Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Lugar Seeks to Extend Streak to 25

With 14% of the Senate and 27 members of Congress leading teams, the annual ACLI Capital Challenge(R), a three mile road race, boasts a record field. The race takes place on Wednesday, May 3rd at 8:00 a.m. in Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia Park. For a brief period, competitors will run from talk of immigration bills, leaks, and other distractions and address the serious task of determining who is the fittest: the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial branches of government or the media who cover them.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Richard Lugar (R-IN) will compete for the 25th straight year, never having missed a race. He will be joined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senate Finance Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA) , as well as 38 other Senators and Representatives from 29 states. Texas, with five, has the most members of Congress entered. Defending champions Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) , fastest man in Congress; Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) , long-time female Senate champ; and Senator John Ensign (R-NV) , last year's fastest Senator, are entered. Senator John Sununu (R-NH) will be attempting to win back his Senate Championship from incumbent Senator John Ensign, the two have traded the title for the last few years. In addition, former congressional champ Jane Harman (D-CA) is returning in an attempt to regain her title as fastest woman in Congress. Scores of presidential appointees, judges, and many media representatives are also entered. IRS Commissioner Mark Everson again filed his entry late but will be leading his team, named "Team IRS - Your Friends," sporting the number 1040. His wife is also leading a team ("Back to the Future") from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

On hand to help celebrate the 25th anniversary and get the runners on their way as official "whistle blower" will be 2006 celebrity runner, Kenny Moore. Moore was a long-time senior writer for Sports Illustrated, starred with Mariel Hemingway in Robert Towne's "Personal Best" and other films, is a former American Marathon record holder, 4th in the '72 Olympic Marathon and won the first Marine Corps Marathon.

Team captains in this event are not honorary positions. Each must finish the three-mile course for their team to score. The event shows even the busiest people can take time out to stay physically fit. All entry fees go to DC Special Olympics, as does an additional donation from the title sponsor ACLI (American Council of Life Insurers) and other sponsors ING, Northwestern Mutual, The Principal Financial Group, Swiss Re, Qwest Communications, Roll Cal and Running Times.

Competition for the prestigious Best and James B. Kenin Worst Team Name honors remains intense. Some noteworthy entrants:

Teams				        Captains
Rhode Kill				Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Santa Fe Trailers			Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Feeney's Weenies			Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Run Free or Die			        Representative Jeff Bradley (R-NH)
The Road-Dents			        Representative Charles Dent (R-PA)
Federal Tread Commission	        Thomas J. Rosch (FTC Commissioner)
Commerce Claws			        David Spooner (Asst. Secretary of Commerce)
The Eyes Have It			Jim Axelrod (CBS News)
Crawl Things Considered		        Art Silverman (NPR)
Peacocks on the Run		        David Shuster (MSNBC)
March of the PengWinners	        Barbara Noe (National Geographic)
Affirmative Traction		        Sara Lipka (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Gladys Knight and the Scripps	        David Neilsen (Scripps Howard News Service)
Herd on the Hill			MaryAnn Akers (Roll Call)

