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Boston
Athletic Association to Open Registration for

Third
Annual B.A.A. 5K on March 2

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Boston, MA.
‰ÛÒThe Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that registration for
the third annual B.A.A. 5K opens on Wednesday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. Online
registration will take place at www.baa.org/races/5k, and the field is
limited to the first 5,000 entrants. The race will take place on Sunday, April
17 at 8:00 a.m. and provides participants with an opportunity to cross the
famous Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street. New for 2011, the B.A.A.
is offering a $30,000 prize purse for the race‰Ûªs top finishers with $5,000 each
to the top male and female runner.

The 3.1-mile course starts at
Copley
Square, and passes historical landmarks such as the
Massachusetts State House, the Bull and Finch Pub (the inspiration for
‰ÛÏCheers‰Û), the Boston Common, and the Boston Public
Garden. The race is an
energizing prelude to Monday‰Ûªs Boston Marathon, and marathoners have come out to
support line the 5K participants in previous years.

‰ÛÏThe B.A.A. 5K has been a well-received
addition to Boston Marathon weekend, and we‰Ûªre delighted to showcase the Back
Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods with this
event,‰Û said Tom Grilk, executive director of the Boston Athletic Association.
‰ÛÏWe‰Ûªve opened the finish of our Marathon course
to runners of shorter distances and offered them a chance to shine on one of our
sport‰Ûªs biggest weekends. We hope that some of our Marathon weekend visitors from out of town will take part
and see more of our city. With elite runners now competing for a $30,000 prize
purse, we‰Ûªve added a new facet which brings additional interest and a bit more
drama to the marathon weekend.‰Û

In 2010, nearly 5,000 entrants from 31
countries and 49 states crossed the finish line at the B.A.A. 5K. Last year‰Ûªs
men‰Ûªs winner Josh Cox lunged across the line in 14:30, narrowly missing Jarrod
Shoemaker‰Ûªs course record (14:29) from the previous year. Jennifer Campbell, of
Newmarket, New Hampshire won the women‰Ûªs race in a time
of 16:50, establishing the course record by 44 seconds. For more information on
the 2011 B.A.A. 5K, please visit the B.A.A. web site at www.baa.org/races/5k

The B.A.A. 5K precedes the B.A.A.
Invitational Mile, also on April 17 and which includes two professional and four
youth races featuring student athletes from the eight cities and towns along the
Boston Marathon course. These mile races are spectator-friendly events that
showcase local as well as international talent as the competitors run laps
around a city block at the Boston Marathon finish line.

About the
B.A.A.:
Established in 1887, the Boston Athletic Association
is a non-profit organization with a mission of managing athletic events and
promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. Each year the
Association manages a comprehensive schedule of youth-running events, distance
running training programs, and large-scale races in the city of Boston. Most noteworthy is
the Boston Marathon, the world’s most prestigious and oldest
continually run marathon. Since the inaugural race in 1897, the Boston Marathon has been
the pinnacle for distance running worldwide, a position which was reinforced in
1986 with the help of principal sponsor John Hancock Financial. In 2006, the
Boston Marathon joined the Bank of
America Chicago Marathon, the Berlin Marathon, the Virgin London Marathon, and the ING New York
City Marathon to form the World Marathon Majors.

SYRACUSE, NY‰Û_June 27, 2011‰Û_Achieve Fitness, LLC announced today an agreement

with Ronald Mc Donald House Charities of Central New York to become an

official charity of the Inaugural Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon on

Oct. 16, 2011.



Runners can now donate to the charity during the registration process. In

addition, the Empire State Marathon will have a fundraising initiative at

the Driver¹s Village New York State Health and Wellness Expo on Oct. 14-15,

as well as at the pre-race pasta hosted by Carnegie Catering.



