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County in 2013 according to a study released by the Sport Industry Research Center (SIRC).
The three-day weekend event, held during the last weekend in January last year with a Sunday, February 2 date this year due to the calendar, features races including a 5K, half marathon, and marathon. It also includes one of the largest health and fitness expos in the region drawing over 40,000 visitors and participants to the Miami Beach Convention Center for the two days leading up to the race.
The economic impact generated by the Miami Marathon represented a $2.2 million increase from the 2012 event largely due to additional participants from the Caribbean and Latin America. Twenty percent of entrants in 2012 came from outside the U.S., a number that is increasing to 25 percent this year.
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