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In early July, officials from USA Track & Field gathered on the steps of the courthouse in Alexandria, Va., and officially announced the race date and location for the first ever .US National Road Racing Championships. And the first season- ending championship race for the USA Running Circuit (USARC) officially had a home.
The top distance runners in the country along with everyday runners alike will gather near the nation’s capital on Nov. 17, 2013, in Alexandria, Va., for the .US National Road Racing Championships.
“We are excited to bring the .US National Road Racing Championships to Alexandria and to the D.C. metro area,” said USATF CEO Max Siegel. “This region has a very robust running community, and the backdrop of the capital is perfect for USATF’s first season-finale national championship road race.”
The .US National Road Racing Championships is a 12- kilometer (12 km) event providing a season-capping finale to the USA Running Circuit (USARC), a series of national- championship races that annually provides nearly $1 million in prize money to American runners. Elite athletes must place in the top-ten at a USARC race to be eligible to compete at the .US National Road Racing Championships. The .US National Road Racing Championships feature $100,000 in prize money, with $20,000 going to the men’s and women’s national champions.
The event also will prominently feature competitive, recreational, and lifestyle/fitness runners from around the region and the country, with USATF members receiving a $10 discount off the cost of registration. The race lineup includes the Championship 12 km, a 12 km open division, 5 km and ½-mile kids’ fun run.
The 12 km course winds through scenic Alexandria and historic Old Town, featuring the beauty of one of George Washington’s hometowns and one of the country’s most vibrant running
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communities. Starting and finishing on the banks of the Potomac in Oronoco Bay Park, the course includes historic King Street, views of the Masonic Temple, the bustling neighborhood of Del Ray and some of Alexandria’s most historic buildings.
The .US National Road Racing Championships will be held virtually in the backyard of Neustar, an information and analytics company based in Northern Virginia that provides domain name registry services for the .US top level domain, the official country code for the United States. Neustar provides critical infrastructure services and policy expertise for .US on behalf of the United States Department of Commerce.
Elite athletes currently qualified for the .US National Road Racing Championships include Olympic medalists Deena Kastor, Meb Keflezighi, Shalane Flanagan and Leo Manzano, as well as Desiree Davila, Shannon Rowbury, Matt Tegenkamp, Abdi Abdirahman and many others.
For more information on the .US National Road Racing Championships see
www.usatf.org and
nationalroadracingchampionships.us.
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