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B.A.A. announces inaugural three-race series

Thursday, October 13, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

For Immediate Release

October 13, 2011

B.A.A. announces inaugural three-race series

with $100,000 to male and female winners.

B.A.A. 5k, B.A.A. 10k, and B.A.A. Half Marathon to comprise

new B.A.A. Distance Medley.

BOSTON – In anticipation of its upcoming 125th Anniversary in 2012, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced the establishment of a three-race series. The B.A.A. Distance Medley will begin with the B.A.A. 5K on April 15, 2012, followed by the B.A.A. 10K on June 24, and the B.A.A. Half Marathon on October 7.  Each of the three races will have its own prize purse. In addition, the male and female series champions will earn $100,000 in prize money.

Scoring for the B.A.A. Distance Medley will be based on total, elapsed time.  For example, someone who runs 14:00 minutes at the 5K, 29:00 at the 10K and 1:04:30 for the Half Marathon would end the series with a time of 1:47:30.  This unique scoring system is intended to maximize interest in the series among runners, the general public, and the media.

Everyone who completes all three races will be awarded a special commemorative medal for the series in addition to receiving a finisher’s medal for each race.

First race of Distance Medley            Second race of Distance Medley      Third race of Distance Medley

Event: B.A.A. 5K                                 B.A.A. 10K                                B.A.A. Half Marathon

Date: Sunday, April 15                        Sunday, June 24                     Sunday, October 7

Start time:   8:00 a.m.                                 8:00 a.m.                                 8:30 a.m.

Distance: 5 kilometers (3.1 miles)        10 kilometers (6.2 miles)                 13.1 miles

Start/finish: Copley Square, Boston         Boston Common              Franklin Park, Boston

Established: 2009                                         2011                                         2001

Registration for each event will be held on the B.A.A.’s web site: www.baa.org

Athletes contending for the series title will be posted to a leader board on the B.A.A. web site.

Each of the three events comprising the B.A.A. Distance Medley starts and finishes at a different, iconic Boston venue and showcases a different part of the City.  The B.A.A. makes annual contributions to city services, agencies or advocacy groups. Beneficiaries include the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, Boston Parks and Recreation Department, Boston Park Rangers, Franklin Park Zoo, and Friends of the Public Garden.

Youth races will be held in conjunction with each event.

“B.A.A. races offer runners uncommon racing opportunities in Boston,” said Thomas S. Grilk, B.A.A. Executive Director. “We appreciate the partnership we enjoy with the Mayor’s Office which highlights this renowned, running city.”

“In 2012, the B.A.A. Distance Medley will give Boston a series of races unique to the sport and is yet another way we are promoting our neighborhoods and our citizens,” said Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. “Together with the B.A.A., we are encouraging health, fitness and an active lifestyle by providing inspirational opportunities in which anyone may participate.”

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. The B.A.A.’s Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon, and the organization manages other local events and supports comprehensive charity, youth, and year-round running programs. Since 1986, the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon has been John Hancock Financial. The Boston Marathon is part of the World Marathon Majors along with the Virgin London Marathon, BMW Berlin Marathon, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, and the ING New York City Marathon. Nearly 50,000 runners will have participated in B.A.A. events in 2011.

Media:
For further information, please contact the B.A.A.’s Jack Fleming at 617-778-1627(fleming@baa.org); or, T.K. Skenderian at 617-778-1632 (tk@baa.org).

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Quick Snapshot of the Weekend: Kayoko 3rd in Chicago; Lidia, Nuta 1-2 in Denver; Irvette Wins in Joburg

Monday, October 10, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

 

