FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SunTrust Richmond Marathon Breaks All-Time Event Entry Record
Walk up registration still available at Health & Fitness Expo
RICHMOND, VA - The SunTrust Richmond Marathon, which will celebrate its
33rd running this Saturday, November 13, has broken its all-time event
registration record of 15,723 set for last year's event. With walk-up
registration still available at the Health & Fitness Expo, entry numbers
for the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, McDonald's Half Marathon, and HCA
Virginia 8k are expected to climb over 16,000. This marks the 11th time in
12 years that the total event entry record has been set.
Participants from 47 different states and 16 different countries will be
traveling to Richmond for Saturday's events. The SunTrust Richmond Marathon
will be held on Saturday, November 13 beginning at 8 a.m. at 7th and Broad
Streets in downtown Richmond. It is preceded by the HCA Virginia 8k at 7
a.m. and the McDonald's Half Marathon at 7:30 a.m.
Health & Fitness Expo at the Arthur Ashe Center. The Health & Fitness Expo
at the Arthur Ashe Center is open on Thursday, November 11 from 5 to 9 p.m.
and Friday, November 12 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Walk-up registration for the
SunTrust Richmond Marathon, McDonald's Half Marathon, and HCA Virginia 8k
will be available until the conclusion of the Health & Fitness Expo. There
is no race day registration or packet pick up!
SunTrust Richmond Marathon welcomes the Runner's World Magazine editorial
staff back to Richmond. The SunTrust Richmond Marathon is proud to be
selected a destination for the Runner's World Challenge, a 16-week online
training program culminating with the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, for the
second year in a row. The SunTrust Richmond Marathon was the site for the
first-ever Runner's World Challenge in 2009. This year, Runner's World
added the McDonald's Half Marathon to the Runner's World Challenge. More
than 100 readers paid to be a part of the program. Runner's World
Editor-in-Chief David Willey, along with 10 other Runner's World editors,
will be running the SunTrust Richmond Marathon or the McDonald's Half
Marathon.
Greater Richmond ARC stuffs 17,000 bags for race participants. The Greater
Richmond ARC (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens) was founded
in 1954, and its mission is to create "life-fulfilling opportunities for
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, in
partnership with their families." The organization has five locations
throughout Greater Richmond, and is made up of four service areas including
Infant and Child Development Services (ICDS), Day Support & After School
Services, ARC Industrial Services, and Camp Baker Services, a full-service
respite and camp facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. For more
information about the Greater Richmond ARC, please visit
www.richmondmarathon.org.
Live text/e-mail alerts available on race day. The SunTrust Richmond
Marathon is proud to offer live results of the marathon, half marathon, and
8k on race day through our website. The site will provide 6.2, 13.1 and
20-mile splits for marathoners, 10k splits for the half marathoners, and
finish results for all three races. Friends and family can sign up for
text/e-mail alerts by following the link on the homepage of the race
website at www.richmondmarathon.org.
Sign up for 2011 THIS weekend and save big money. For the 34th running of
the SunTrust Richmond Marathon on November 12, 2011 we are offering a
special $55 marathon entry fee and $45 half marathon entry fee for a
limited time! These incredibly low prices will be offered online only at
www.richmondmarathon.org from Friday, November 12 through midnight on
Sunday, November 14. After that, the fee will still be a very low $65 for
the marathon and $55 for the half marathon through December 31, 2010.
Event to impact traffic throughout Richmond. As the fields for the SunTrust
Richmond Marathon, McDonald's Half Marathon and HCA Virginia 8k have grown,
so has the need for increased street closings to accommodate the thousands
of participants. The primary message that Richmond area motorists should
heed on race day is to travel by interstate whenever possible. For a
complete listing of street closures, visit www.richmondmarathon.org.
2010 SunTrust Richmond Marathon Event Schedule
Thursday, November 11
5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Runner's World executive editor, Charlie Butler,
promotes his book The Long Run at the Road Runners
Running Store in Carytown
5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Health & Fitness Expo, Packet pick-up and walk-up
registration - Ashe Center
5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Mark Remy, executive editor of Runner's World online,
signing his latest books Runner's Rule Book and
Runner's Field Manual at the Health & Fitness Expo
Friday, November 13
7:30 a.m. Runner's World Shake Out Run presented by Saucony -
Omni Hotel atrium
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. David Willey, Editor-in-Chief, of Runner's World signs
his book, Going Long, at Health & Fitness Expo
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Bart Yasso, Runner's World Chief Running Officer, signs
his book My Life on the Run at the Health & Fitness
Expo
12 p.m. Susan Whitman Helfgot shares the story of donating her
husband's face, only the 2nd face transplant in U.S.
history and signs copies of her book The Match (UNOS
building; must RSVP to )
Saturday, November 14
6:30 a.m. Team Donate Life photo - Library of VA stairs
6:30 a.m. Sports Backers Half Marathon Training Team photo-
Capitol Stairs
7 a.m. Sports Backers Marathon Training Team photo -
In front of the SunTrust Building
7 a.m. HCA Virginia 8k start (9th & Broad St.)
7:30 a.m. McDonald's Half Marathon start (7th & Broad St.)
8 a.m. SunTrust Richmond Marathon start (7th & Broad St.)
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Finish Line Festival
11 a.m. Half Marathon course closes
3 p.m. Marathon course closes
For media seeking for information, please contact Jackie Holt at (804)
921-6074 (mobile).
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