Syracuse Festival 5K Announces AnyRunner $ Purse
SFoR Announces AnyRunner
Prize Money㢠Times
$2,400 Up for Grabs in First-Ever,
Performance-Based Prize Money for
Middle-of-the-Pack and Back-of-the-Pack
Runners
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ÛÒ The Syracuse Festival of Races (SFoR) has announced the
twenty-four 5K finishing times that runners from throughout the U.S. will be
aiming for in the worldÛªs first performance-based prize money race for
middle-of-the-pack and back-of-the-pack runners. The new AnyRunner
Prize Money㢠will debut in conjunction with the Men۪s 5K
and WomenÛªs 5K at the 19th annual SFoR on Sunday, October
2nd.
“As the name implies, AnyRunner Prize Money㢠is intended to
give runners finishing throughout a broad range of times the opportunity to
enjoy the experience of racing forÛÓand winningÛÓprize money,” says Dave Oja,
founder and race director of the SFoR. “Nearly every runner in our 5K fields
will be capable of running one of the twenty-four AnyRunner Prize
Money㢠times, and we expect that scores of them will hit
those times.”
The key to winning a share of the $2,400 prize purse, however, is to be the
first to finish in one of the twenty-four AnyRunner
Prize Money㢠times. In the Men۪s 5K, the twelve AnyRunner
Prize Money㢠times for 2011 are: 15:19; 17:19; 19:19;
21:19; 23:19; 25:19; 27:19; 29:19; 31:19; 33:19; 35:19; and 37:19. In the
Women۪s 5K, the twelve AnyRunner Prize Money㢠times for 2011
are: 17:19; 19:19; 21:19; 23:19; 25:19; 27:19; 29:19; 31:19; 33:19; 35:19;
37:19; and 39:19.
With entries already received from thirteen states, and a limit of 800 in
each of the two 5K races, Oja expects the FestivalÛªs 5K race fields to fill
completely. “How cool is it for runners whoÛªve never even won an age group award
to have a chance to win $100?” he asks.
In addition to the MenÛªs 5K and WomenÛªs 5K, SFoR events include the MVP
Health Care 3K Fun & Fitness Run, the Tops Friendly Markets Community Walk,
and the Fitness Forum/Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists Joint Replacement Run
& Walk. Participants in the various SFoR events range from area pre-school
children and their families to world-class age-group athletes as old as 93
competing in the 2011 USA Masters 5 km Championship.
Additional information regarding the 19th annual Syracuse Festival
of Races, including an AnyRunner Prize Money㢠Questions & Answers page, is available at:
www.festivalofraces.com.
Major support for the 2011 Syracuse Festival of Races comes from: MVP Health
Care; Tops Friendly Markets; USA Track & Field; Kinney Drugs; Fitness Forum
Physical Therapy; Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists; DriverÛªs Village; DickÛªs
Sporting Goods; YNN; Eagle Newspapers; Citadel Communications; the Syracuse
New Times; Family Times; and the Syracuse Chargers Track Club,
Inc.
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