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The Beach to Beacon 10 kilometer road race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine just gets stronger every year. The brain child of Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, the race follows the roads that Joanie used to run on while she first came into the sport. Back then, she used to stop and pretend to be smelling the flowers on the side of the road any time a car would come by because she was worried that somebody might think it was strange for a girl to be out running.
The first year of the Beach to Beacon saw 2,408 finishers, which jumped the race straight to being the largest road race in Maine. Right from that first race there has always been a very strong field of national, international and Maine runners, both male and female.
It is now 13 years later, and the race has grown so popular that for the past 3 years it has sold out almost immediately upon opening for registration months in advance, forcing a 3-tier registration system to be implemented that allowed local residents a head start on registering and a lottery for the final 1000 bibs that were reserved for those who couldn't get in with the first come/first serve bibs. Even Joan's husband, Scott Samuelson, was shut out of the race because he couldn't register in time.
The race remains competitive for a variety of reasons. The race is directed by Dave McGillivray, the director of the Boston Marathon, so between him and Joan's contacts they are able to invite a lot of big names and get them to show. It's also conveniently scheduled a week before another big New England Race that brings in a strong elite field, the Falmouth Road Race in Massachusetts, which allows elite runners to schedule two races in one trip fairly easily. A $60,000 prize purse for the best runners also doesn't hurt.
For 2010, the race up front is going to be very exciting. Here are just a few of the top names in the men's race:
- Khalid Khannouchi - USA - former world and current American marathon record holder
- Gebre Gebremariam - Ethiopia - ranked 14th in the world and just won the Peachtree Road Race
- Martin Lel - Kenya - Olympian and one of the world's top marathoners with multiple London and New York City wins
- Ed Muge - Kenya - the defending Beach to Beacon champion
- Boaz Cheboiywo - Kenya - last year's runner up
The women's race is probably going to be even more competitive than the men's race:
- Catherine Ndereba - Kenya - also known as Catherine the Great, she has won the Beach to Beacon 5 times already
- Lineth Chepkurui - Kenya - ranked 9th in the world and just won the Peachtree Road Race and has the world leading 10k time of 30:45 this year
- Edna Kipligat - Kenya - just set a course record at the Boilermaker 15k
- Irene Limika - Kenya - the defending Beach to Beacon champion
- Ayalew Yimer Wude - Ethiopia - finished 4th in the 2007 Beach to Beacon after taking a bad fall during the race
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Peachtree Road Race $63.73 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Atlanta JournalConstitution Peachtree Road Race 10K, or more commonly called the Peachtree Road Race, is a 10 kilometer road race held annually in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, Independence Day. The Peachtree Road Race was until recently the worlds largest 10 kilometer race (an estimated 55,000 participants in 2007), 1] 2] a title it has held since the late 1970s. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 72 Publication Date: 2011/03/16 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.17 inches |
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Cycle Race: Road Man $106.74 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cycle Race: Road Man is a Family Computer video game based on the sport of road bicycle racing.t is the players ultimate objective to make it all the way around Japan. If the player ends up completely damaging the bicycle, running out of energy, or falling behind a certain ranking, then he or she will automatically lose the race. Players can choose a representative from either Team USA, Team Japan, Team France, or Team Italy Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 152 Publication Date: 2011/02/24 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.35 inches |
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