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Issue 56-07-14 July 23, 2014




Upcoming Events

Rentschler Field 5K, East Hartford, CT, July 24
XTERRA Beech Mountain Trail Run, Beech Mountain, NC, July 26
Challenge Cancer 5K, St. Paul, MN, July 26
Bad Bass Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, Castro Valley, CA, July 26
Hagen Financial Run for Blood, Minneapolis, MN, July 26
The San Francisco Marathon, San Francisco, CA, July 27
XTERRA Snow Valley Trail Run, Running Springs, CA, July 27
Eugene Marathon, Eugene, OR, July 27
Summer Sunset 5K and Youth Races, Geneva, IL, July 30
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


Erholtz Leads US Women to Win at NACAC Mountain Running Championships


AJIJIC, Mexico - On the grueling Chupinaya Mountain Race course in Ajijic, Mexico, which boasts nearly 3,800 feet of climbing and equal descent over the 13.8-kilometer route, Coloradoan
Brandy Erholtz blazed the trail to set what race organizer Ivan Romero Garnica referred to as "an amazing time." Her course-record performance of 1 hour, 39 minutes, 1 second bested the previous record, which was set in 2011 by American Maria Dalzot, by more than seven minutes. For the record, Erholtz earned 1200 pesos.



The event, celebrating its 18th running this year hosted not only the open race with more than 500 competitors, but also the 11th annual North American Central American Caribbean (NACAC) Mountain Running Championships with teams from Mexico and USA competing. The US men's squad finished third.



Read the rest of the race recap from Nancy Hobbs on runningusa.org



Competitor Group, Inc. Names Meb VP of Running
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Competitor Group,
Image credit: PhotoRun
Inc. (CGI), the leading active lifestyle sports media and event entertainment company, has announced that Meb Keflezighi has been named the first Vice President of Running, effective immediately. With more than 22 U.S. National Championships and a silver medal from the 2004 Olympic Marathon in Athens, Meb is the ideal executive to develop CGI's training content and directly contribute to the company's overall growth in the running industry focusing on the popular Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series.


"I am thrilled to join the CGI team at such an exciting time for the company," said Meb, who was the first American man to win the Boston Marathon in more than 30 years. "I look forward to working with CGI to help grow and expand the Rock 'n' Roll Series with their new running festival weekends. From developing training plans to collaborating for social media content and participating in the events, I am excited to share my love for our sport with so many runners around the world and help millions of runners 'Run to Win' - which doesn't always mean first place, it means getting the best out of yourself."



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Publix Savannah Women's Half & 5K Planned for 2015


SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Savannah Sports Council and Publix announced that the
Publix Savannah Women's Half & 5K will be held for the first time on Saturday, March 28, 2015. More than 3,000 women are expected to register to run in the female-exclusive event.



"The Sports Council is excited to add this new running event to our calendar. We have done the research and believe the Publix Savannah Women's Half & 5K will attract women from all over the U.S., who will hopefully turn the weekend into a girls getaway," said Ben Wilder, Savannah Sports Council director.


The route, with start and finish lines located in Forsyth Park, takes runners through 12 of Savannah's squares and down live oak-lined streets in Savannah's Historic District and Daffin Park. A Fashion Fitness Expo will be held the day before the race from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Savannah Hilton DeSoto for packet pick-up, shopping and entertainment.



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Dave McGillivray Putting the Miles in Milestone with Planned 60-Mile Birthday Run in August
BOSTON - Dave McGillivray, the race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and the upcoming TD Beach to Beacon and New Balance Falmouth Road Race, is planning to put the 'miles' in his upcoming mileston e birthday by running 60 miles to mark the occasion.


He began running his age in miles on his birthday as a 12-year-old in Medford, Mass., and has continued the tradition ever since.



McGillivray, who officially turns 60 on Aug. 22, will make his run on Aug. 9 on a 3.5 mile route near his North Andover, Mass., home that includes a loop around the Old Town Common and back 17 times.



Approaching the task as he would the major sporting events that he directs, McGillivray has not only been training for the run but has planned a party at his home that day (open to media). He has been preparing for the run since the spring, including completing the entire course of the Boston Marathon after the crowds dispersed to benefit the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation (known as MR8) and again running the entire 26.2 mile marathon course last week. He also did a 43-mile training run on the loop course a few weeks ago and said he felt great. Famed runners such as Bill Rodgers, Joan Samuelson, Amby Burfoot, Bart Yasso and Team Hoyt plan to run some birthday miles with McGillivray.



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Shalane Flanagan Puts On a Show at Rock 'n' Roll Chicago


CHICAGO (July 20, 2014) - The Windy City didn't live up to its name today, as ideal summertime conditions greeted more than 20,000 entrants for the
Rock 'n' Roll Running Festival in Chicago.
The event featured two days of running and the first ever Remix Challenge in which runners earned a special medal for completing a race on Saturday and Sunday.


Headlining the festival weekend was America's top female distance runner
Shalane Flanagan, who became the first ever recipient of the Remix Challenge medal by pacing runners at Saturday's 5K and winning Sunday's Rock 'n' Roll Chicago presented by HumanVitality on Sunday.


The Olympic bronze medalist asserted her dominance over the half-marathon distance, claiming victory with a time of 1 hour, 9 minutes and 45 seconds. It was the second fastest half-marathon run by an American woman this year.

"I came to run the streets of Chicago and today was the first real long effort I've had since the Boston Marathon," said Flanagan, who is the fastest U.S. woman to ever run the Boston course with a 2:22:02 clocking this past April. "What I ran today is basically what I want to run in my fall marathon, my marathon pace of 5:19 a mile. But I think the real highlight of my weekend was being able to mingle and run with the people on Saturday and be a part of the first Remix Challenge. I loved hearing everyone's stories because they are so inspiring and they inspire me to get the most out of myself and out of my training. That was a rare opportunity and I'm really excited that Rock 'n' Roll had multiple races this weekend."



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