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Runners Log Over 1 Million Miles with Nike + iPod

Posted October 25th, 2006 at 4:00 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Gear & Apparel, Gadgets & Acces., Miscellaneous

PRESS RELEASE: Over 1 million miles — equivalent to circling the world more than 40 times — have been logged by Nike+ runners in just 10 weeks since Nike and Apple changed running forever with the retail launch of the Nike + iPod experience.

Almost 8,000 people logged runs yesterday on nikeplus.com—including an almost eight-mile run in New York, two and a half miles in Boston, five miles in Boulder, two miles in Miami, six miles in Nashville, four miles in Phoenix, three miles in Seattle and two miles in Peoria. Top times so far: 27 minutes and 43 seconds for a 10k run, and 13 minutes, 47 seconds for a 5k. The farthest total distance: more than 600 miles. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eight Olympians to Run the “Fifth Avenue Mile” in NYC Tomorrow

Posted September 29th, 2006 at 4:30 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results

Eight Olympic runners will be in the field of almost 3,000 in the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile on September 30th in Manhattan.

Cool Running described the event as being, “One of the premier road racing events in the world.”

The competing Olympians are: America’s Gabe Jennings, Anthony Famiglietti and Carrie Tollefson; New Zealand’s Nick Willis and Kim Smith; and Canada’s Kevin Sullivan.

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