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We would like to welcome our newest addition to the HI-TEK Website! Beginning February 2010, each month we will feature a new running cartoon by Jason Nocera. We have agreed on a one year partnership to feature his cartoons on our website. We'll be posting them here on the News page on the first of each month. Enjoy!
Running on Empty - February 2010
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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