Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) (© Getty Images)
Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway, 20th anniversary, 1989), Lorraine Moller (New Zealand, 25th anniversary, 1984) and Neil Cusack (Ireland, 35th anniversary, 1974) will be honoured at various festivities during the week leading up to the 113th Boston Marathon.
The Boston Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
This famous trio will also once again cross the Boston Marathon finish line - this time as competitors in the debut of the B.A.A. 5K. The 3.1-mile race begins Sunday morning, April 19, at 8 a.m. at Copley Square Park, and will be run on a loop course through the historic Back Bay neighbourhood.
"We are excited to celebrate the careers of these great athletes," said Guy Morse, B.A.A. Executive Director. "Kristiansen, Moller and Cusack are each a wonderful reminder of the spirit of the Boston Marathon and the spirit of running as a lifetime sport. It will be a privilege to have them in the field for the first year of our B.A.A. 5K."
Each of the champions had spectacular careers with Kristiansen, in 1986, holding the World records simultaneously in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon (then a world best); Moller winning the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics; and Cusack, also an Olympian, remaining the only Irishman to have ever won the Boston Marathon.
Immediately following the 5K race will be the new B.A.A. Invitational Mile, a series of four 1-mile races for professional men and women as well as scholastic boys and girls. Olympic bronze-medalist and Boston-area native Shalane Flanagan will headline the professional field. The scholastic participants will represent the eight host cities and towns along the Boston Marathon course: Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline and Boston.
The 113th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, 20 April 2009, Patriots' Day, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The race follows a 26.2-mile point-to-point route from the town of Hopkinton, Mass., to Boston's Back Bay. This year's race will begin with the Elite Women's Start at 9:32 a.m.
Additional information about the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. Invitational Mile, the Boston Marathon and the Boston Athletic Association can be found online at www.baa.org.
Jack Fleming (organisers) for the IAAF
The Boston Marathon is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
This famous trio will also once again cross the Boston Marathon finish line - this time as competitors in the debut of the B.A.A. 5K. The 3.1-mile race begins Sunday morning, April 19, at 8 a.m. at Copley Square Park, and will be run on a loop course through the historic Back Bay neighbourhood.
"We are excited to celebrate the careers of these great athletes," said Guy Morse, B.A.A. Executive Director. "Kristiansen, Moller and Cusack are each a wonderful reminder of the spirit of the Boston Marathon and the spirit of running as a lifetime sport. It will be a privilege to have them in the field for the first year of our B.A.A. 5K."
Each of the champions had spectacular careers with Kristiansen, in 1986, holding the World records simultaneously in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon (then a world best); Moller winning the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics; and Cusack, also an Olympian, remaining the only Irishman to have ever won the Boston Marathon.
Immediately following the 5K race will be the new B.A.A. Invitational Mile, a series of four 1-mile races for professional men and women as well as scholastic boys and girls. Olympic bronze-medalist and Boston-area native Shalane Flanagan will headline the professional field. The scholastic participants will represent the eight host cities and towns along the Boston Marathon course: Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline and Boston.
The 113th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, 20 April 2009, Patriots' Day, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The race follows a 26.2-mile point-to-point route from the town of Hopkinton, Mass., to Boston's Back Bay. This year's race will begin with the Elite Women's Start at 9:32 a.m.
Additional information about the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. Invitational Mile, the Boston Marathon and the Boston Athletic Association can be found online at www.baa.org.
Jack Fleming (organisers) for the IAAF
