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Issue 48-06-14 June 18, 2014




Upcoming Events

William A. Irvin 5K, Duluth, MN, June 20
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon, Duluth, MN, June 21
Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, MN, June 21
La Sportiva Beaver Creek Summer Solstice, Beaver Creek, CO, June 21
Sports 4 Emilie's Run, Ottawa, CAN, June 21
Kids Against Hunger, Minneapolis, MN, June 21
STMA 5K/10K, Crow Hassen Park, MN, June 21
Baltimore 10 Miler, Baltimore, MD, June 21
Summer Solstice 10K, 5K, Kids K, Vail, CO, June 21
Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon, Seattle, WA, June 21
XTERRA Gouldsboro Trail Run, Gouldsboro, PA, June 21
Bigfoot Triathlon & Trail Run, Lake Geneva, WA, June 21-22
Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K, Vancouver, CAN, June 22
Chad Greenway's Gridiron Challenge, Minneapolis, MN, June 22
Find the full Running USA events calendar here.


Strong Fields Set for Mt. Washington Road Race


PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. - The Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race has seen a couple of race-to-the-wire finishes in recent years, but more often the eventual winner has broken away from the field somewhere on the windswept upper slopes of the highest peak in the northeastern United States and finished all alone in front. Saturday's 54th edition of this all-uphill footrace could well be the scene for close finishes, as three well-matched men battle each other for the third time in as many years and a two-time women's Mt. Washington champion faces a challenge from a former world mountain running champion.


In the men's race, defending champion Eric Blake of West Hartford, Connecticut, and 2012 winner Sage Canaday
of Boulder, Colorado, will have to match their best-ever Mt. Washington performances if they expect to hold off
Joe Gray of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Gray, who finished second here in both 2012 and 2013, was the top American male last fall at the World Mountain Championships in Poland and placed fourth in the USATF cross-country national championships in February.

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B.A.A. Announces 2015 Boston Marathon Registration Dates


BOSTON - Registration for the 2015 Boston Marathon will open on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The B.A.A. will use the same process to register qualified runners as it used for the Boston Marathon in 2012, 2013 and 2014, allowing the fastest qualifiers in their gender and age group to register first.


The 119th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015, Patriots' Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will mark the 30th consecutive year that the event will have John Hancock Financial as its principal sponsor.



Registration will be held entirely online at www.baa.org. The qualification window for the 2015 Boston Marathon began last year on September 14, 2013.


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Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon Awards $80,000 to Charity


DENVER - The Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon
awarded $80,000 to the top relay teams in the Open
Marathon Relay, Corporate Cup and Government Cup Relays at the 2014 Marathon Awards Celebration. The top teams received a trophy to keep and a cash award, ranging from $750-$2,500, which they gave to the Charity Partner of their choice.



More than 17,000 runners registered for the events of the 9th Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon on May 17-18, 2014; a 24 percent increase from 2013, when the race distributed $50,000 to charity. One in four registered to run for one of the 151 Charity Partners that used the race to raise money for their cause.



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Runners Selected to Attend 2014 RunPro Camp
ARLINGTON, Va. - Fourteen up-and-coming distance runners, who have recently graduated from colleges and universities throughout the country, have been selected to attend the 3rd
RunPro Camp. The 2014 camp, funded and hosted by the
Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), will be held in Arlington, Virginia, July 17-19.

RunPro Camp is designed specifically for athletes who are interested in pursuing a professional running career. Selection to the Camp was based on an application process, with most athletes being NCAA qualifiers and competing in distances ranging from the 800 meters up through the 10,000 meters as well as in Cross Country.


See the athletes selected to attend this year's camp on RunningUSA.org


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2014 State of the Sport - Part II: Running Industry Report


SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - (June 15, 2014) - Over the past decade as the Second Running Boom has continued robustly with more traditional and non-traditional running events and record numbers of finishers, likewise in this country, the growth in general running participation and the associated goods such as running shoes, apparel and other gear have also grown to record heights, according to the
Running USA 2014 State of the Sport
- Part II: Running Industry Report.


"As these national survey numbers and our data attest, running in America is thriving, attracting new runners from both genders and reaching new highs in participation and economic activity," said Rich Harshbarger, Running USA CEO.




According to the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), running/jogging continues to show strong and consistent growth annually as running total participation (ran at least 6-plus days/yr) was up 2.5% overall in the last year.


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