UTAH RUNNING GUIDE

Day & Date	Name of Race & Time of Each Event ……………………………	Address	Websites ……………..	Cost ………………..	Race Directors & Phone Numbers & E-mail addresses ………………………………..	Prizes for top finishers ……………………………….	Additional Info …………………………..	Logo
3-5 Sat ?	Lake to Lake Team Relay 50 Mile (2 legs per person about 5 miles each) 8:00 am	Gunlock, UT	www. sg city rec .org or SG City direct link	$150- 175 /team(up to 5 per team), closes Mar 3, 6pm	Aaron Metler 435- 627- 4560 Aaron .Metler @SG City .org		Full lunch buffet.
3-5 Sat ?	Run For Red 5K & Mile 10:00 am	Provo, UT	Run For Red .org	$15- 20, closes day of	Brett Cross 801- 373- 8580 Brett @ Red Cross UT .org	2010: Snow board, boots, goggles, jacket etc. to male winner, Age division winners won about $20 worth of gift certificates to places like Sizzler	2010 Winners: Lindsey Dunkley, 17:12, & Danny Moody, 16:03
3-12 Sat *	St. Patty’s Half Marathon, 10K, & 5K 9:00 am	Orem, UT, Subway, 800 N, Mouth of Provo Canyon	Utah Running Club .com /Events or Runner Card .com	$5 -25	Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Utah Running Club President, 801- 473- 3969, Utah Running Club @gmail .com	Gift Certificates to winners in the following amounts: Half: $15, 10K: $10	Refreshments, Online results. Volunteers needed.
3-12 Sat ?	8:00 am Winter Racing Circuit 10 Miler	Ogden, UT	Striders Running .com	$25- 35, closes day of	Striders Kristen Wojciechowski 801- 728- 9121 Striders @Qwest Office .net
3-12 Sat ?	Leprechaun 5K 8:30 am	SLC, UT	Lourdes School .org or Active .com	$15- 30, closes day of	Pat Noteboom 801- 750- 2585 Pat @AWAL- Labs .com	Division winners win a long sleeve	Benefits Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic School
3-12 Sat ?	Rex Lee 5K & 10K (10K was about 5.55 miles, so all times could be multiplied by 1.12 and they would be just a little over that) 9:00 am	Provo, UT	Rex Lee Run .BYU .edu	$15-25, closes day of	Jennifer Wheeler 801- 422- 3913	Medals for age division winners. 2010 10K Winners rough conservative adjusted times: Danny Moody: 32:24, Michelle Lowry: 37:52	Benefits cancer research. Past drawing prizes include: Rex Lee Run scooter, home entertainment system, Southwest Airlines tickets, longboards, guitars, movie tickets, dining certificates to various local restaurants.
3-16 Wed ?	St. Patty’s Day 5K 4:30 pm	South Jordan, UT	Runner Card .com or www. ci .south- jordan .ut .us /recreation/adult sports- running .asp	$20, closes day of	David Word 801- 253- 5203 x1736 D Word @SJC .Utah .Gov	Overall winners, male & female, win a gift certificate for a free pair of any running shoes of their choice from Wasatch Running Center.  2010 Overall winner, male OR female, won a free meal of any price at Mc Dee’s Irish restaurant.	Gives points towards series championship prize.  Tech shirt.  1 free entry to URC.  2010 Winners: Daniel Vincent 16:56, & Mary Ann Schauerhamer, 18:02.  GPS 3.05 mi.
3-19 Sat *	Splash ‘N’ Dash 5K & Biathlon (Swim 1/4, 1/2, or 1 mile and run 3K, 5K or 10K) 9:00 am	Provo, UT	http:// the 411 .byu .edu /content /splash -n -dash or www. events .byu .edu /content /splash -dash -0	$10 -20	Events Management LJ Sikahema, 801- 422- 6009, ljsikahema @byu .edu	2010: Males & Females 1st – 3rd gift certificates to Sports Authority for each of 5 events: $20, $15, $10	Beginner, Standard, Elite, and Team divisions available. Register at BYU Wilk Center by 5:45 pm
3-19 Sat ?	Spectrum 10K 9:00 am	Ivins, UT	www. SG City Rec .org or SG Direct Link	$25- 35, closes Mar 17, Wed 6pm	Aaron Metler 435- 627- 4560 Aaron .Metler @SG City .org
3-19 Sat ?	Canyon Lands Half Marathon & 5 Mile 9:30 am	Moab, UT	Active .com Direct Link or Moab Half Marathon .org	$65- 100 lottery closes Dec 10	Ranna Bieschke 435- 259- 4525 RRR @Cit Link .net	Medals	Capped at 4000 runners. $100 for each of 100 charity spots.
