Army Ten-Miler
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The Army Ten-Miler is America's largest ten-mile race, held every October in Washington, DC and sponsored by the U.S. Army Military District of Washington. In 2000, this race was the largest 10 mile road race in the world.
The annual race weekend events also include a youth run, a youth activity fair, and a pre-race pasta dinner. The race uses transponder timing, and draws a large number of civilian and military running teams.
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[edit] Race Course
The race course is USA Track and Field certified and is mostly flat, fast and picturesque.
- The race starts along Route 27 adjacent to the Pentagon and proceeds north and across the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
- From there the course circles the Lincoln Memorial and goes off to the left to Constitution Avenue turning north on 19th Street and then northwest on Virginia Avenue.
- A the end of Virginia Avenue, the course turns south on Rock Creek Parkway and passes underneath the Kennedy Center.
- The parkway is followed to Independence Avenue near the John Ericsson Memorial. The route continues past the National World War II Memorial and the Washington Monument on the left, and the Jefferson Memorial on the right. The course continues along Independence Avenue going past the Air and Space Museum to 3rd Street where it turns north, crossing the National Mall to Pennsylvania Avenue.
- The course goes east on Pennsylvania Ave. to 1st Street where the U.S. Capitol is on the left.
- The course turns west at Independence Avenue and then turns south on 14th Street where it takes the HOV lanes of I-395 for the last two miles of the course to the South Pentagon Parking Lot.
[edit] History
The race started in 1985 by fitness officials connected with the Army Headquarters staff in the Pentagon. In the early years, it was lead by staff assigned to the Pentagon with the logistic support of the Military District of Washington. Subsequently, the program was reassigned to the Military District, where it is headed by a year-round, full-time professional staff.
[edit] 2001 Race
Shortly after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon, the October 2001 race was cancelled. Subsequent races have had extensive anti-terrorist security measures.
[edit] 2005 Race
DC Metropolitan Police identified a suspicious package under the HOV lanes of the 14th Street Bridge. Race officials decided to re-route runners at Mile Marker 7 (Independence and 14th Street area) to cross the Memorial Bridge instead. The DC Metro Police Explosive Ordinance Unit investigated the package and, at 8:55AM, determined that it was harmless. Because the course was modified, the official race was declared a recreational run and was not scored. The transponder timing mats were not relocated from the planned finish line to the end of the substitute route, which was estimated to be 11.2 miles long.
[edit] 2007 Race
The race was held on Sunday, October 7, 2007 with 26,000 runners entered, and a record 17,000 finishing the 10 mile route. At the 8 a.m. start time, the temperature was 70 degrees F, and relative humidity of 94%, making conditions oppressive for running. Because of the heat, runners consumed more liquids than expected, and the aide stations ran out of water. Michael Banner, a 25-year old runner from Fairfax, Virginia collapsed near the finish line, and subsequently died. The autopsy results revealed that he had coronary artery disease and ruled that his death was from natural causes. [1][2][3]
[edit] Champions
| Year | Field | Male | Female | Master Male | Master Female |
| 1995 | 7,110 | Ronnie Harris, 48:59 | Susan Molloy, 56:20 (Event Record) | Chuck Moeser, 53:29 | Patricia Donohue, 1:06:20 |
| 1996 | 7,579 | Michael Berstein, 47:59 | Chris Udovich, 58:35 | David Wannewurf, 52:24 | Linda Wack, 1:03:16 |
| 1997 | 9,404 | Dan Browne, 47:44 (Event Record) | Chris Udovich, 56:58 | Tom Borschel, 52:44 | Cathy Ventura-Merkel, 1:03:33 |
| 1998 | 11,472 | Dan Browne, 48:52 | Alisa Harvey, 58:56 | Chuck Moeser, 53:14 | Patti Shull, 1:00:10 |
| 1999 | 11,453 | Chris Graff, 48:21 | Alisa Harvey, 57:47 | Sammy Ngatia, 50:46 | Patti Shull, 1:03:11 |
| 2000 | 11,935 | Sammy Ngatia, 48:50 | Naoko Ishibe, 56:40 | Sammy Ngatia, 48:50 | Patricia Clifford, 1:05:17 |
| 2002 | 11,904 | Ryan Kirkpatrick, 48:35 | Casey Smith, 58:21 | Sammy Ngatia, 51:17 | Martha Merz, 59:49 |
| 2003 | 13,198 | John Henwood, 48:49 | Alisa Harvey, 59:29 | John Colpeck, 53:14 | Martha Merz, 60:36 |
| 2004 | 13,071 | Dan Browne 47:32 | Casey Smith 57:32 | Sammy Ngatia, 52:47 | Martha Merz, 60:57 |
| 2006 | 15,589 | Jared Nyamboki, 48:24 | Alisa Harvey, 59:00 | Marty Muchow, 53:25 | Alisa Harvey, 59:00 |
| 2007 | 17,641 | Jose Ferreira, 49:21 | Firaya Zhdanova, 58:31 | Mike Scannell, 54:31 | Firaya Zhdanova, 58:31 |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ J. Hage, "Fairfax County Man Colapses Near Army Finish Line, Dies" Washington Post, 2007-10-08, p. E3
- ^ Mummolo, Jonathan. "Runner Had Played on Office Teams", Washington Post, 2007-10-09, pp. B3. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
- ^ Mummolo, Jonathan. "Coronary Artery Disease Found in Autopsy of Runner", Washington Post, 2007-11-29, pp. B02. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
