Marathon and Half Marathon to start and finish at Centennial Olympic Park with 27 days to Go, Still Time for Runners to Register
ATLANTA – February 21, 2012:  More than 18,000 runners are expected to hit the streets of Atlanta for the Publix Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 7 a.m.  The race course will travel through metro Atlanta’s most interesting and historic areas including the Sweet Auburn...

The Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP) Innovation Competition seeks to increase quality in-school physical activity by identifying the best strategies to motivate quality youth physical activity programs and technologies. The following two competition categories are offered: The School Programs category is open to teams of K-12 educators who are involved with an innovative physical activity program in their school or district. Up to ten regional winners will receive $25,000 to support their programs, with two...

National Harbor, MD, February 15, 2012 – Registration for the third running of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon opened today with much anticipation. Entries were swift throughout the day as running enthusiasts registered for the October 7, 2012 footrace from Mount Vernon, VA to National Harbor, MD. The race is sanctioned by USA Track & Field and the 13.1-mile course is USATF certified.

According to a statement released today by WWBH officials, which appeared in...

QUANTICO, VA (Feb. 16, 2012) - Beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, March 7 registration for the 37th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) will open online at www.marinemarathon.com. Runners around the world await the opportunity to register for a coveted spot in “The People’s Marathon,” and secure bragging rights to complete the most celebrated marathon in the Mid Atlantic. Now the fourth largest marathon in the United States and ninth in the world,...

NAPA, Calif. — February 10, 2012 —The 34th Annual Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon, RRCA Western Region Championship, scheduled for Sunday, March 4, 2012, filled its entrant field of 2,500 participants last December 31, a full 64 days before race day. The milestone matched the record-breaking closing date achieved by last year’s race.

Why has the Napa Valley Marathon (NVM) attracted a capacity field every year for more than a decade? We asked this year’s entrants,...

QUANTICO, VA (Jan. 24, 2012) - The 2012 MCM Event Series opens for online registration tomorrow, Jan. 25. This is the fifth year of the MCM Event Series of road races that are annually held March through November. In the tradition of the Luck O’ the Irish, the Irish Sprint 10K on March 17 will offer all finishers guaranteed entry into the 37th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM). The Irish Sprint 10K (6.2 miles) will be...

Atlanta, January 20, 2012 – The Atlanta Track Club, organizer of the AJC Peachtree Road Race which takes place each year on the Fourth of July, announced that registration for the 2012 event will open on Thursday, March 15 through an online lottery at ajc.com/peachtree. The Atlanta Track Club first introduced the registration lottery for Peachtree in 2011 as a way to establish a fair registration process for all entrants. Those wishing to...

This past Saturday morning I toed the line with 111 of the best American marathoners.  I had qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials (OT) in my debut marathon at the California International Marathon (CIM) in December of 2010.  Leading into CIM I had done only 4 weeks above 100 miles in that build-up and walked away with a 2:17:22 personal best.  I did very few workouts at marathon pace in that build-up and honestly I...

JOPLIN, Missouri—In honor of the 161 individuals who lost their lives in the EF5 tornado that devastated Joplin on May 22, 2011, the Boomtown Run has been renamed the Joplin Memorial Run. It will take place Saturday, May 19, 2012, a date chosen to correspond as closely as possible to the city-wide activities that will commemorate the first anniversary of the tragedy.

When organizers were forced to cancel the Boomtown Run, the outpouring of support from...

Joplin, Mo,—In honor of the 161 individuals who lost their lives in the EF5 tornado that devastated Joplin on May 22, 2011, the Boomtown Run has been renamed the Joplin Memorial Run. It will take place Saturday, May 19, 2012, a date chosen to correspond as closely as possible to the city-wide activities that will commemorate the first anniversary of the tragedy.

When organizers were forced to cancel the Boomtown Run, the outpouring of support from...