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Issue 46-06-14 June 11, 2014




Upcoming Events

Dad's Day 5K, Houston, TX, June 14
Lederhosenlauf 5K, St. Paul, MN, June 14
Walker Methodist Roll and Stroll, Minneapolis, MN, June 14
50th DeCelle Memorial Lake Tahoe Relay, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 14
Summerfest Rock 'n' Sole Run, Milwaukee, WI, June 14
Oakley New York Mini 10K, New York, NY, June 14
XTERRA Turkey Track Trail Run, Pagosa Springs, CO, June 14
Run Amuck, Quantico, VA, June 14
Trail Quake Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K, Saratoga, CA, June 14
Braves Country 5K, Atlanta, GA, June 14
Storm the Beach, Kill Devil Hills, NC, June 15
Run in the Name of Love 5K & 2K, Carmel, CA, June 15
Fathers Day 5K, St. Paul, MN, June 15
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


Top 2013 Finishers Return to 2014 Oakley New York Mini 10K


NEW YORK - The top three finishers from the 2013
Oakley New York Mini 10K will ret urn to Central Park for the 2014 edition of the event on Saturday, June 14, to race against a deep American field. Leading the international competitors are 2013 champion Mamitu Daska of Ethiopia, 2013 runner-up (and two-time former champion) Linet Masai of Kenya, and 2013 third-place finisher Gemma Steel of Great Britain. The star-studded American field will be led by 2014 NYC Half third-place finisher and 12K world record-holder Molly Huddle, it was announced by New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg.



Founded by NYRR in 1972, the Mini got its name when race founder Fred Lebow convinced the first sponsor to support a six-mile "mini" marathon-named for the miniskirt, which was then in fashion-rather than a full marathon. It was the world's first road race exclusively for women. A few weeks later, Title IX became law, guaranteeing young women the right to participate in school sports and creating new opportunities for generations of female athletes. The inaugural race featured 78 participants.


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Kentucky Derby Festival Raises Record Funds for Charity


LOUISVILLE, Ky. - It was another record year for the 2014
Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation Charity Module Program. 32 different charitable organizations raised funds by having individual runners and running teams participate in the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and miniMarathon presented by Walmart and HumanaVitality on April 19. That's the largest number of charities who have participated in the program since its inception in 2005. The runners raised over $250,000. Overall, the program has helped raise over $1.75 million for charities around the region in the past 10 years.



Hope Scarves, a Louisville charity created to capture the stories of courageous women who have battled cancer, will also be recognized as the "Charity of Year" for this year's program. The "Charity of the Year" is determined by the best charity to administer the program through recruitment, retention and fundraising. 2014 was the first year Hope Scarves participated in the program. They raised $28,400, which is the most raised by any local charity in their first year of the program.


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Bart Yasso to Run Mad Marathon 2014


WAITSFIELD, Vt. - The 4th Mad Marathon, set for Sunday, July 6, will host Bart Yasso, veteran marathoner and Ironman who plans run the course snapping photos for all of his followers.



Yasso has been with
Runner's World

since 1987 where he developed the magazine's sponsorship program for more than 7,000 races around the world each year.



He invented a training method called the Yasso 800s that predicts someone's marathon time according to how long it takes them to run 800 meters. As the author of
My Life On the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon he is often referred to as the "Mayor of Running." Yasso is a board member of Running USA.



The Mad Marathon, nicknamed the "World's Most Beautiful Marathon," because of its quintessential covered bridges, barns small town centers, cows and rolling hills, is a Boston Marathon qualifier.


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Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Adds 6K


ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon announced that it has adde d a 6K race over the famous Woodrow Wilson Bridge set for the same time as the half-marathon this year.


"We have had so many requests over the years to organize a shorter race over the bridge for those athletes who could not make the 13.1-mile distance," Event Founder and Director
Steve Nearman said. "So today we added a 3.73-mile race from Belle Haven Park on GW Memorial Parkway over the bridge into the same finish line festival in National Harbor as the half marathon."



Both the 6K and half-marathon will start at 7 a.m. on Sunday, October 5, 2014. Registration is open at www.wilsonbridgehalf.com, with a discount for active public safety personnel from police, fire and emergency medical services.


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7 Olympians Confirmed for AJC Peachtree Road Race


ATLANTA - U.S. Olympians
Ryan Hall,
Abdi Abdirahman,
Desiree Linden,
Amy Hastings,
Julie Culley,
Blake Russell
and Jen Rhines are among the first athletes confirmed for the 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race on Friday, July 4, Atlanta Track Club announced.For the second consecutive year, the world's largest 10K will host the USA 10K Championships for both men and women. A total U.S. prize purse of $100,000 will be awarded this year, an increase of $40,000 from 2013. The winning male and female will each earn $15,000.


"A national championship is the place where every U.S. athlete wants to put it on the line," said Hall, a two-time U.S. Olympian whose time of 2:04:58 in the 2011 Boston Marathon is the fastest marathon ever run by an American. "I couldn't be happier that the AJC Peachtree Road Race is hosting the USA 10K Championships, with the best American distance runners in the country going after a big prize on the Fourth of July. It's perfect."


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