2006-07 PRRO Championship Season to Launch at Boilermaker 15K - July 9
New Format for Elite $25,000 Bonus Pool

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Posted Thursday, 1 June, 2006

The Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) will launch its 2006-07 Championship Season at the Utica Boilermaker 15K on Sunday, July 9. The year-long series features an exciting new circuit competition called the PRRO Championship Run Off, which offers a $25,000 bonus* for any athlete who wins any two of the first four races on the circuit and goes on to win the PRRO Championship at the 2007 Peachtree Road Race 10K.

The races on the PRRO circuit are:
Utica Boilermaker 15K, Utica, NY, July 9, 2006
World's Best 10K, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb, 25, 2007
Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile, Washington, DC, April 1, 2007
Lilac Bloomsday 12K, Spokane, WA, May 6, 2007
Peachtree Road Race 10K in Atlanta, GA, July 4, 2007, Series Championship

Each of the participating races adds to the bonus pool each year, so if no athlete wins the bonus during the 2006-07 season, the bonus grows to $30,000 for 2007-08. The bonus is in addition to the over $375,000 in prize money that the races pay out collectively.

"We hope that by next Peachtree, we will have one if not two athletes who have won two of our sister PRRO events," says Julia Emmons, PRRO President and Director of the Peachtree Road Race. "It would make for a most exciting finale to the 2006-07 PRRO Championship Season if we have one - or two - athletes battling it out for the bonus pool in the championship race."

Boilermaker race director Bob Ingalls is equally enthusiastic. "We are proud to be the inaugural event of each Championship Season," he says. "The male and female winners of Boilermaker will know they have one down and two tough ones to go. This adds spice to an already exciting circuit of world class races."

For more information about the PRRO Championship Circuit and the PRRO Championship Run Off, visit PRRO.org or contact: PRRO Coordinator, Elizabeth Unislawski, (404) 231-9064 x11, unislaw@atlantatrackclub.org

*If a male and female athlete wins two races plus the PRRO Championship in the same year, the circuit purse is divided equally.

Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director
(805) 696-6232
Ryan@RunningUSA.org | www.RunningUSA.org

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