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Press Release - Houston Marathon - 12/1/14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Chevron Houston Marathon Increases Race Day Cap to 27,000 for 2016 Races 

               New Registration System to be Implemented

HOUSTON (December 1, 2014) - The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced 
on Monday that 2016 will feature a field-size increase to 27,000 runners 
for the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. Each 
race will be capped at 13,500 available entries. The ABB 5K, which will 
take place on Saturday of race weekend, will be capped at 6,000 
participants. 

The 33,000 registrants will be the highest in the 44-year history of the 
Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend which will take place January 15-17, 
2016. Both races have sold-out for 10 consecutive years. 

In addition to the announced cap increase, the HMC announced that it will 
implement a new three-stage registration system for the 2016 marathon and 
half marathon that will replace the lottery system implemented in 2010. 

"The new course and additional space in the GRB affords us the opportunity 
to increase the cap while not compromising the quality of the event. In 
turn, the cap increase provided us with an opportunity to implement a new 
three-stage open registration for our runners world-wide," said Wade 
Morehead, HMC Executive Director. "We take pride in providing the best 
participant experience possible from registration to results, and this 
change allows the runners to register on a first-come, first-served basis 
again."  
 
The new three-stage 2016 registration system includes the following: 

- Early Open Registration - Opens January 18, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. CT (Race 
Day) through January 22, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. or until 10,000 full and half 
combined entries are sold-out.

- Guaranteed Registration - Opens May 6-31, 2015 for guaranteed race 
entrants including time qualifiers, Legacy Runners, 5-9 year Houston 
Marathon or Half Marathon finishers, 2015 deferred registrants and members 
designated by HARRA.

- Open Registration - Opens on National Running Day, June 3, 2015 and 
will remain open until all 27,000 entries sell-out.  

2016 Race Registration Dates

Early Open Registration        January 18 (3:00 p.m.) - 22, 2015
ABB 5K Registration            January 18 (3:00 p.m.) - sell out
Guaranteed Registration        May 6 - May 31
ABB 5K Registration            May 6 - sell out 
HERO Registration              May 6 - sell out
Open Registration              June 3 - sell out
Fundraising for Registration   June 3 - sell out
  
2016 Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend of Events 

January 15
- Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute EXPO  
 
January 16
- ABB 5K
- We Are Houston RunFest
- Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute EXPO

January 17
- We Are Houston RunFest
- 15th annual Aramco Houston Half Marathon
- 44th annual Chevron Houston Marathon

The cost of entry into the 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon is $135, while the 
cost for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon is $115.
 
For more information on 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half 
Marathon and ABB 5K, please visit www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com. 

About the Houston Marathon Committee, Inc.

Established in 1972, the Houston Marathon Committee, Inc. (HMC), a Running 
USA Founding Member, annually organizes the nation's premier winter 
marathon, half-marathon, and 5K. Over 250,000 participants, volunteers and 
spectators make Chevron Houston Marathon Race Day the largest single-day 
sporting event in Houston. Race Weekend generates over $50 million in 
economic impact for the region annually. In 2014, the Run For a Reason 
Charity Program raised a record $2.6 million and the HMC retained Gold 
Certification from the Council of Responsible Sport for industry-leading 
sustainability initiatives. Host to 14 U.S. Half Marathon Championships 
since 2005 and the 1992 women's Olympic Trials Marathon, the HMC conducted 
the nationally-televised 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon, which featured 
men and women competing on the same course simultaneously for the first 
time, vying for the chance to represent Team USA at the 2012 Olympic Games.

For more information, visit www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com or call 
713.957.3453. 

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