VIP & CAPTAIN'S LIST

SENATE
(10 - 140 Violet Numbers)
10	Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY)	Team Thomas Rides Again
20	Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)	Burns Belly-busters
30	Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)	Grassley 5:29
40	Senator Bill Frist (R-TN)	Team Frist
50	Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)	Santa Fe Trailers
60	Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE)	Carper's Cruisers
70	Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)	Faster Than They Look
80	Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)	Rhode Kill
25	Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)	Team Lugar
100	Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)	Children of the Cornyn
110	Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)	We Will Never De-Kay
120	Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)	Reed's Rangers
130	Senator John Sununu (R-NH)	Brake for Moose
140	Senator John Ensign (R-NV)	Team Ensign
HOUSE
(300 - 560 Lime Numbers)
300	Representative	Jim Moran (D-VA)	Jim's Super NOVA's
310	Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL)	Feeney's Weenies
320	Representative Jane Harman (D-CA)	No Jane, No Gain
330	Representative Jeb Bradley (R-NH)	Run Free or Die
340	Representative Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)	Kenny's Band-Aids
350 	Representative	Peter DeFazio (D-OR)	Coalition of the Swilling
360	Representative Anne Northup (R-KY)	Northup's Louisville Sloggers
370	Representative Jim Ryun (R-KS)	Team Ryun
380	Representative Jim Matheson (D-UT)	The Blue Dogs
390	Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)	Jeb's Joggers
400	Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY)	Serrano Peppers
410	Representative Charles Dent (R-PA)	The Road-Dents
420	Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX)	Streaking to Victory
430	Representative Rick Renzi (R-AZ)	The Marvelous Earmarks
440	Representative Dave Reichert (R-WA)	Smokey and the Bandits
450	Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA)	Deficit E-Racers
460	Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN)	Gordon's Mercenary Highlanders				
470	Representative Zach Wamp (R-TN)	Wamp Up Side The Head
480	Representative Michael Burgess (R-TX)	Diagnosis Danger
490	Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)	NoDak Attack
500	Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO)	run foRUSSt run!
510	Representative Mark Udall (D-CO)	See U(dall) Later
520	Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Capito
530	Representative Gresham Barrett (R-SC)	Palmetto Pride
540	Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA)	Kingston
550	Representative Butch Otter (R-ID)	We're Faster Than Crapo's Team
560 	Representative Jim Marshall (D-GA)	Marshall
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
(800 - 1140 White Numbers)
800	Ronald Meisburg, General Counsel          Our Capital's Challenged 'Cause
	(National Labor Relations Board)	             We 8(b)(4)	
810	John Higgins, Deputy General Counsel    Desperately Seeking Subpoenas
	(National Labor Relations Board)
820	David Spooner, Asst Secretary; Import Administration	Commerce Claws
	(Department of Commerce)
830	Lt. Gen. Robert Magnus, Asst Commandant	"ACMC!" National Insurance Policies 
	(U. S. Marine Corps)	
840	Thomas Rosch, Commissioner	Federal Tread Commission
	(Federal Trade Commission)
850	Shane Karr, Asst Sec. Govt Affairs	Kicking Asphalt
	(Department of Transportation)
860	Steve Martin, Deputy Director	Arrowhead
	(National Park Service)
870	Frank Trinity, General Counsel	Run and Serve
	(Corporation for National & Community Service
880	Admiral Carol Turner, Commander	The Crowned Tooth & Four Cavities
	(U. S. Navy, Medical & Education Training Command)
890	Read Vandewater, Board Member	Release is Just a Proffer Away
	(National Mediation Board)
900	John Pikus, Chief Inspector	Feisty Brave Investigators
	(FBI)	
910	 Robert Rule, Major	U. S. Park Police
	(U. S. Park Police)
920	Walter Lukken, Commissioner	Out Trades
	(Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
930	Joseph Kelliher, Chairman	Team High Voltage
	(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
940	Suedeen Kelly, Commissioner	Team High Voltage
	(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
950	Gary Visscher, Board Member		Runaway Reactions
	(U. S. Chemical Safety Board)		
960	Admiral Lewis Libby	Team Navy
	(U. S. Navy)
970	Nanette Everson, General Counsel	Back To The Future
	(Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
980	Admiral Terrance McKnight, Commandant	Navy Running Team D. C.
	(Navy District Washington; U. S. Navy)
990	Jennifer Hillman, Commissioner	The Dumpsters
	(U. S. International Trade Commission)
1000	Daniel Pearson, Commissioner	Non-Tariff Harriers
	(U. S. International Trade Commission)
1010	Deanna Okun, Vice Chairman	Smoot's Folly
	(U. S. International Trade Commission)
1020	Richard Swartz, Chief Information Officer	Deal With It!
	(Census Bureau)
1030	Arthur Rosenfeld, Director	Team Neutral
	(Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service)
1040	Mark Everson, Commissioner	Team IRS - Your Friends
	(Internal Revenue Service)
1050	Kathie Olsen, Deputy Director	NSF
	(National Science Foundation)
1060	Doug Clift, Asst to Associate Director	Census Running Totals
	(Census Bureau)
1070	Vice Admiral Terry Cross, Vice Commandant	Team Coast Guard
	(US Coast Guard)
1080	General Guy Swan, III; Commanding General	Guardians	
	(MDW, U. S. Army)
 1090	Thad Bingel, Asst Commissioner	CBP 
	(Customs & Border Protection)
1100	Drew DeBerry, Deputy Chief of Staff	USDA's Mad, Rusty Runners
	(Department of Agriculture)
1110	Tom Harvey, Assistant Secretary	Putting Veteran's First
	(Department of Veterans Affairs)
1120	Marvin Raines, Assoc. Director	Census Sensations
	(Census Bureau)
1130	Thomas Mesenbourg, Assoc. Director	The Standard Deviates
	(Census Bureau)
1140	Joe Guzowski, Deputy Chief;	An Army of Run - Again
	Congressional Liaison Office (U. S. Army)
 
