Wednesday, September 03, 2014

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Issue 67-09-14 September 3, 2014




Upcoming Events

Walk of Hope 5K Run, Plymouth, MN, Sept. 6
Divas Half Marathon and 5K - Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 6
Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon, Kelowna, CAN, Sept. 6
Drag-n-Fly Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, Antioch, CA, Sept. 6
Back to Football, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 6
Grandma's Minnesota Mile, Duluth, MN, Sept. 7
Ventura Marathon, Ventura, CA, Sept. 7
Surftown Half Marathon and 5K, Westerly, RI, Sept. 7
Canton City Marathon, Canton, OH, Sept. 7
Sioux Falls Marathon / Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD, Sept. 7
AppleCrest Half, Hampton Falls, NH, Sept. 7
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


Newton Running Athletes Dominate the Kauai Marathon & Half


KAUAI, Hawaii - The 6th Kauai Marathon and Half Marathon featured over 1,800 participants and over 130 youth runners in the 2nd Keiki Run sponsored by Wilcox Health. The Aloha State was well represented with 921 local registrants, of whom 651 were from Kauai, the most ever. Runners from 43 states and 16 countries enjoyed the magic of the Garden Isle. Additionally, there were 67 participants who ran the full or half marathon for the 6th year in a row.


The performance of the day went to Nicole Chyr (pictured, right), 36, of Englewood, Colo., who won the marathon in 3 hours flat, 24 seconds. She was followed by the top male finisher, Goya Hidemasa
of Japan, who clocked 3:01:30.


Tyler McCandless, 27, from Boulder, Colo., rewrote the half-marathon course record during his winning run with a time of 1:07:17. McCandless, also sponsored by Newton Running, shared the excitement of his victory.


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Ritzenhein Leads U.S. Men at Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon


PHILADELPHIA - Three-time U.S. Olympian and 2009 IAAF World Half-Marathon bronze medalist Dathan Ritzenhein ("Ritz") will lead the U.S. men at the 2014 Rock 'n' Roll Running Festival Philadelphia on September 19-21, 2014. The event, now in its 37th year and renowned throughout the world, is known for its record performances as the scene of five world records, five U.S. marks and numerous age-group records.


Ritz joins a weekend line up of world-class athletes in Philadelphia this year. The men's half-marathon field includes Kenyans
Geoffrey Mutai,
Cyprian Kotut and
Bedan Karoki, who have all run under an hour for the distance. The women's race will feature the two fastest Americans at the half-marathon (13.1 miles) distance in history Deena Kastor and Kara Goucher. Headlining Saturday's first ever Rock 'n' Roll 5K is U.S.
Olympian Bernard Lagat, one of the world's all-time great distance runners.


"Philadelphia is one of the most famous half-marathons in the U.S. and we have a world-class field to match a world-class event," said Matthew Turnbull, Elite Athlete Coordinator for the event. "While it's a shame we've lost our defending champion Stanley Biwott to injury, Geoffrey is training well in defense of his New York Marathon title and he knows it's going to be a fast race. Dathan is headlining for the Americans in the men's race, he's healthy and has run well here before." (Start line photo, right, credit PhotoRun.)


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Runners Celebrate Labor Day at the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon



WILLIAMETTE VALLEY, Ore. - Runners from near and far participated in the fifth running of the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon presented by Newton Running and produced by Destination Races on Sunday, Aug. 31.



Two Oregon runners took home top honors as
Dan Kremske of Eugene topped the men's field and broke the course record in 1 hour, 6 minutes, 28 seconds, and Eva

Vail of Portland won the women's race in 1:19:54.



The fifth edition Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon started at Stoller Family Estate in Dayton, Oregon at 7am, with a course weaving 13.1 miles past vineyards, farms, and wineries before finishing at Ken Wright Cellars in Carlton, Oregon. The sold-out field of runners celebrated their achievements at the popular post-race Wine + Music Festival, where runners sampled local food and wine from over twenty wineries.



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Corner Store Country Run Debuts in Little Rock


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Little Rock Marathon race officials announced it will partner with the Corner Store and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas to host the inaugural Corner Store Country Run

to be held Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The race starts at 7:30 a.m. in front of War Memorial Stadium and is part of an eight-city race series. The race benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas and Little Rock Parks & Recreation.










"At Corner Store, we believe in giving back to the communities we serve," said Kim Bowers, CEO of CST Brands, the parent company of Corner Store. "With the Country Run, not only are we thrilled to be raising money for a great causes, we are looking forward to hosting fun-filled events that are open to the whole community and will get folks up and moving while having a great time."


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Eggleston, Marita win 2014 Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - August 31, 2014 - Saturday's cool ocean breezes gave way to a steamy Sunday, morning in Virginia Beach at the 14th edition Rock 'n' Roll Running Festival on Labor Day Weekend. While American Jeffrey Eggleston outlasted his competition, he couldn't outlast the conditions narrowly missing his sub-65 minute goal to break the tape with a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes and 67 seconds.






"It went pretty well, I'm happy to get the win," said Eggleston. "I've been trying to build on my success going back to Boston finishing 8th and then running 2:10 in July, I focused my training and regrouped as I build up for the fall. Today was a really good step forward. I wanted to go out and win, and look forward to running faster."



Eggleston, who recently ran a marathon personal best of 2:10:52 at the Gold Coast Marathon, tucked in with a lead pack of four athletes running an opening mile of 4:49. The threesome of North Carolina-based Kenyans Simion Chirchir, Betram Keter and Abraham Chelanga; pushed the sub-5 minute pace through five miles with a split of 24:45, when Eggleston began contemplating what would be a decisive move at a water station near mile six.


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