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Issue 49-06-14 June 22, 2014




Upcoming Events

Get Your Rear in Gear, Rochester, MN, June 28
Heartbeat 5000, Minneapolis, MN, June 28
Challenge Diabetes 5K, St. Paul, MN, June 28
Brooklyn Cyclones Take Your Base 5K, Brooklyn, NY, June 29
Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon, Moshi, Tanzania, June 29
TC Pride Rainbow Run, St. Paul, MN, June 29
Canada D'eh Run, Amherstburg, Ontario, July 1
Harvard Pilgrim Finish at the 50, Foxborough, MA, July 3
Firecracker 5000, Seattle, WA, July 3
4th of July - Free to Run 4 Miles, St. Paul, MN, July 4
Red, White and Boom! TC Half-Marathon, Minneapolis, MN, July 4
Surf City Run, Huntington Beach, CA, July 4
AJC Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA, July 4
Liberty Run, Denver, CO, July 4
Liberty Dash, Lone Tree, CO, July 4
Firecracker 6, Indianapolis, IN, July 4
Hilton Head Firecracker Run, Hilton Head Island, SC, July 4
Firecracker Run, East Moline, IL, July 4
NYCRUNS Firecracker 5K & 10K, New York, NY, July 4
Hunter Vision Watermelon 5k, Winter Park, FL, July 4
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Seattle Puts on a Show at 2014 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon


SEATTLE (June 21, 2014) - With a double bill of
Sir-Mix-A-Lot and The Presidents of United States of America at Seattle Center's Fisher Green, a venue packed with thousands of runners got double the fun on the first day of summer at the 2014 Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & ½ Marathon on Saturday.

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The 6th edition of Seattle's marquee running event did not disappoint, attracting America's most decorated winter Olympian Apolo Ohno for his first race of any kind in the Emerald City. Ohno ran a personal best time of 1 hour, 36 minutes and 49 seconds as he trains to compete at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.



The event crowned four new champions. With the mighty Mount Rainier shining in the distance on a picture perfect Seattle day, marathoner Drew Polley (above) had just passed mile 21 when he started to fade. As he entered the I-90 tunnel, cheers began erupting from the thousands of runners streaming down the other side.


The cheers and picturesque views pushed him to dig deeper, with defending champion Yon Yilma regaining ground behind him. Polley had gained an early lead after dropping Yilma in the first few miles. He would finish well ahead, in 2:24:52



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Kenya's Ondoro Breaks Grandma's Marathon Course Record


DULUTH, Minn. (June 21, 2014) - Kenya's Dominic Ondoro made history while winning the 38th running of Grandma's Marathon.


The 26-year-old ran the fastest time ever run on the Grandma's Marathon course - 2 hours, 9 minutes and 6 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 2:09:37 set in 1981 by Minnesota's
Dick Beardsley

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Ondoro (above, photo by Marlin Levison, Star Tribune), making his Grandma's Marathon debut, claimed the $10,000 winner's check plus a $5,000 bonus for running sub-2:10:00. He also receives a new 2014 Toyota, courtesy of one of the events two presenting sponsors.


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Sambu, Daska Defend BAA 10K Titles


BOSTON (June 22, 2014)- Records tumbled in bunches here at the fourth B.A.A. 10K, as both Stephen Sambu (KEN) and Mamitu Daska (ETH) successfully defended their event titles from 2013. Sambu, 25, raced his way to a world leading time of 27:25 and set an American All-Comers Road Record (pending) for 8 kilometers en route, while Daska broke Kim Smith's (NZL) event record by finishing in 31:04, also the fastest time in the world this year.


Under crystal clear skies and with temperatures comfortably in the low 60Fs at the start, an event record of 6,619 runners completed the B.A.A. 10K's picturesque course through Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.



For the second consecutive year, Sambu defeated a past Boston Marathon champion on his way to winning the B.A.A. 10K. Last year, Sambu defeated 2013 Boston Marathon champion Lelisa Desisa (ETH) by nine seconds, winning the 2013 B.A.A. 10K in 28:06.




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Hannah Breaks Course Record at Sports 4 Emilie's Run 5K


OTTAWA (June, 21, 2014) - Rachel Hannah of Toronto broke the course record at Sports 4 Emilie's Run 5K in Ottawa this morning, running 15 minutes, 57 seconds to break the previous record of 16:08 set by Kiwi Mary Davies in 2012.


Unlike the last race to produce a record, where Davies had pressure from American Amy Van Alstine until the 4K mark, Hannah was free of the field after the first 100 meters and ran a steady hard pace. Her split times for the Ks were 3:09, 6:18, 9:30, 12:43 and finishing in 15:57.



Robyn Mildren of Guelph out sprinted Masters runner
Lioudmila Kortchaguina of Thornhill, placing second in a personal best time of 17:06. to Kortchaguina's 17:07.


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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

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Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon Awards $80,000 to Charity


DENVER - TheKaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon awarded $80,000 to the top


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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