For Immediate Release
July 24, 2007

Contact:
Beryl Wolfe
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com
Web Site: http://www.beach2beacon.org

In the nine years of the TD Banknorth Beach To Beacon 10K there have been 34,653 official finishers who have appeared in the results.

The year by year breakdown of finishers:
Year Finishers Cumulative Total
1998 2,408 2,408
1999 3,248 5,656
2000 3,429 9,085
2001 3,718 12,803
2002 4,109 16,912
2003 4,273 21,185
2004 4,353 25,538
2005 4,305 29,843
2006 4,810 34,653
Average number of finishers per year: 3,850

The 347th finisher in 2007 will be the 35,000th finisher in the history of the race

The following runners reached milestones in the history of the race :

1999: 5,000th finisher: Cheri Wessel, Hershey, Pennsylvania
2001: 10,000th finisher: Ron Fleurent, South Portland, Maine
2002: 15,000th finisher: John Morton, Ottawa, Ontario
2003: 20,000th finisher: Carl Curtsinger, Mt. Washington, Kentucky
2004: 25,000th finisher: Bonnie Cassidy, Ellicott City, Maryland
2006: 30,000th finisher: Ryan Dyer, Gorham, Maine
(note: Maine provides well over half the field each year but only twice has a Maine runner achieved one of these milestones)

The TD Banknorth Beach To Beacon 10K has achieved the following milestones in the history of Maine road races:

1998: the first road race to have over 2,000 timed finishers
1999: the first road race to have over 3,000 timed finishers
2000: the first road race to have over 3,000 timed finishers
2002: the first road race to have over 4,000 timed finishers
2006: the first road race to have over 4,500 timed finishers
(From 1998-2004 and in 2006 the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K was the largest race in Maine history)



total miles run in nine years (number of finishers X 6.2 miles):
214,848.6 miles
Average number of miles per year: 23,872

The following runners reached the following milestones
2000: 50,000th mile: Theo Berez, Camden, Maine
2002: 100,000th mile: Jennifer Cohen, Brunswick, Maine
2004: 150,000th mile: Christopher Pezzullo, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
2006: 200,000th mile: Jessica Shaknis, Portland, Maine

Based on the history of the race the 250,000th mile will most likely be run in 2008

(Results provided by Granite State Race Services)

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