Posted: February 3, 2006

Athletics: Culpepper To Run Special Half-Marathon In Austin

From David Monti

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Alan Culpepper will run the Freescale Austin Invitational Half-Marathon on Sunday, February 19 as part of his build up for the BAA Boston Marathon in April, organizers of the Austin event announced yesterday.

He is entered in a special "Invitational Half-Marathon Challenge," matched against 2006 Chevron-Houston Marathon Champion David Cheruiyot of Kenya and Aramco Houston and 3M Half-Marathon Champion, Nicodemus Malakwen, also of Kenya. Also in the field, will be Bernard Manirakiza of Burundi, who finished sixth at the 3M Half-Marathon.

"The downhill in Austin seems similar to what the Boston course is like and I want to see how hard I can go on a course like that," Culpepper said in a press release. "I may try to run 4:45's (2:57/km)."

The invitational half-marathon is a separate event from the mass-start Freescale Austin Half-Marathon which begins on the same starting line as the full marathon. The invitational begins at the half-marathon mark of the full marathon and runs to the finish line of the full marathon, ahead of the marathon field. It is limited to ten participants. The invitational half-marathon begins at 8:00 a.m. while the mass marathon and half-marathon begin at 7:00 a.m.

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