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Running on Empty - February 2010

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York Road Runners and MapMyRun Announce A Virtual Run/Walk

To Give Runners Everywhere A Chance To Help The Haiti Relief Effort

 

New York, February 2, 2010—New York Road Runners announced today it is joining MapMyRun to present a 4-Mile Virtual Run/Walk to Benefit Haiti, an opportunity to give runners across to help those affected by the Haiti earthquake.  One hundred percent of the entry fees collected by MapMyRun for the event will go to support New York City’s Haiti Relief Fund, administered by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. Runners can complete the virtual run or walk anywhere in the world, submit their times at the event website and see how they finished against other runners and walkers—both those who competed virtually, and those who ran or walked in the live Run for Haiti to be held on February 20, 2010 in New York City’s Central Park. 

“We are honored to give runners around the world the opportunity to help those affected by this tragic situation.  It really doesn’t take much to make a difference, so we encourage all runners to get out and Run for Haiti,” states Mary Wittenberg, President and CEO New York Road Runners.             

 

To participate in the 4-Mile Virtual Run/Walk to Benefit Haiti, runners and walkers register on-line, map out qualifying distances on MapMyRun.com, run or walk their courses within a designated timeframe, and upload their times to the event website manually or using an approved device.  Post-race, they can check back with the Virtual Run/Walk to Benefit Haiti Web site to view their results and see how they stacked up against other competitors—both virtual and those who competed in the live Run for Haiti. 

“MapMyRun is thrilled that we can use our virtual event concept to raise awareness in the global running community of the desperate situation in Haiti and get community members involved in the relief effort,” states Robin Thurston, CEO of MapMyFitness, Inc.

 

For more information on the 4 Mile Virtual Run/Walk to Benefit Haiti, please visit http://www.mapmyrun.com/virtual_event/ny_haiti/.  

 

New York Road Runners

New York Road Runners, founded in 1958, is dedicated to promoting the sport of distance running, enhancing health and fitness for all, and responding to community needs.  Our road races and other fitness programs draw upwards of 300,000 runners annually, and together with our magazine and website support and promote professional and recreational running.  A staff of more than 100, assisted by thousands of volunteers, stages the ING New York City Marathon, as well as a road race nearly every weekend plus many track and cross country events.   NYRR’s home base in New York, and its lifelong identification with Central Park, have given many of its events iconic status, attracting the world’s top professional runners.  Our youth programs provide running to nearly 100,000 schoolchildren in New York City, around the country, and in South Africa who would otherwise have few or no fitness opportunities.  For more information visit www.nyrr.org.

 

MapMyRun

MapMyRun is the running specific website of the MapMyFitness, Inc. suite of websites.  MapMyFitness, Inc. was founded in 2006 and maintains its headquarters in Denver, Colorado.  Our suite of websites—MapMyFitness.com, MapMyRide.com, MapMyRun.com, MapMyTri.com, MapMyWalk.com, and MapMyHike.com—is the fastest growing fitness-oriented social networking and training application on the Internet.  We target players across the health and fitness spectrum, including healthy and active individuals, race and event directors, and community fitness and wellness oriented groups and clubs.  Our sites provide over 1,600,000 runners, cyclists, walkers, triathletes, and hikers, with an array of online training tools, including an advanced geo-mapping application, a database of searchable saved routes, online training logs, interactive community groups, dedicated discussion forums, fitness calculators and listings for events across the globe.  Additionally, we’ve developed our line of pioneering iMapMy mobile applications that use the built-in GPS functionality of the Apple iPhone and BlackBerry to enable users to track and record their running, walking, cycling or hiking routes.  Our recently launched Event Director Services Program provides event directors and promoters with the means to greatly augment the participation and visibility of their events locally and globally though our “Virtual Events.”  For more information about MapMyRun, visit www.mapmyrun.com.   

 


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