FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Donald Kern
Race Director
Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon
Phone 616 293 3145 (Cell)cooladventures@aol.com
Alan Headbloom
Media Relations Coordinator
Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon
Phone 616 892 3400 (Office)
Phone 616 666 5676 (Cell)alan@headbloom.com
Be a Marathoner for Life
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 15 May 2008. The Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon has done it again. The small friendly marathon in West Michigan which brought you celebrity pace teams, beer and chili in the finish area, and a hug from the race director at the finish line has come up with a new innovation: a lifetime of guaranteed racing.
Beginning in 2008, marathoners have the chance to sign up for the Lifetime Entry Program and run every Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon (GRM) until they retire from running. Why a lifetime of entries? According to GRM race director Don Kern, “Marathons can be expensive. Fees go up every year. They also go up if you wait until closer to the event.”
The Lifetime Entry Program gives a runner a permanent race number and entry to either the full or half-marathon for the rest of his/her life. This is the only lifetime entry program known among road racing. In addition to the yearly race shirt, runners receive a special edition shirt and VIP treatment at all future races.
The 2008 cost for the permanent entry is $650 and is not transferable to other runners. For math-savvy runners, the calculations are simple: At normal rates of increase, Kern estimates a runner will break even within 5 years--sooner if they are the kind of people who wait until the last minute to register and pay late entry fees.
To sign up for this year’s race or all future races, runners should go online to www.grandrapidsmarathon.com.
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