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Press Release - Los Angeles Marathon - 2/24/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                   Contact: Stacey Ellis or Alexis Anzalone
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          "The Challenge" and Defending Champion Return to the 
                     City of Los Angeles Marathon
         $75,000 Bonus to the First Runner Across the Finish Line
 

LOS ANGELES - (February 24, 2005) - In 2004, David Kirui of Kenya would 
have been the first runner to cross the finish line of the City of Los 
Angeles Marathon XIX were it not for Tatyana Pozdnyakova of the Ukraine, 
but he had to settle for finishing first among the elite men. 

How could it be that a woman won the race when natural differences in 
speed, strength and muscle mass would almost guarantee a male victor? 

Last year, in an exciting new format created by the L.A. Marathon, elite 
men and elite women were pitted against each other on a level playing field 
for the first time in the history of running a marathon, to see just who 
would be King or Queen of the 26.2-mile road. "The Challenge," which allows 
the elite women to start roughly 20 minutes ahead of the elite men, is on 
again for 2005 and will determine who will be King or Queen of the L.A. 
Marathon XX. 

On Sunday, March 6, Pozdnyakova, who turns 50 on March 4 and ran 2:30:17 
last year, returns to defend her women's and Challenger titles against a 
top international field including past race champions Simon Bor (1999), 
Benson Mbithi (2000) and Lyubov Denisova (2002), top 2004 finishers Simon 
Wangai (2nd), Matthew Birir (3rd), Tatiana Titova (2nd) and Zivile 
Balciunaite (3rd) and Australian Kerryn McCann. Will the masters superstar 
Pozdnyakova keep her Challenger title and also become the race's first 
three-peat winner? Will a new face emerge?

"The Challenge" victor earns a $75,000 bonus ($25,000 more than in 2004), 
and each winner receives $25,000 and a Honda Accord EX V-6. The overall 
prize purse exceeds $300,000.




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