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Contact: Scott Schricker
(804) 285-9495
NTELOS 8k breaks entry record
2007 30th Anniversary Marathon registration gets early start
with special $30 entry fee
RICHMOND, VA - The NTELOS 8k, part of the SunTrust Richmond Marathon,
has set a new record for the most entries in its 29-year history. As of
Tuesday morning, November 7, over 4,700 runners had registered for the
event, breaking last year's record total of 4,698. With three days left to
register, a total field of over 5,000 is expected by race day on Saturday,
November 11. This is the second consecutive year and the eighth time in
the past nine years that the 8k has set a new entry record. Combined
registrations for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, NTELOS 8k and Richmond
Times-Dispatch Kids Run are expected to be near 10,000 for the second
consecutive year.
The SunTrust Richmond Marathon will be held on Saturday, November 11
beginning at 8 a.m. at 7th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond. The
NTELOS 8k will follow at 8:35 a.m. at 6th and Broad Streets. The Richmond
Times-Dispatch Kids Run will begin at 9th & Main Streets at 8:15 a.m.
Online entries for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, NTELOS 8k and
Richmond Times-Dispatch Kids Run will be accepted at
www.richmondmarathon.com up until Wednesday night, Nov. 8. After that,
people can sign up in person at the Race Expo at the Omni Richmond Hotel on
Thursday, November 9 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Friday, November 10 from 11 a.m.
until 8 p.m. There is no Race Day registration.
It's never too early to register for 2007. Next year marks the
30th anniversary of the Richmond Marathon and to celebrate the event is
offering a special $30 marathon entry fee for a very limited time. The
unheard of price will be offered for online registrants only at
www.richmondmarathon.com from Friday, Nov. 10 through midnight on
Sunday, Nov. 12. After that, the fee will still be
an incredibly-low $50 through December 31.
Event organizers are already planning a full list of special promotions
and activities for the 30th anniversary marathon. Among the perks already
announced are a commemorative anniversary shirt, commemorative anniversary
finishers' medal, commemorative anniversary poster and commemorative
anniversary premium item for all marathon entrants.
Event to honor Veterans on November 11. This year's 29th running of
the SunTrust Richmond Marathon on November 11 will take on special
significance as the event recognizes Veterans Day. A host of special
features will serve to honor our country's veterans and active duty
personnel entered in both the marathon and its companion race, the NTELOS
8k.
Among the ways the event will honor Veterans Day include distributing
special red, white and blue bibs to be worn by veterans/active duty
military personnel running in either race, special bibs to be worn by
family and friends in honor of military and veterans with the honoree's
name, special True Blue bracelets to be given to veterans and those
honoring veterans and active duty military personnel, a military band to
play the national anthem at the start of the event, and other special
recognition along both race routes. The bibs and bracelets will be
available at the NTELOS booth at the event's Health & Fitness Expo on Nov.
9-10.
Ironworks to provide live race day coverage. Ironworks
Consulting is proud to offer live splits and results for all marathon
participants on the race website (www.richmondmarathon.com). In addition to
13.1- and 20-mile splits and standings as well as finish results, Ironworks
will provide photos throughout the event for friends and family who can't
attend!
Event means big $$$ for local economy. The thousands of
out-of-town participants and spectators that invade the Richmond region
this weekend for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon and NTELOS 8k mean millions
of dollars to the local economy, a recent study confirms.
The 2005 SunTrust Richmond Marathon, featuring the largest participant
field and most spectators in its 28-year history, pumped over $8.4 million
into the Richmond economy, according to InZone Research, a sports marketing
research group working through Virginia Commonwealth University
SportsCenter. The study involved interviewing over 600 attendees at the
event on their travel and spending habits during the weekend of November
10-13, 2005.
44 down, 8 to go. This Saturday's SunTrust Richmond Marathon
will be Virginian Dane Rauschenberg's 45th of 2006. Dane is on a quest to
be the only person to run one marathon every weekend in 2006 (52 marathons
- without fail - no matter where it takes him), with all the
proceeds that he raises going to the organization L'Arche-Mobile, an
international federation of communities in which people with a mental
handicap and those who help them can live, work, and share their lives
together. And if that isn't enough, Dane will continue to work at his
present occupation during the week and attempt to run every marathon in
2006 under 4 hours! With 44 Marathons down (including the ING New
York City Marathon this past Sunday), he is well on his way! For more
information, visit his website at www.fiddy2.org.
2006 SunTrust Richmond Marathon & NTELOS 8k Schedule
Thursday, November 9
4 - 8 p.m. Health & Fitness Expo, Packet pick-up and walk-up registration
at The Omni Hotel
Friday, November 10
11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Health & Fitness Expo, Packet pick-up and walk-up
registration at The Omni Hotel
11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Bus tours of marathon course
6 - 8 p.m. Pasta Dinner at the Omni Hotel
Saturday, November 11
6 - 8:30 a.m. Packet pick-up
8 a.m. Marathon start (7th & Broad Streets)
8:15 a.m. Kids Run Start (9th & Main Streets)
8:35 a.m. 8k start (6th & Broad Streets)
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Finish Line Festival
11 a.m. 8k awards ceremony for overall and masters winners
12 p.m. Marathon awards ceremony for overall and masters winners
3 p.m. Marathon course closes
For media seeking more information, please call Scott Schricker at
285-9495 or 218-9689 (mobile phone on Race Day).
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