3-19 Sat ?	Better Half Marathon & 5 Mile 10:00 am	Gateway, CO	Active .com	$40 -50, closes day of	Nick Kroger 970- 931- 2649 Nicolas .Kroger @Gate Way Canyons .com	N/A	Beer served. Drawing.
3-26 Sat?	Antelope Island Buffalo 25K, 50K, & 50 Mile 6:00, 8:00 & 10:00 am	Syracuse, UT	www. Buffalo Run .org	$50 -85 by 2-14	Jim Skaggs 801- 644- 7346 ultra jim @charter .net		Trophies for top runners & awards to age division winners.	tech t-shirt.  Free pass to the island all day.
3-26 Sat?	Laughlin Runnercard Half Marathon & 5K 7:30 am	Laughlin, NV	Runner Card .com or Active .com or www. laughlin half marathon .com	$15 -55 by We 3-24 11:59 pm	Ken Carlson 435- 680- 1592 Info @Laughlin Half Marathon .com	Trophies for top runners	t-shirt, goody bag, awards, refreshments
3-26 Sat?	Run For the Jamboree 10K & 5K, 8:00 am	Highland, UT	Active .com	5K: $20, 10K: $25	Chase Mansfield	ribbons	Ipod shuffle in drawing, t-shirt
3-26 Sat?	Toelle 5K & Kids 1K For Shriners, 8:00am	Toelle, UT	www. butcher home .net /run /1/	$8 -20	Amy Chidester, 435- 224- 2636	Top runner will get a trophy, Top male & female get $25 gift certificates to Walmart	Drawing
3-26 Sat?	Running of the Leopards 5K 8:30 am	Salt Lake City, UT, Shuttle picks you up at 1350 E 800 S to take you to the starting line	East High Direct Link or results at www. utah. usatf. org /assoc/ut /lep results 10.htm or LDR Circuit link	$20 by 3-22, $25 by 3-26, $35 day of, $60 family of up to 4	East High School by 3 pm: 801- 583- 1661 or Bill Cobler 801- 860- 6488 William Cobler Jr @MSN .com or PTA: Dianna Gessel: 801- 815- 9874, or Susan Webster SCW Group @Gmail .com	Male & Female top 3 cash prizes: Open: $100, $75, $50, Masters: $75, $50, $25 (see winners below)	Part of USATF LDR Circuit, which gives you points towards winning cash prizes at the end of the circuit. 750 runners in 2010. Down hill. Drawing for things like loaves of bread. Refreshments. T-shirts (men’s sizes).
3-26 Sat?	Golden West 5K For Schools 8:30 am	South Ogden, UT, 5025 South Adams Avenue	www. gwcu .org /5k .aspx	$5 -15 by day of
3-26 Sat?	Be Strong 5K & Kid’s Mile 9:00 am	Provo, UT	active .com direct link	$5 -12 by day of	Mindy Staker Johanson 801- 358- 2886 Mindy Johanson @hotmail .com, Jordan Welch801- 897- 4681 Jordan .Welch @gmail .com		Games, Food, prizes, Bounce houses for the kids. Benefits Primary Children’s Hospital.
3-26 Sat?	Riverton Half 9:00 am	Riverton, UT	Riverton City .com or Runner Card .com	$30 by 3-10, $40 by 3-26	Rodney Anderson 801- 208- 3101 or 801- 254- 0704 R Anderson @ Riverton City .com	2010: Gift cards to Get Fit Athletic Wear in Highland to top 3 males and females: 60/40/20.  May give out a garmin to winner(s) or in drawing.	Long sleeve tech shirt.  Limited to 500 runners. Medals to all finishers. 200 in 2009.  250 registered as of 3-3
3-26 Sat?	Strides For Autism 5K & Mile 9:00 am	Lehi, UT	Runner Card .com	$5 -20 by day of	Camille Hoggard 801- 362- 8857 Strides For Autism
3-26 Sat?	Yeti 5K 9:00 am	Woodland Hills, UT	xax design .com direct link or active .com
3-26 Sat?	Josie Greathouse Fox Tribute 5K 9:00 am	McCornick, UT (2 hours 15 min south of SLC)	www. run for josie .com	closes day of	run for josie @yahoo .com		Proceeds from the 5k will be used to set up a scholarship fund for Millard and Delta High Schools in memory of Josie Greathouse Fox.
3-26 Sat?	Operation Smile 5K & Mile 10:00 am	Provo, UT	www. operation smile 5k .com	By 3-26 6pm: 5K: $15, Mile: $12. Day of: 5K, $20, Mile: $15	Nate Risley or Brennan Ricks 541- 968- 2314, nate .riz @gmail .com or X Pedder @Yahoo .com	Top male & female will win some thing similar to past prizes: $20 to itunes, 1 hour massage, & $20 gift certificate to Macaroni Grill.	Raises money to repair cleft lips and palates.  4 free entries given to BYU Running Club.  Chase got 1. Drawing will have about 30 in-kind $10-20 gift certificates to businesses.
3-26 to 27 Sat -Sun ?	24 Hours of Utah…the Run 100 Miler 7:00 am	Moab, UT	www. 24 Hours the Run .com or active .com direct link