Very good day for our group yesterday. In her first race since signing with Boulder Wave this summer, and her first-ever road race outside Japan, Kayoko Fukushi (Wacoal/adidas) took 3rd place in a huge 18-minute PB at the Chicago Marathon. She was trying the sub-2:20 with Liliya Shobukova and they came through the half together in 69:25; but Kayoko had a lot of “bowel problems” in the second half and had a tough run. Nevertheless 2:24:38 and 3rd place in a World Marathon Majors is a great run. This also gives her a huge boost mentally going into the Japanese Olympic marathon trials, and she will likely race either Osaka in January or Nagoya in March to try to make the team. Patrick Rizzo (Mizuno) did a spectacular job of pacing the lead women’s group through 20 miles (i.e. Liliya Shobukova’s spectacular 2:18:20), afterwards praised heartily by the coaches of both Kayoko and Liliya. This was Patrick’s final long run day (he ended up with 26 miles for the day) as he preps to represent the United States at the Pan American Games Marathon on October 30th.
Lidia Simon (ASICS) and Nuta Olaru (ASICS) went 1-2 at the 5400 ft (1650m) altitude Rock n Roll Denver Half-Marathon. Lidia took the win in 74:54 and departs for Japan later this week where she will race the new Osaka Marathon on October 30th. Nuta was right behind in 75:16, with plans herself for a late-Autumn marathon. Interesting note that Adriana Nelson’s sister-in-law, Brianna Nelson, who recently qualified for the US Olymopic Marathon Trials, took 3rd in Denver.
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In Johannesburg, South Africa, Irvette van Blerk (adidas) took the final Spar 10K title race of the season in 34:22. The Joburg course was also at altitude (5740 ft/1750m) with hills thrown in the boot. Irvette’s next race will likely be the Great South Run 10 mile in the UK at the end of this month.
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Todoran Takes Silver and PB at the Romanian Half-Marathon Nationals. Petrescu Gets Bronze and PB

Sunday, October 9, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin
The Romanian National Marathon Championships took place this past Sunday at the same time as the “Bucharest International Marathon”. Adidas Boulder-Wave Romania had two people run in the marathon. Paula Todoran ran a tough race placing 2nd in the national ranking in 2h 43:28, setting a personal best. Right behind Todoran, in third place, was Petrescu Alina, who crossed the finish line in a personal best of 2h 46:47. Cirlan Daniela was crowned as 2011 national champion.Full results here.

The adidas Bouder Wave Team also had 4 runners competing in the international half-marathon competition, which started in the same time as the marathon. Thus, Frumuz Cristiana took second with the unofficial time of 1h 18:02, while defending champion, Duta Roxana, was in third, few seconds behind Frumuz.

Positions 4 and 7 were also taken by adidas Boulder Wave runners. Moaga Elena was first to the line followed by Boholtan Alina.

Interviewed after the marathon Todoran Paula said that, “I’m mostly satisfied with my performance today, although I know I can do better. I need to work more on some aspects of my training, and then I can expect better results.”

Frumuz Cristiana was happy to finish the half-marathon saying that, “Today was a tough race for me, I fought hard to get second, and I’m happy is over. Now I can focus on cross-country”.

“I am happy with this personal best although I also wanted to defend my title. I gave my best today and that is all I can do. Next time I hope I will be first,” said Duta Roxana at the end of the half-marathon.

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Official results of the Bucharest International Marathon are available here.

Danci Wins U23 Romanian Cross Country Cup. Three adidas Boulder Wave Athletes Selected for European CC Championships and Two for Chiba Ekiden

Monday, October 3, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin
Baile Felix, a small spa town near Oradea located on the Romanian west border, was the host of the Romanian Cross Country Cup, a competition organized by the Romanian Athletic Federation, mainly serving as trials for the european cross country championships hosted in December by Velenje/Slo. 395 athletes from 65 clubs competed at this event, among them 8 adidas Boulder Wave runners competing in three different age categories, juniors, U23 and seniors.

In the 4km women junior’s race, Florea Madalina, who recently joined the adidas Bouder Wave team, pulled off a second place finish, and at the same time was selected to represent Romania at the european cross country championships. The team will also include yesterday’s winner, Ioana Doaga, third place Bunea Anca, and the athletes who finished 4th and 5th.

Adidas Boulder Wave’s Danci Liliana won the 6km women’s U23 competition. Second place went to Mircea Oana, while third place was taken by Cosarca Iuliana. Romania will not send any athletes to the european cross country championships at U23.