³One of the most important aspects of our race is raising money for great

causes like Ronald Mc Donald House Charities of Central New York,² said

Brian Collins, principle owner of Achieve Fitness, LLC, management company

for the Inaugural Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon. ³Our affiliation

with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York allows us to help

make a difference in the lives of families and children suffering from

serious injuries or illnesses.²



The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York creates, identifies

and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of

children and families in Central New York. The facility operates 24 hours a

day, year-round as a ³home away from home² for families whose children are

hospitalized with serious illness or injuries.



²We are thrilled to be a part of the Inaugural Empire State Marathon. The

organizers are taking a community approach   with this event and we

appreciate that they have chosen us as their official charity.² Beth M.

Trunfio, Executive Director

Empire State Marathon has added a donation feature to the online

registration so participants can currently elect to make a one-time donation

to the charity while they register.  Entrants can also select if they would

like to fundraise for the organization and receive their own personal

fundraising page.  Those interested in fundraising for  the Ronald McDonald

House of CNY can get more information at

http://www.cnyronaldmcdonaldhouse.org/>

 or connect at Active Giving page -

http://www.active.com/donate/rmhccny 



About Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York



Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY operates the 16-bedroom CNY Ronald

McDonald House 24-hours a day, year-round as a ³home away from home² for

families whose children are hospitalized with serious illnesses or injuries.

RMHC of CNY is building a new, larger Ronald McDonald House that will allow

the organization to help keep even more families with seriously ill children

together. For more information or to donate, visit

http://www.cnyronaldmcdonaldhouse.org.



About Achieve Fitness, LLC and the Empire State Marathon



Founded in 1998, Achieve Fitness, LLC is a leading sports marketing,

training and event company in Phoenix, Arizona. A consulting company for the

P.F. Chang¹s Rock Õn¹ Roll Arizona Marathon, Achieve Fitness is the managing

entity of 1st Marathon, 1st Triathlon, the recently reacquired Valley of the

Sun Marathon and Half Marathon, and the Empire State Marathon and Half

Marathon. Principle owner Brian Collins is a native of Central New York and

graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School, Syracuse University and Le

Moyne College.



On Oct. 16, 2011, the Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon will give

runners an up-close view of Central New York¹s rolling landscape and vibrant

autumn colors. The USATF-certified course, which begins and ends at Alliance

Bank Ball Park Stadium, travels through the cities of Syracuse, Liverpool

and Baldwinsville. A pre-race health a fitness expo will be held on Oct.

14-15 and feature vendors from the running and fitness industries.

Additional information about the Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon is

available at http://www.empirestatemarathon.com.

USA Wins Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championships

USA Wins Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championships

Max King and Kasie Enman Crowned World Champions in Tirana, Albania

Tirana, Albania ‰ÛÓ September 11 ‰ÛÓ The USA set the bar at the 27th
World Mountain Running Championships held today, September 11, in
Tirana, Albania, showcased by the gold-medal performances of
Huntingdon, Vermont’s Kasie Enman and Bend, Oregon’s Max King.

“In
my nine years as team leader, I’ve never been more proud of our
athletes than I am today,” said Richard Bolt, “Kasie and Max’s
performances blew me away. They made winning a World Championship look
easy.”

“This is the first time I
have represented the U.S. in a World Mountain Running Championship,”
said Enman, “I’m very excited. I did not expect to win.”

With her victory Enman
becomes the first senior woman from the U.S. to earn an individual gold
medal. She led the senior women to a fourth place finish. Her time was
40:39 over the 8.59 kilometer course. She was followed by Megan Lund in
12th place with a time of 43:56, Michele Suszek in 21st place with a time of 44:48, and Brandy Erholtz in 26th place with a time of 45:56.

“It’s an historic day
for our women,” said women’s team manager Ellen Miller, “Kasie’s
victory honors the past 17 years of U.S. women’s mountain running.”

For King, this was his
second consecutive appearance at the World Mountain Running
Championships, and he bettered last year’s 16th place
performance with a decisive victory today. “I’m tired, but I feel very
good,” said King, “This is my first individual medal (last year’s senior
men’s team took the silver), and I’m proud to have it in an up/down
year especially in Albania.”

