Press Release - St. Jude Memphis Marathon - 5/3/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Registration is now open for 2011 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend races

MEMPHIS, TENN. (May 3, 2011) – Registration is now open for the 2011 St. 
Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend races to be held Saturday, December 3. 
Participants can register online at www.stjudemarathon.org for any of the 
four races: St. Jude Memphis Marathon, St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon, the 
Memphis Grizzlies House 5K and the St. Jude Memphis Family Race and Kids 
Marathon. Current registration fees are:  

Race                                 Current Registration Fee*
St. Jude Memphis Marathon            $85 
St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon       $60
Memphis Grizzlies House 5K           $30

St. Jude Memphis Family Race & Kids Marathon
$15 per parent; $10 per child
                                                     
*Registration fees will increase August 1

In addition, participants can make their race experience even more 
meaningful by becoming a St. Jude Hero. This special community of runners 
and walkers not only commit to the challenge of completing an endurance 
race; they commit to helping the kids of St. Jude in their fight for life 
by fundraising for the hospital as they train. To help St. Jude Heroes 
raise money, fundraising tools including a personalized webpage are 
provided. St. Jude Heroes race to cross the finish line but the patients of 
St. Jude are the true winners. Last year, more than 4,000 St. Jude Heroes 
raised $3 million in support of the lifesaving research and treatment 
conducted at St. Jude. 

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is one of the few major marathons in 
the country to benefit a single charity. The St. Jude Memphis Marathon 
Weekend, presented by Juice Plus+®, is a collaborative effort between St. 
Jude and the Memphis Runners Track Club. To learn more, visit 
www.stjudemarathon.org.

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