The 8km women’s senior competition included 6 adidas Boulder Wave athletes. The first of them to cross the finish line was Paula Todoran, who was 4th overall. Todoran was follwed by Frumuz Cristiana in 5th. The race was won by Birca Roxana, followed by Bobocel Ancuta in 2nd and Casandra Cristina in 3rd. First 5 places will form the romanian team for the european cross country championships. Todoran and Frumuz will also compete for Romania in the Chiba mixt ekinden on November 20th.

The other 4 adidas Boulder Wave athletes who competed in the women’s senior race were Moaga Elena and Petrescu Alina, who came in 6th and 7th respectively, while Duta Roxana‘s efforts got her a 12 place, and Alina Boholtan was 15th. Full results.

Some of the adidas Boulder Wave athletes were quoted after the Romanian Cross Country Cup:

Florea Madalina: “I felt good today…second place was more that what I had expected from this race, mainly because recently I have had some health issues”. I also want to run well at the european championships and hope to place as high as possible, both individually and with the team”

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Danci Liliana: “It was a difficult race today because I have had a cold, and it affected my breathing, although legs were fine. Overall I am satisfied with my performance”.

Paula Todoran: “My wish before this competition was to be in the top 5. I knew it was going to be hard because 3 weeks ago I ran a marathon. And 4th place for me is great and I am happy with it”.

Frumuz Cristiana: “The goal for me was to make the team for the european cross country championships…and today I achieved it. My focus next, and first, will be on the Chiba ekiden”

Seb Coe and London Organizers Unveil Olympic Track

Monday, October 3, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

2012 London Olympic track unveiled (article from the Daily Mail, October 3, 2011).

Flotrack video of Edna’s win at World Championships

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

Edna Kiplagat of Kenya wins her first World Championship marathon title 2:28:43

Eri Okubo Obliterates her PB; Takes 9th in Berlin

Sunday, September 25, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

On a perfect running day in Germany that also saw Kenya’s Patrick Makau set a new world record of 2:03:38, Eri Okubo (Second Wind AC) obliterated her marathon PB by over six and a half minutes (!) with a 2:28:49 run for 9th place at this morning’s BMW Berlin Marathon. Her previous best was 2:35:24 at last year’s Nagoya International Women’s Marathon in Japan.

Eri has been in great shape all year, but circumstances have kept her from the breakthrough race until now. She was originally scheduled to run Nagoya again in March, but after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan 48 hours before Nagoya’s start, the race was canceled. Not wanting to waste her fitness, Eri flew a few days later to Los Angeles, where the Honda Los Angeles Marathon organizers had been kind enough to extend an invitation in the aftermath of Japan’s disaster. The week’s travel, stress, and fatigue combined with a race-day thunderstorm were more than she could handle and Eri ran 2:42:48. Looking to salvage something from the Spring, on the last weekend of May, Eri raced to 2nd place at the Stockholm Marathon in 2:38:58.

The first day I read the instruction. It turns out it cannot be taken for Ambien more than three days in a row.

Eri attacked it from the start today, passing halfway in an aggressive 73:16. Coach Kawagoe was dead-on in his pre-race prediction of 2:28-2:29, which we reported yesterday.

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38th BMW Berlin Marathon: Lidia Simon, Eri Okubo Ready for Action

Saturday, September 24, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

Lidia Simon (ASICS) and Eri Okubo (Second Wind AC) are fit and peaked for tomorrow’s BMW Berlin Marathon, annually one of the world’s fastest events. A year ago, our group featured Tomo Morimoto taking 3rd, and Adriana Nelson in 6th.

As usual, race director Mark Milde has assembled a world class field, including for only the third time in world marathon history, both the men’s (Haile Gebreselassie) and women’s (Paula Radcliffe) world record holders racing in the same event.

Lidia trained all summer in Boulder for Berlin. In tomorrow’s race, she will be looking to post a fast time to put her in strong consideration for selection by the Romanian Athletics Federation for next year’s marathon team for the London Olympics. Lidia is also aiming to become the first woman in Olympic history to compete in five (!) Olympic marathons.