King’s
gold medal becomes only the second gold for a U.S. male. Jay Johnson,
owner of Fleet Feet Sports in Boulder, Colorado, previously won gold
for Team USA in 1989 and since that time, Johnson has been an ardent
supporter of Team USA.

About his gold medal
performance King said, “It was a good course for me having both the
hard technical uphill and the fast and somewhat technical downhill. I
had no idea I was in the lead until I crossed the finish line. The
Ugandan runner was 30 seconds ahead of me at the top of the third climb
and I passed him with about 800 meters to go. I didn’t think that he
was the one I was trying to catch, I thought it was a lapped runner.”

King led the men’s team
to a fourth place finish with his time of 52:06 over the 12.7 kilometer
course. He was followed by teammates Joseph Gray in eleventh place
with a time of 55:33, Ryan Woods in 49th place in 1:01:51, Matt Byrne in 51st place in 1:01:58, Tommy Manning in 79th place in 1:08:10, and Jared Scott in 96th place in 1:20:21.

“It was strong team finish, but we were obviously disappointed that we didn’t finish in the medals,” said King.

Prior to the senior
races, the junior men and women competed. In the junior men’s 8.59
kilometer race, University of Richmond sophomore Ryan Lee posted an
impressive 11th place finish. He was followed by fellow Spyder Billy Fayette in 28th place and Oliver Bear Don’t Walk IV in 54th place. The junior men finished tenth.

The junior women raced
4.49 kilometers. Krisztina Dearborn, a sophomore at Central Connecticut
State University, finished in 24th place followed by Johns Hopkins sophomore Lara Shegoski in 29th place, and University of Richmond freshman Clare Moretz in 30th place.

“I’m tremendously proud
of the efforts of our junior athletes today,” said Paul Kirsch, manager
of the junior team, “They raced against the best in the world and held
their own. I’m grateful to their college coaches who realize the
tremendous opportunity this gives a collegiate athlete to race on a
world stage.”

To learn more about the U.S. Mountain Running Team, visit us at www.usmrt.com or www.usatf.org. Follow the team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usatfmut, or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmrt. The official race website for the 2011 WMRC is /www.wmrc2011.al.

Kenyan Laban Moiben sets
new Ottawa Marathon event record

Réjean Chiasson and Lisa
Avery top Canadian finishers

May
27 ‰ÛÒ OTTAWA ‰ÛÒ Twenty-eight-year old Kenyan Laban Moiben today broke the Ottawa
Marathon event record in a time of 2:09:12, shaving 19 seconds off the previous
time set in 2009.

Moiben
returned to Ottawa today to defend his 2011 title time of 2:10:17. In 2010, he
placed second with 2:09:43.

For
most of the 42.2K distance, elite racers ran in a tight pack under slightly
overcast skies and cool temperatures ‰ÛÒ ideal conditions for runners. In the
last leg, three Kenyans pulled ahead to claim top spots. Julius Karinga, 32,
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finished in 2:09:13, and Vincent Kiplagat pulled in third at 2:11:04.

Two
Ethiopian women were the first to cross the finish line. Yeshi Esayias, 26, and
Biruktrawit Degefa, 21, finished in 2:28:45 and 2:33:12 respectively. Third to
finish was 30-year-old Ruth Wanjiru of Kenya. In 2011, Degefa placed second
with a time of 2:33:14

Winners
of the Canadian National Championships were Toronto-based 28-year-old Rejean
Chiasson with a finish of 2:19:54 and Lisa Avery, 35, of Orillia, in a time of 2:42:52.
Avery‰Ûªs finish is a strong personal best.

Winner
of the wheelchair marathon race was Michel Filteau of St-Jean Baptiste, Quebec,
who finished in 1:37:16.