March 26, Saturday

*Running Of the Leopards 5k (LDR), downhill, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010 results: http://home.business.utah.edu/mgtjwb/LeopardRun/Run09.html,:

Male: Teren Jameson, 14:35, Jamal Tongo, 14:38 (high school student), Nathan Hornock, 14:40

Female: Susan Taylor Nielsen, 16:34, Amber Harper Andrews, 16:35, Christina Gingras, 16:51

USATF Long Distance Race (LDR) Circuit, http://utah.usatf.org/assoc/ut/ldr.htm

Awards given at the end of the year:

2009:

Women’s Final Standings

1st: $1000, Stefanie Talley, 8 races, 301.25 points

2nd: $750, Mary Ann Schauerhamer, 7 races, 291 points

3rd: $500, Allie Scott, 6 races, 270 points

4th: $250, Kim Cobler, 10 races, 183.5 points

5th: $100, Carol Cabanillas, 6 races, 156 points

Men’s Final Standings

1st: $1000, Teren Jameson, 9 races, 337.5 points

2nd: $750, Aleksander Tomas, 10 races, 323 points

3rd: $500, Seth Wold, 7 races, 284.25 points

4th: $250, Albert Wint, 9 races, 248.5 points

5th: $100, Steve Anderson, 9 races, 241.75 points

Out of the bordering states of Utah:

Mar 12, Fri, 7:00 am, FreeMotion Everest Incline Trainer Challenge, San Diego, CA, http://www.facebook.com/pages/FreeMotion-Fitness/174987573201

Teams of 5 run 29029 Vertical Feet on the freemotion Incline Trainer for the chance of winning $10,000, over an 18% grade for 6 hours, (760) 918-9635, Jeremy Strom, 719-761-7579, in Logan where the corporate head quarters are, left msg 4-23-10, Won by Danny Moody, Tawny Bybee, Mike Vick, Amelia Troutner, & Seth Wold.  FreeMotion Fitness has a trade show every year in March.  They went through the club chain and sent out e-blasts through the country.  Seth came the next day and won an incline trainer by running a 20 minute challenge to see who can run the most verticle feet per minute, and he set a global record for 1975 feet.  They might have another Everest challenge summer 2010 in Logan that might cost money.

