Reed Street Productions, creators of the first-ever zombie-infested 5K obstacle race, Run for Your Lives, announced today it will double its races in 2013 – expanding to 21 locations, including nine yet-to-be-invaded cities. New this year, participants can expect to encounter increasingly challenging obstacles and an enhanced Apocalypse Party experience. Additionally, Run For Your Lives added the Kennedy Krieger Institute – an internationally recognized institution dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with disorders and injuries of the brain – as its official charitable partner for 2013.
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen race against V8 Supercar drivers in a beach kayak race. Awesome race and once-in-a-lifetime footage.
Strategic sustainability project specialists Quimera, the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón (ALMS) will form a joint venture combining their respective areas of expertise in 2012 launching a new global initiative to develop the next generation of sustainable motorsport.
Working strategically, both IMSA and Quimera have immediately begun to define their objective of organizing a global, non-fossil fuel based championship.
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From Maggie Stiefvater, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shiver trilogy and The Raven Boys, comes the heart-stopping novel THE SCORPIO RACES. Now available in paperback—with bonus content! Learn more about this book at http://bit.ly/Scorpio-Races-Paperback YA/Teen
The Irish will welcome over 50 majestic Tall Ships from 12 countries, some 1,400 sail trainees and an anticipated 500,000 maritime, music and festival fans to the quays of Waterford City this weekend for the biggest party of 2011.
The Tall Ships Races, which first visited the Viking city in 2005, return this year from 30 June to 3 July with a world-class festival programme capturing the very best of Irish and international acts, street theatre, fireworks, music and food.
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Mountain Dew® and Dale Earnhardt Jr. brought “The Dark Knight Rises” to Brooklyn, Michigan for a few laps on Thursday, June 14. Earnhardt, who will be driving a special No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/“The Dark Knight Rises”-inspired Chevrolet in Sunday’s race, tested at the two-mile track before going alongside Batman’s iconic Tumbler during demonstration laps around the speedway.
“I’m excited to finally get the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew ‘The Dark Knight Rises’-inspired Chevrolet out on the track,” said Earnhardt, driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. “And it was cool to draft with the Dark Knight Tumbler.”
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Get to know the Versus car as it goes along the virtual course in St. Petersburg. This will be the first time the series will begin its season in St. Pete and the first time it will open on a temporary street course.
To continue with our series, Hong Kong Heroes, So-U.TV\\\\\\\'s tribute to the great spirits of Hong Kong, will introduce Tsang Siu Keung. This young and fast runner is a real winner! Always in the top three of the local races, he is now tackling the major international races. In the video, Tsang shares with us how he get started and how he fell in love with the sport. Catch it all at http://so-u.tv/playVideo.php?contestid=&id=1626.
Registration is closing on 24/10 - hurry!! There are races for all abilities. For the elite athlete this is your last chance to run a major Triathlon in Hong Kong this year. www.triathlonhk.com and http://www.so-u.tv/playVideo.php?contestid=&id=6751
ASICS is pleased to announce the incredible success of its first ever ‘Live Running Casting’ that took place at one of Europe’s biggest races, the 2010 Paris Marathon. Held on 11 April in one of Europe’s fashion capitals, over 1,500 women from all around the globe - an incredible 25% of the marathon’s female runners - registered to take part in this unique event. ASICS’ ‘Live Running Casting’ was organised in order to find the face of ASICS’ Spring-Summer 2011 multi-media campaign for AYAMi.
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A man sets the ringtone for his bank text message alerts to the sound of “toilet flush” every time he pays a checking fee. A family decides to move at the same speed it takes to pay down their mortgage – in slow motion. A man in pajamas races out the door to mail a last minute check the old-fashioned way. In its new television advertising campaign, ING DIRECT USA, the nation’s largest direct bank, uses these awkward scenarios to convey a better way to bank – “Touch the Ball.”
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