Top 10 men

2:09:12

Laban Moiben

Kenya

2:09:13

Julius Karinga

Kenya

2:11:04

Vincent Kiplagat

Kenya

2:11:17

Abdelkrim Boubker

Morocco

2:11:59

Daniel Rono

Kenya

2:15:10

Dereje Abera

Ethiopia

2:15:45

Gebreslassie Reda

Ethiopia

2:17:06

Jeremias Saloj

Guatemala

2:17:22

Negari Terfa

Ethiopia

2:18:35

Moses Kigen

Kenya

Top 10 women

2:28:45

Yeshi Esayias

Ethiopia

2:33:12

Biruktawit Degefa

Ethiopia

2:33:16

Ruth Wanjiru

Kenya

2:36:05

Malika Benlafkir

Morocco

2:42:38

Gladys Asiba

Kenya

2:42:52

Lisa Avery

Canada

2:47:42

Josiane Aboungono

Canada

2:49:57

Myriam Grenon

Canada

2:51:02

Jemena Misayauri

Peru

2:53:24

Maryse Nault

Canada

About
the Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race
Weekend

The 2012 edition of the Tamarack Homes Ottawa Race Weekend welcomed close to 42,000 participants in seven races,
including the marathon, the half-marathon, the 10K, 5K, family 2K and Y Kids
marathon. The Ottawa Marathon and Ottawa 10K are both designated Silver Label
IAAF events by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). Run
Ottawa, the organization behind the Ottawa Race Weekend, is run by a volunteer
Board of Directors, and is dedicated to promoting the sport of running and
enhancing the health and well-being of our community by organizing distinctive
world-class and local races, and managing an active, membership-based running
club.

HOUSTON
– Twenty-year-old Merima Mohammed of Ethiopia overcame leg problems and
cold, wet conditions to run the second-fastest ever women’s race at
Sunday’s Chevron Houston Marathon, while fellow countryman, twenty-two
year old Bazu Worku, ran away with the men’s title.

Course
record-holder Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia defended his title in the men’s
Aramco Houston Half Marathon and Mamitu Daska, the 2011 Chevron Houston
Marathon champion, won the women’s crown. Daska is the first-ever woman
to win the marathon and the half marathon at Houston.

“The
conditions were challenging for everybody, but it is a testament to the
athletes we attract that we had such great performances,” said Wade
Morehead, Executive Director of the Houston Marathon Committee.
“Despite the bad conditions, we had tremendous support from our
sponsors, spectators and volunteers.”

Mohammed
ran the first half of the race with Buzunesh Deba (ETH) and Meskerem
Assefa (ETH) and that pack stayed together through 33km, when Mohammed
made a strong move and broke away. She stretched her lead to 47 seconds
over Deba by the 40km mark and crossed the line in 2:23:27, missing the
course record by 23 seconds. Deba finished as the runner-up in 2:24:26,
which is the fifth-fastest time in race history. Assefa finished third
in her marathon debut in 2:25:17.

“I
had a problem with my left leg,” Mohammed told reporters through a
translator while massaging her left calf. “It was hurting badly. It was
a very painful situation.”

Worku,
who had been running in a pack of nine early in the race, came through
the half at 65:25 with five others. But by 25km, he had opened up a 50
second lead over Solomon Molla. Worku continued to stretch that lead
with every mile and finished in 2:10:17, winning by more than
two-and-a-half minutes. Teferi Balcha claimed runner-up honors 2:12:50,
with Molla third at 2:14:37.

Lilesa
ran side-by-side with Deriba Merga until the pair entered the home
stretch, where Lilesa used his superior speed to win in 61:54. Merga
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was second at 62:00 and Kenya’s Wilson Erupe made a late surge to take
third in 62:12.