March 12-14, IAAF World Indoor Championships

Prize Money (individuals & relays):

1st: $40,000

2nd: $20,000

3rd: $10,000

4th: $8,000

5th: $6,000

6th: $4,000

$ 50,000 for a World Indoor record

On TV:
Universal, March. 12, 6:00 p.m. ET
Universal, March. 13, 6:00 p.m. ET
Universal, March. 14, 6:00 p.m. ET

On UniversalSports.com (live):
March 12, 7:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET
March 13, 6:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ET
March 14, 8:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET

Mar 13:

W 3K:

1. Meseret Defar, Eth, 8:51

2. Vivian Cherulyot, Ken, 8:51

3. Sentayehu Ejigu, Eth, 8:52

4. Sylvia Kibet, Ken, 8:52

5. Alemitu Bekele, Tur (Turkey), 8:53

6. Sara Moreira, Por (Portugal), 8:55

M 1500M:

1. Deresse Mekonnen, Eth, 3:41

2. Abdalaati Iguider, Mar (Morroco), 3:41

3. Haron Keitany, Ken, 3:42

4. Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Eth, 3:42

5. Amine Laalou, Mar, 3:42

6. Juan Deventer, Rsa (South Africa), 3:43

Mar 14:

W 1500:

1. Kalkidan Gezehegne, Eth, 4:08

2. Natalia Rodriguez, Esp (Spain), 4:08

3. Gelete Burka, Eth, 4:08

4. Sylwia Ejdys, Pol (Poland), 4:09

5. Irene Jelagat, Ken, 4:09

6. Erin Donohue, USA, 4:09

M 3K:

1. Bernard Legat, USA, 7:37

2. Sergio Sanchez, Esp, 7:39

3. Sammy Mutahi, Ken, 7:39

4. Tariku Bekele, Eth, 7:40

5. Galen Rupp, USA, 7:42

6. Jesus Espana, Esp, 7:42

W 800 M:

1. Marlya Savinova, Rus, 1:58

2. Jennifer Meadows, GBR, 1:58

3. Alysia Johnson, USA, 1:59

4. Anna Pierce, USA, 2:00

5. Egle Balclunalte, LTU, 2:01

6. Yevgeniya Zinurova, RUS, 2:01

M 800M:

1. Abubaker Kaki, SUD, 1:46

2. Boaz Lalang, Ken, 1:46

3. Adam Kszczot, Pol, 1:46

4. Ismail Ismail, SUD, 1:46

5. Jakub Holusa, CZE, 1:47

March 20, Sunday

?LA Marathon, LAMarathon.com, (323) 965-4900, pharris@perelman-pioneer.com, $400,000 prize purse, 430 foot elevation drop.

2010: The top five places in each gender earned a combined total of $50,000 plus a new Honda. Male & female:

1st: $20,000 & a new Honda Insight EX hybrid with navigation (retail price of $23,100).  Male, Korir: 2:09:19, Female: Kiplagat: 2:25:38

2nd: $12,500: M: 2:09:48, F: 2:26:20

3rd: $10,000: M: 2:09:54, F: 2:27:20

4th: $5,000

5th: $2,500

In addition, the winner of the unique Honda LA Marathon Challenge, for the first male or female runner to cross the finish line, will receive a $100,000 cash bonus. The female elite runners will begin earlier than the men according to a carefully-calculated handicap based on the career-best times recorded by the top runners in the race.  Winner: female, Kiplagat: 2:25:38. The women’s field received an expertly calculated 18 minute and 47 second head start over the men.

There will also be an additional bonus purse of up to $200,000, with $100,000 available in each gender for times which will rank among the top marks in the world:

For times equal to or better than the 10th-best time in the world for 2009: $50,000
Men: 2:06:00
Women: 2:25:06

For times equal to or better than the 20th-best time in the world for 2009: $25,000
Men: 2:06:30
Women: 2:25:38 (1st place got this time)

For times equal to or better than the 30th-best time in the world for 2009: $12,500
Men: 2:07:10
Women: 2:25:53

For times equal to or better than the 40th-best time in the world for 2009: $10,000
Men: 2:07:52
Women: 2:26:47

For times equal to or better than the 50th-best time in the world for 2009: $5,000
Men: 2:08:15
Women: 2:27:06