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Media & Newsroom Join us next year to Run for the Dream, May 21-22, 2011 To benefit An Achievable Dream and in support of The Wounded Warriors Project
Excitement is building for the first Run for the Dream Half Marathon, which will take place in Williamsburg next spring. Announcement of the event was made on May 11 by Walter Segaloff, founder and CEO of An Achievable Dream, and Colonial Williamsburg President Colin Campbell. Hoping to build the event into one of the premier half marathons in the country, An Achievable Dream has hired Dave McGillivray, veteran race director of the Boston Marathon, and his company, DMSE Sports, to manage operations and serve as race director. In addition to the Half Marathon on Sunday, the weekend will include the Fit to Run, Fit to Dream 8K Run/Walk on Saturday. Both races will start on the campus of the College of William & Mary, wind through the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area, and end at the College’s Zable Stadium. The Half Marathon route will take runners down the Colonial Parkway toward Jamestown before returning to the City of Williamsburg and the Historic Area. TowneBank, Colonial Williamsburg, and Busch Gardens are the Title Sponsors of the event, and Colonial Williamsburg will serve as the official hotel sponsor. Presenting sponsors for the 8K on Saturday are Smithfield Foods and Riverside Health System.
Excitement is building for the first Run for the Dream Half Marathon, which will take place in Williamsburg next spring. Announcement of the event was made on May 11 by Walter Segaloff, founder and CEO of An Achievable Dream, and Colonial Williamsburg President Colin Campbell. Hoping to build the event into one of the premier half marathons in the country, An Achievable Dream has hired Dave McGillivray, veteran race director of the Boston Marathon, and his company, DMSE Sports, to manage operations and serve as race director.
In addition to the Half Marathon on Sunday, the weekend will include the Fit to Run, Fit to Dream 8K Run/Walk on Saturday. Both races will start on the campus of the College of William & Mary, wind through the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area, and end at the College’s Zable Stadium. The Half Marathon route will take runners down the Colonial Parkway toward Jamestown before returning to the City of Williamsburg and the Historic Area. TowneBank, Colonial Williamsburg, and Busch Gardens are the Title Sponsors of the event, and Colonial Williamsburg will serve as the official hotel sponsor. Presenting sponsors for the 8K on Saturday are Smithfield Foods and Riverside Health System.
To benefit An Achievable Dream and in support of The Wounded Warriors Project Excitement is building for the first Run for the Dream Half Marathon, which will take place in Williamsburg next spring. Announcement of the event was made on May 11 by Walter Segaloff, founder and CEO of An Achievable Dream, and Colonial Williamsburg President Colin Campbell. Hoping to build the event into one of the premier half marathons in the country, An Achievable Dream has hired Dave McGillivray, veteran race director of the Boston Marathon, and his company, DMSE Sports, to manage operations and serve as race director. In addition to the Half Marathon on Sunday, the weekend will include the Fit to Run, Fit to Dream 8K Run/Walk on Saturday. Both races will start on the campus of the College of William & Mary, wind through the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area, and end at the College’s Zable Stadium. The Half Marathon route will take runners down the Colonial Parkway toward Jamestown before returning to the City of Williamsburg and the Historic Area. TowneBank, Colonial Williamsburg, and Busch Gardens are the Title Sponsors of the event, and Colonial Williamsburg will serve as the official hotel sponsor. Presenting sponsors for the 8K on Saturday are Smithfield Foods and Riverside Health System. Press Releases Download press release for Run for the Dream 2010 (pdf) VA Gazette: Run for the Dream Scoop (pdf) Oyster Pointer: Run for the Dream feature (pdf) Daily Press: Boston Marathon 'caretaker' will direct news Williamsburg races (pdf) A Couple Phone Calls and a Race is Born (pdf)
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