2011 Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburg Marathon Sold out! release, note by Larry Eder

The 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburg Marathon sold out today! Indicative of the popularity of big city marathons, the 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburg Marathon announced that it’s field had reached their goal of 22,000 in the five events over the weekend! Nice job Pittsburg! (And we love the logo!). It is also indicative of the success that large sportings goods chains are having with performance running footwear and the amazing amount of running footwear sold at Marathon & Race Expos.

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March 29, 2011; Pittsburgh, PA — As of March 29,
2011, the Sunday, May 15, 2011 running of the Dick’s Sporting Goods
Pittsburgh Marathon is officially sold out. The UPMC Health Plan
Pittsburgh Half Marathon and Fed Ex Ground Pittsburgh Marathon Relay
have been sold out for several weeks. The 2011 event will be the largest
in the event’s history. In total, over 22,000 runners are expected to
participate in five events over the course of race weekend, including
Saturday’s UPMC Health Plan/UPMC Sports Medicine Pittsburgh 5K Run and
the Toyota of Pittsburgh Kids Marathon.

A small number of bibs
are still available this week only through the Run for a Reason charity
program. Runners are encouraged to visit www.pittsburghmarathon.com for a complete list of affiliated charities, and secure their charity registration by April 1, 2011.

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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