Daska
took command early in the race, leading through 5km in 16:18, and then
doubled her margin by the 10km mark, clocking 32:42. At 15km, she had a
1:27 lead over Caroline Kilel of Kenya and her margin of victory was
2:05 when she crossed the line at 69:53, the fifth-fastest time in race
history. Kilel finished as the runner-up for the second year in a row,
finishing in 71:58 and Hellen Jemutai, also of Kenya, was third in
72:34.

Chasing
the American prize purse, presented by Marathonguide.com, Andrew
Carlson and Tera Moody were the first U.S. finishers in the Chevron
Houston Marathon. Carson was seventh overall at 2:17:16 and Moody was
sixth in 2:39:10.

“The
extra prize incentive from Marathonguide.com was a great addition to
our event,” said Brant Kotch, Race Director of the Chevron Houston
Marathon. “Along with the substantial support we receive from Chevron
and Aramco, this kind of financial help can only enhance our
competitive fields.”

The
top Americans in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon were newly-minted
U.S. citizen Shadrack Biwott, who finished fourth in 62:23, and Lisa
Uhl, who took sixth in 73:38.

For more information on the 2013 Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend, please visit http://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com or http://www.hmcpresscenter.com.
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WITH MURRAY'S WIN AT WIMBLEDON, ATHLETICS DROUGHTS COME TO MIND

By Chris Lotsbom

(c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

(Used with Permission)



Photo by Jeff Johnson



CLEVEDON, ENGLAND (09-Jul) -- On the seventh day of the seventh month, 

seventy-seven years after the last Briton won the Men's Wimbledon Championship 

title, Scotland tennis ace Andy Murray captured the winner's trophy on Sunday, 

ending one of the longest victory droughts in sporting history.



"I understand the match, how everyone else wants to see a British winner at Wimbledon," 

he told the BBC moments after winning, looking up to the capacity crowd. "I hope you guys enjoyed it, I tried my best."



With the whole of Great Britain watching, Murray defeated top-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. More importantly, he fulfilled the nation's dreams of 

once again owning the top spot at the famed All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, something which hadn't happened since Fred Perry won in 1936.



"It's hard. It's really hard. You know, for the last four or five years, it's been very, very tough, very stressful," Murray told ESPN.com, describing the 

effects of being a British contender at the event. "It's just kind of everywhere you go. It's so hard to avoid everything because of how big this event is, but 

also because of the history and no Brit having won [in 77 years]."



While watching the match on Wimbledon's pristine Centre Court, thousands tweeted about history being made in front of their eyes, including many in the athletics

 world.



"Date w destiny. Great stuff. happy [sic] 4 all of Britain," said New York Road Runners CEO and President Mary Wittenberg.



"@Andy_Murray Well done mate!!! #LEGEND," wrote double Olympic gold medalist and fellow Briton Mo Farah.



As Djokovic hit his final backhand into the net and Murray raised his hands to the heavens, all the land cheered. Brought to tears, the first Briton in three 

quarters of a century had scored the victory.



"It's history. We haven't seen this in our lifetime," said Catherine Batchelor, who took in the match with friends here.



While watching the duel come to a close, thoughts of other sporting droughts came to mind, particularly in athletics. It's been 28 years since an American --male

 or female-- has won the Boston Marathon (1985, Lisa Larsen Weidenbach); ten years since Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe set the women's marathon world record of

 2:15:25 (2003); 14 years exactly to the day (July 7, 1999) since Hicham El Guerrouj set the mile world record in Rome, timing 3:43.13.



"The end to the wait at Wimbledon...next up - American women winners-NY & Boston marathons...?!" asked Wittenberg in a tweet, receiving six retweets and six 

favorites.



For years athletes have talked about snapping athletics streaks like Murray, much more meaningful than simply being crowned champion. With droughts also come a 

pressure unlike any other, a feeling that motivates athletes and provides frustration for both athlete and nation alike. For Shalane Flanagan, this was evident 

following this year's Boston Marathon, where she finished fourth.



