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Lead Stories: Monday, December 1, 2008

Bloomsday Registration Deadline Tomorrow

Posted April 19th, 2008 at 9:28 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Runners wishing to register for the 32nd Lilac Bloomsday 12-K, scheduled for Sunday, May 4, in Spokane, Wash., need to act quickly to avoid the higher late-registration fee. Online registrants have until Sunday, April 20, to take advantage of the $15.00 entry fee at www.bloomsdayrun.org, one of the lowest entry fees of any of America’s top road races.

“We like to leave the online deadline open as long as possible so people can take advantage of Bloomsday’s low $15.00 entry fee,” said Bloomsday race director Don Kardong in a prepared statement. “For anyone who procrastinates past the 20th, though, the fee jumps to $30.00.”
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Great North Run Poised to Join One Million Entries Club

Posted January 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Road Racing

The BUPA Great North Run, the world’s largest half-marathon, is poised to join the exclusive one million entries club, the handful of running events which have recorded one million race registrations over the life of the race. The event is easily the largest running race in Great Britain, and is run on a point-to-point course from Newcastle to South Shields. The 2007 edition saw 35,719 runners gather on the starting line.

Founded in 1981, the Great North Run will accept 52,000 entrants this year, putting the event over the 1,000,000 barrier, according to Brendan Foster of Nova International, the race chairman.
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