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NEW YORK -
Defending champion Sally Kipyego and two-time NYC Half
champion Caroline Rotich will lead  an elite women's contingent featuring American
distance-running icons Molly Huddle and Desiree
Linden at the 2015 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 15, 2015, it was
announced by Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York
Road Runners.
Molly
Huddle, 30, of Providence, RI, added multiple achievements to her already
impressive running résumé this year, including her historic victory at the 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K, where she set the American all-women's 10K record and
became the first American champion since 2004. Her dominant streak continued
when she lowered her own 5000-meter American record by two seconds to 14:42.64
at the 2014 Herculis Diamond League in Monaco. The 2012 Olympian and 14-time
national champion claimed the 2014 USA Running Circuit series title with
victories at the USA 7-Mile Championships, USA 20K Championships, USA 5K
Championships, and the .US National 12K, the same race in which she ran an
all-time world best for the distance in 2013.
Linden, 31, of
Washington, MI, finished second at the 2011 Boston Marathon with a personal-best
time of 2:22:38, a breakout performance in which she ran the then-fastest Boston
Marathon time by an American woman. The 2012 Olympian placed fifth overall and
was the top American at the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon.
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NEW YORK - History's most-accomplished wheelchair athlete,
Tatyana
McFadden, will headline the top-tier  professional wheelchair division as she makes her debut at
the 2015 United Airlines NYC Half on Sunday, March 15, it was
announced by Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York
Road Runners. Joining McFadden will be defending men's champion and Paralympian
Josh George, who will top the men's field.
McFadden, 25, of Clarksville, MD, became the first and only athlete,
male or female, to win four of the world's major marathons, a "Grand Slam" of
marathon championships in the same calendar year (2013), winning titles at
Boston, London, Chicago, and New York. She repeated this astonishing feat in
2014.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ
- RunSignUp, the leading industry innovator for  race
events, timing service providers, running stores and clubs, announces its
acquisition of RaceJoy, the industry's premium mobile and
runner tracking solution. James Harris, creator of RaceJoy, will join RunSignUp
to continue to enhance RaceJoy as well as lead t  he overall mobile delivery platform to provide participants,
spectators and events a comprehensive experience for races. RunSignUp and
RaceJoy have a shared vision to improve the race experience and the combined
efforts of innovation, along with an open platform approach, will lead to a next
generation mobile experience for race participants. RunSignUp races can be
RaceJoy-enabled starting now.
"We
have collaborated with RunSignUp since RaceJoy's inception. Our combined
approach of an open architecture is very much a fundamental strategy for us and
essential for bringing many different technologies together within RaceJoy.
Regardless of the timing system, registration solution or scoring software,
RaceJoy integrates with all technologies in the industry so that participants
can experience RaceJoy at any race. This strategic partnership with RunSignUp
offers a broadened distribution channel that will help us to accelerate
RaceJoy's market adoption. I'm very excited to be working with the highly
talented and dedicated people of RunSignUp," said James Harris, Founder of
RaceJoy.
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QUANTICO, VA ( February 24, 2015) - The Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) has sold
all discounted entries made available to active duty and Reserve members of the
military. The special discount was offered beginning F  eb.
23 through a partnership with GEICO.
Of those who have
registered to run the 40th MCM on Sunday, Oct. 25, there
are 2,018 serving on active duty and 482 Reservists including 1,833 men and 667
women. The runners range in age from 19 to 60, hail from all 50 states and
include several military members stationed overseas. All branches of the armed
forces and some foreign military members are registered with the majority, 921,
being U.S. Marines. There are also 846 first-time marathoners and 1,394 soon to
run their first MCM.
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CINCINNATI -
The Skyline Chili 3-Way and 4-Way Challenges,
part of the Flying Pig Marathon powered by P&G,  are nearly sold out, less than three months before Pig
weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 1-3.
For
those who might wonder where the name for the events originated: A '3-Way' and
'4-Way' are popular orders for Cincinnati-style chili, served over spaghetti. A
3-way is chili, spaghetti and cheese, while a 4-way is all of the above, plus
onions.
The Skyline Chili
3-Way consists of Saturday's Toyota 10K and Tri-State
Running Company 5K, and Sunday's IGS Energy Half
Marathon. The Skyline Chili 4-Way is the Toyota 10K, Tri-State Running
Company 5K and the full Flying Pig Marathon
on
Sunday.
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