"I've been thinking about this moment and running in this race for a really long time, so I'm extremely happy to have fulfilled a lifelong goal of mine," said 

Flanagan on the verge of tears. "But I dreamt of winning. I dreamt of a laurel wreath on my head, and it didn't happen, but that's the reason why dreams or goals

 are big, and they're hard.



"The hardest part about Boston is that the Bostonians want it just as bad as you do," Flanagan --a native of Massachusetts-- said in April. "We want to be that 

person. We want to be the next Joanie," referring to Joan Benoit Samuelson, the second-to-last American women's champion in Boston.



According to his book "14 Minutes," drought is what even spurred Alberto Salazar to begin the Oregon Project, hoping to get Americans back to the podium in 

marathons and athletics. In 2012, Salazar partially fulfilled that goal, aiding Galen Rupp to his 10,000m silver medal at the London Olympics.



It's near impossible to say which athletics drought will end next. But one thing's for sure: they are always on athletes' minds. As shown by Murray at Wimbledon,

 nothing's too far out of reach, as long an athlete has the will, hope, patience, and determination.



"I didn't always feel it was going to happen," Murray, runner-up in 2012, told ESPN.com. "It's incredibly difficult to win these events. I don't think that's 

that well-understood sometimes. It takes so much hard work, mental toughness, to win these sort of tournaments."



The same can be said for races; patience can be a virtue.

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Terrence Mahon To Coach B.A.A. High Performance Group

New program will bring selected runners to
Boston.

BOSTON
– Terrence Mahon has joined the Boston Athletic Association to lead and
coach a high performance
distance running initiative for the organization. The club will
continue to be sponsored and supported by adidas, which has been the
club’s sponsor since 1992. adidas has been the athletic footwear and
apparel sponsor of the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A.’s premier
event, since 1989.

Mahon is considered a top middle distance and distance running coach, and he is credited with having
developed or coached eight Olympians since 2005.

He
began his coaching career in 2003 with renowned endurance coach Joe
Vigil serving as a mentor to
Mahon. In 2003 and 2004,
Mahon offered private coaching under his company Spiridon Running, LLC,
prior to taking charge of Team Running USA, the elite group which would
later become the Mammoth Track Club. Most recently,
Mahon was employed by UK Athletics in
England, where he served as Lead Endurance Coach.

At the B.A.A.,
Mahon will work with Michael Pieroni to create a high performance running program consisting of
U.S. athletes.
Mahon will recruit and coach the high performance athletes, and Pieroni will continue to be the director of the entire club.
Mahon, along with the athletes who will comprise the high performance group, will be based in
Boston. Club members will compete under the B.A.A. name and affiliation.

“The
B.A.A. has a rich history of athletic excellence, both in terms of
events and club membership, and I look forward to developing the next
generation of top Americans who will
compete wearing the Unicorn,” said Mahon. “The athletes who will run
for the B.A.A. in this program will represent one of this country’s
oldest and most prestigious running clubs, and our group
will be the newest contributor to the already strong legacy of running
in
Boston.”

Mahon officially begins with the B.A.A. in October, and the program will launch shortly thereafter.
It is anticipated that the first athletes will join the club by January 2014.

“The
B.A.A. is committed to supporting running for both participation and
performance, and we are pleased to introduce this program which will
provide opportunities at the highest
level of our sport,” said Tom Grilk, B.A.A. Executive Director.
“Terrence, our new athletes and this program reaffirm our mission to
promote the sport. This performance group will focus on elite
competition; through
the program, we will inspire up-and-coming runners both locally and
nationally. We also hope that these athletes will serve to inspire an
increased community focus on the benefits of fitness for everyone.”

Athletes
who become part of the program will receive a range of benefits as the
club seeks to develop Americans into top runners at several distances.
Athletes will compete in track
and field or in road races, and Mahon aspires to have club athletes
compete in national championships, the U.S. Olympic Trials, the IAAF
World Championships and the Olympic Games.

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