Eri is also in top shape, and Coach Manabu Kawagoe will have her going out at 2:28-2:29 shape, in line for a big PB. In her last marathon, Eri was 2nd in Stockholm in June.

Berlin’s weather forecast for tomorrow is for a temperature in the low to mid-50s at the start, rising to an eventual high near 70 later in the day.

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Note from David Monti/Race Results Weekly on watching the race broadcast:

These Ambien pills are taken in the evening, exactly as much as you plan to fall asleep and want to fall asleep all the following days.

PROGRAMMING NOTE – WATCH BMW BERLIN MARATHON IN THE USA ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS

Fans in the USA can watch the BMW Berlin Marathon, either on-line or on television, for no charge. The race will be carried by Universal Sports as follows:

. LIVE: On-line at UniversalSports.com, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2:45 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. (link on homepage)

. TAPE DELAY: On television on Universal Sports, Sunday, Sept. 25, 8:00 p.m.

To find the Universal Sports television channel, go to UniversalSports.com and click TV CHANNEL FINDER in red at the top of the page. On broadcast (over-the-air) television it usually a sub-channel of the local NBC affiliation. For instance, in New York City it is 4-4.

ENDS

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Patrick Rizzo on US Team for Pan Am Games

Thursday, September 22, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

Patrick Rizzo (Mizuno) was officially announced this week as part of the USA team for the 2011 Pan-American Games. The Games will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 14th – 30th. Patrick will represent the United States in the men’s marathon on October 30th, starting at 8:30 a.m. local time. Click here for the USATF press release announcing the full team, and here for the full track and field timetable.

Patrick will tune-up for Guadalajara by racing the USA 10 Mile Championships in Minneapolis on October 2nd.

Click here for the link to the Guadalajara 2011 English-language website.

 

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World Marathon Majors Establishes Position on World Records within Women’s Road Running Performances

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 No Comments by bw_admin

Press Release today from the World Marathon Majors

World Marathon Majors Establishes Position on World Records within Women’s Road Running Performances

BOSTON – September 20, 2011

Background: At the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, the IAAF Congress passed a motion to change the standard by which women athletes achieve world record performances in road races. By the new criterion, only times achieved in all-women competitions would be acknowledged for world record purposes, and performances achieved in mixed conditions would now be referred to only as “world best”.

The new criterion means that Paula Radcliffe’s 2003 Marathon mark of 2:15:25 is no longer the world record but now a world best, and that her 2005 London time of 2:17:42 is the world record.

Statement from the World Marathon Majors and the Association of International Marathons: The boards of both World Marathon Majors (WMM) and Association of International Marathons (AIMS) have reviewed the recent Congress decision and believe that it does not represent what is required by the sport of road running.

They further believe that there should be two world records for women’s road running performances, separately recognising those achieved in mixed competition and women’s only conditions.

AIMS and WMM will continue to acknowledge both types of performances as world records and will discuss this matter further with the IAAF, recognising that:

a)      The vast majority of women’s road races throughout the World are held in mixed conditions.

b)      The current situation where the fastest time is not now recognised as a record is confusing and unfair and does not respect the history of our sport.

WMM and AIMS congratulate the IAAF for introducing world road records and for continuing to support road running through its labelling scheme.

Notes:

AIMS represents more than 300 races worldwide, the vast majority of them road races. WMM members are Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York. Both bodies are represented on the IAAF Road Running Commission and have leadership roles within road running.

Performances considered for records, rankings and qualifying purposes must be achieved in accordance with IAAF Competition Rules. These include rules on course measurement, decrease in elevation between the start and finish, maximum distance between the start and finish lines.  An application for a world record will only be considered if the athlete concerned undertook doping control at the event.

Media Contacts:

Boston: Jack Fleming +1 617.236.1652 ext. 2627

London: Nicola Okey +44 207.902.0182

Berlin: Thomas Steffens +49 171.933.4836

Chicago: Robin Monsky +1 312.992.6630

New York: Richard Finn +1 212.423.2229

 

 

 
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For more information please contact the Virgin London Marathon Press Office:
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