Registration Officially Closed Today in a Record Six Days; Limited Number of Entries Still Available through the Charity Program - CHICAGO - Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon closed in record time today as the maximum 45,000 participants signed up in six days for the 35th anniversary event. Demand to run the iconic race has increased significantly in recent years, closing 25 days faster than the previous record established last year. A decade ago, the 2003 event closed in 35 weeks.

Geoff Hollister, one of the original Nike employees, and a University of Oregon track team member from the Golden age, has died, after a long and heroic fight against cancer. Geoff was sixty-six (he celebrated his birthday this past Friday).

Registration begins March 14 for Cape Elizabeth residents, March 15 for general public, and lottery expanded by 100 slots for popular road race  - CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (February 1, 2012) – Organizers of the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race today announced the online registration process for this year’s Saturday, Aug. 4 race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. This will mark the 15th year for the popular event, founded by Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson. 

HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2012)– It was an Ethiopian sweep of the medal stands – and the record books – at the Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday, as all four winners erased the course records.