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STATE FARM MELBOURNE & BEACHES
MUSIC MARATHON
DISCOUNT REGISTRATION EXPIRES JANUARY 15
• Overall entry limit of 1,500 runners
• Features USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships
• Entry fees for Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K rise on January 16
• New sponsors announced
www.themelbournemarathon.com
MELBOURNE, FL (January 8) — The State Farm Melbourne & Beaches
Music Marathon, which takes place Feb. 8, 2009 and features the USA
Masters Half-Marathon Championships, will close its discount registration
on January 15.
Through January 15, entry fees will remain at 90 for
the Marathon, $75 for the Half-Marathon and $30 for the Florida Today
5K. These reduced rates will be in effect through January 15, 2009,
after which late-bird registration begins. Registration is available
on the official website, www.themelbournemarathon.com, or on www.marathonguide.com.
The registration fees after January 15 will be $100 for the Marathon,
$85 for the Half-Marathon and $35 for the Florida Today 5K.
Both the
marathon and half-marathon courses will be USA Track & Field-certified
courses, with Champion Chip Timing. This is of particular importance
for runners trying to qualify for the 2009 Boston Marathon, as the
Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon will be one of the last opportunities
to do so.
Furthermore, with many of the nation's greatest over-40
runners and several former Olympians participating in the USA Masters
Half-Marathon Championships, all entrants will experience the rare
treat of competing in an event with plenty of championship atmosphere.
The
top men and women half-marathoners will split $2,000 purses in each
division. First will receive $1,000, with second earning $600 and
third $400. In the marathon, $1,000 purses each will be presented
for the men and women, with the winners earning $600, second place
$300, and third place $100. The purse also features age grading,
with a total of $6,000 will be distributed to the top nine age-graded
runners.
In addition, State Farm will present $125 checks
to the top male and female marathoner, and the top male and female
half-marathoner residing in Brevard County — host county of the
State Farm Melbourne & Beaches
Music Marathon.
The State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music
Marathon has enjoyed significant support from city officials in
Brevard County, Melbourne and Indialantic, along with the Space
Coast Board of Tourism, the Melbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of
Commerce, and the Florida Sports Foundation.
State Farm Insurance
is the umbrella sponsor of the event. Additional sponsors include:
Florida Today; Health First; Delta Airlines; Melbourne International
Airport; Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi of Melbourne; Crowne Plaza
Melbourne Oceanfront; Space Coast Credit Union; Bright House Networks;
Beachside Performance & Health Studio; the Flammio & Schultz
Financial team of Wachovia Securities; Florida Eye Associates; McDonalds;
The Sample Guy; Crocs; Melbourne Square; Ocean Potion Suncare; Aqua
Hydrate; Clif Bar; Publix; Spacecoast Living magazine; and WFIT 89.5
FM.
Complete information and entry forms can be found
at www.themelbournemarathon.com
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