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Nick Symonds Announces His Final Professional Race

The 2x Olympian will pursue his first marathon at the 2017 Honolulu
Marathon in December.

(Eugene, Oregon, June 23, 2017) After twenty years of competitive racing,
two-time Olympian, Nick Symmonds, has decided to hang up his spikes. The
33-year-old announced his retirement from the track yesterday at the
2017 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships after failing to qualify for
this year's World Championships.

The Boise, Idaho native isn't completely done with competition however.
This morning, on his YouTube channel, the former half-miler announced
that he had one final race left in his legs and that his very last
competition as a pro-runner would be the 2017 Honolulu Marathon.

"To be honest, I'm not totally sure that I can do this. I guess that's the
part that gets me most excited," says Symmonds. "The thought of running
twice as far as I ever have before seems almost certainly impossible. But I
have five months to prepare and if there is one thing competitive running
has taught me it's that today's strong is tomorrow's weak. If I train
correctly my body will adapt and I will be able to cross this final item
off my running bucket list."

Symmonds is no stranger to hard training, during the peak of his
pro-running career he routinely put in 70 mile weeks. He addressed
training a bit in the mixed zone at the USA Track & Field Championships and
announced that he will be chronicling all of his marathon preparation in a
daily vlog posted to his YouTube channel.

This year's Honolulu Marathon is scheduled to take place on the morning of
December 10th. Nick certainly won't be alone on the streets of Honolulu as
over 30,000 people have signed up to participate. Symmonds, who has always
enjoyed interacting with his fans, has something big planned to add another
name to the list of racers.

His company, Run Gum, is offering an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii to
run with him. Details on how to enter to win this once in a lifetime
opportunity can be found at RunGum.com/runaloha.

To learn more about how Nick plans to prepare for this year's Honolulu
Marathon or to contact him please email to set up an
interview.
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