Motive Bison Stampede Prize Money!
Not that I'm going to win any of it this Sunday in Austin, but an interesting concept has been put into play by the organizers of the half marathon that is part of the Austin Distance Challenge. Here are two paragraphs from their e-mail blast:
"Hello runners! Yes it's true! The 2005 Motive Bison Stampede is excited to announce the TruWest Elite Challenge, which will pit American Kyle O'Brien against Kenyans Benson Osoro and Nicodemus Malakwen. These elite distance runners and Olympic hopefuls will take on the "Hills of Motive" to compete for a $500 cash prize which goes to the runner who breaks the existing course records of 1:08:40 set by Gilbert Tohabonye and 1:18:18 by Lori Stich-Zimmerman. See press release."
"Also for the first time, the Bison Stampede will feature the “King & Queen of the Hills” Award, a $100 cash premium open to every runner in the race. You know the hills we're talking about ... that one-mile long series on Rain Creek Parkway at approximately mile 4.5 of the course. RunFAR Racing Services will place a chip-timing mat at the base and the top of the series to clock every runner’s uphill split and the male and female runner with the fastest time will win a trophy and the cash bonus. Last but not least, the Team-in-Triaining Cheer Squad will be at the top to help you push through the line! We can't wait to see how this impacts race strategy!" (Bill Dwyer? Is that you? Ha! Ha! -- JW)
I wanted to do this tough half last year, but I'm not certain why I didn't go over and tackle it. I'll have to see how it measures up against the Huntsville Half Marathon. If anybody else is interested in going over, let me know! Online registration closes tonight!
"Hello runners! Yes it's true! The 2005 Motive Bison Stampede is excited to announce the TruWest Elite Challenge, which will pit American Kyle O'Brien against Kenyans Benson Osoro and Nicodemus Malakwen. These elite distance runners and Olympic hopefuls will take on the "Hills of Motive" to compete for a $500 cash prize which goes to the runner who breaks the existing course records of 1:08:40 set by Gilbert Tohabonye and 1:18:18 by Lori Stich-Zimmerman. See press release."
"Also for the first time, the Bison Stampede will feature the “King & Queen of the Hills” Award, a $100 cash premium open to every runner in the race. You know the hills we're talking about ... that one-mile long series on Rain Creek Parkway at approximately mile 4.5 of the course. RunFAR Racing Services will place a chip-timing mat at the base and the top of the series to clock every runner’s uphill split and the male and female runner with the fastest time will win a trophy and the cash bonus. Last but not least, the Team-in-Triaining Cheer Squad will be at the top to help you push through the line! We can't wait to see how this impacts race strategy!" (Bill Dwyer? Is that you? Ha! Ha! -- JW)
I wanted to do this tough half last year, but I'm not certain why I didn't go over and tackle it. I'll have to see how it measures up against the Huntsville Half Marathon. If anybody else is interested in going over, let me know! Online registration closes tonight!
posted by WalkSports.com | 7:40 AM
3 Comments:
no...it's not me cheering. it's a group led by Lisa Owens in Austin....they have a lot of energy.
I'm working on how to slip away from our Saturday training every now and then to get number 19, 20 and more at the RTW 5K.
is this ADC a new thing? i have never heard about it til now (and my parents live right near Austin so I try to keep my ear on the local running scene).
-jessica
Jessica,
I'm not sure how long the Austin Distance Challenge has been in place, but it is VERY popular.
You have to use the same timing chip in all of the races.
It could be done in Houston with the HARRA Fall Series as well.
Jon
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