Derby Festival Mini Marathon sponsored in part by Bluegrass Family Health Insurance Louisville Ky

Derby Festival Mini-Marathon Full Up

Late Registration will not be accepted at Bluegrass Family Health's Running Wild Expo

Registration CLOSED for Mini and Marathon
By: KDF Press Office
Posted: 4/14/2008 9:42:55 AM

Registration is now CLOSED for the Derby Festival Marathon and miniMarathon to be held on Saturday, April 26. Registration has reached the previously announced cap of 12,000 runners. This means there will NOT be entries available for late registration next week at the Bluegrass Family Health Running Wild Expo at the Kentucky International Convention Center.

“We had a record number of entries in 2007 and we’re thrilled that we set another record this year by reaching the cap of 12,000 entries,” said race director Chad Pickering. “Our goal is to have 12,000 finishers in both races combined. Derby Festival staff members and members of the race committee attended several race expos around the country last fall, and those recruiting efforts seem to have really paid off. We hope be able to open the races to even more numbers next year.”

Registration numbers for the races have steadily increased over the past two years. The 2007 Derby Festival races attracted a record 11,269 registrants, shattering the previous record of 8,651 set in 2006. For 2008, the Festival can only guarantee entry for the first 12,000 entrants to ensure the infrastructure is in place to support the runners in the manner to which they are accustomed. Registration numbers for this year’s races represent a 20-percent increase over the total number of entrants for last year’s event. Runners from 47 U.S. states and at least nine foreign countries have registered for the 2008 races.

The seventh annual Marathon and 35th annual miniMarathon will start simultaneously at 7:30 a.m. near Iroquois Park. The race route will once again include a lap around the infield at Churchill Downs; Marathon runners will complete a short loop in Southern Indiana before returning to downtown Louisville at about Mile 24. More details about the race are available online at www.derbyfestivalmarathon.com.

Contributing sponsors of the 2008 Derby Festival Marathon and miniMarathon are: Bluegrass Family Health, Churchill Downs, The Courier-Journal, Meijer and Powerade; supporting sponsors are Jewish Hospital Sports Medicine, the Louisville Water Company and marathonguide.com.

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