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The city of San Antonio, Elite Racing and RunTex have announced the creation of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon San Antonio. This marathon and half-marathon will replace the city’s existing Marathon of the Americas which began life in 1975 as the Las Colonias Marathon.
Elite Racing estimates that its first-year event will draw approximately […]

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Hugging the banks of the Schuykill River for most of its 21.1 kilometers, the Philadelphia Distance Run has for 30 years been consistently the fastest half-marathon in the United States.
According to the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, the Distance Run has three times been the scene of the men’s half-marathon world record, and twice the […]

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Under the warm Southern California sun, which no doubt had influenced his sunny disposition, hundreds of family, friends and running industry colleagues gathered at Mission Point Park to remember Elite Racing’s legendary elite athletes coordinator, Mike Long, who died unexpectedly last week at 65.
Tears flowed freely as more than a dozen people came to the […]

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One of America’s greatest long distance running enthusiasts and the face of San Diego’s Elite Racing, Mike Long, died Wednesday at his home in Mission Beach, Calif. Long, who friends and family believe died of a heart attack, was 65.
Well known for traveling the world to recruit professional runners to compete in the Rock ‘n’ […]

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The spring marathon continues in earnest with the 8th edition of the Country Music Marathon and Half-Marathon this Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. Elite Racing, the California company which founded and manages the event, has released their elite fields (see below).
The race winners will receive $17,500 in prize money, and there is also […]

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Meseret Defar, making her fifth appearance at the Carlsbad 5000 (also known as the “world’s fastest 5-K”), became the first woman to successfully defend her title in the race’s 22 year history.
Although she did not threaten her world record from last year of 14:46, she got a comfortable victory over Jen Rhines who […]

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Meseret Defar, the Race Results Weekly Runner of the Year for 2006 and the world record holder for both 5000m on the track and 5 km on the road, will return to Carlsbad this Sunday to defend her title.
The event, which will be the 22nd annual, has hosted 16 world records, including Defar’s […]

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With his four world records in 81 days (still one of the greatest feats in distance running history), Henry Rono will celebrate and even greater achievement when he lines up for the Carlsbad 5000 road race on Sunday: his return to sobriety.
Rono, 55, who now lives in Albuquerque, N.M., was brought low by his dependence […]

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Event organizers Elite Racing reported last week that the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon in San Jose, Calif., generated an economic impact of $16.4 million for the local economy. The event, which counted 8289 finishers, took place last October 8.
“Since 1998, our events have grown by energizing the local running community and creating a […]

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