PRINT MEDIA
(1400 - 1810 Orange Numbers)
1400	Sandy Block			The FEMA Trailers
	(USAToday.com)
1410	Alan Elsner			Reuter's Road Kill
	(Reuters)
1420	Karen Hosler  		Baltimore Hons 
	(Baltimore Sun)	
1430	Jim Hage			Post Haste
	(Washington Post Sports)	
1440	Erik Wemple	Weekly But Willing
	(Washington City Paper)	
1450	Huan Hsu	                               The Flesh is Weekly
	(Washington City Paper)	
1460	David Nielsen		Gladys Knight & the Scripps
	(Scripps Howard News Service)
1470	Goldie Blumenstyk 		No Runner Left Behind
	(The Chronicle of Higher Education)
1480	Sara Lipka	                            Affirmative Traction	Affirmation Traction
	(The Chronicle of Higher Education)
1490	Richard Monastersky		Hearts and Soles
	(The Chronicle of Higher Education)
1500	Randy Kubetin		Mitch's Friends
	(BNA)
1510	James Abrams		Down to the Wire I
	(Associated Press)
1520	Larry Margasak		Down to the Wire II
	(Associated Press)
1530	Heidi Landecker		The Campus Quad Squad
	(The Chronicle of Higher Education
1540	Jeffrey Mervis		Primordial Scoop
	(Science Magazine)
1550	Arnie Parnes	Doin' A Heckuva "Jog"
	(Scripps Howard News Service)
1560	John Rancourt	Well, We Don't Get Reelected
	(F-D-C Reports)
1570	Karl Uhlendorf	Running From Cheney's Birdshot
	(F-D-C Reports)
1580	Melanie Eversley	The Trotters from Tysons
	(Gannett/USA Today)
1590	William McQuillen	Zoomberg #1
	(Bloomberg News)
1600	Janine Zachria	Zoomberg #2
	(Bloomberg News)
1610	Cary O'Reilly	Zoomberg #3
	(Bloomberg News)
1620	Nicole Duran	Herd on the Hill Too
	(Roll Call)
1630	Mary Ann Akers	Herd on the Hill
	(Roll Call)
1640	Dan Freedman	Make it Hearst so Good
	(Hearst Newspapers)
1650	Philp Kushin	Deadliners	Post Deadliners
	(Washington Post)
1660	Peter Blank		KipRunners
	(Kiplinger)
1670	Kevin McCormally	KipJoggers
	(Kiplinger)
1680	Edward Maixner	KipJoggers 2
	(Kiplinger)
1690	Barbara Marcus	KipWalkers
	(Kiplinger)
1700	Thomas Anderson	KipWalkers 2
	(Kiplinger)
1710	Barbara Noe	March of the PengWinners
	(National Geographic)
1720	Oliver Payne	We Run On Alternative Gospel Fuels
	(National Geographic	
1730	Elizabeth Kelleher	U. S. Disinfo
	(Washington File - VOA)
1740	Dipka Bhambhani	High Energy (Prices)
	(McGraw-Hill/Platts)
1750	Rick Dunham	Downsized, Rightsized & Exercised
	(Business Week)
1760	Kristen Fletcher	HTTP: Hot-to-Trot-Posties
	(Washingtonpost.com)
1770	Dave Marino-Nachison	The Brady Bunch
	(Washingtonpost.com)
1780	Daphne Retter	Foxes & Newshounds
	(Congressional Quarterly)
1790	Micah Pollack	The Honorable Mentions
	(Washington Post)
1800	William Miller	Post-Peak
	(Washington Post)
1810	Steve Nearman	So Near, So Far
	(Washington Times)
		
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
(2000 - 2160 Grey Numbers)
2000	Bill Plante	CBS: Good Luck and Keep Up
	(CBS News)	
2010	Jim Axelrod		The EYES Have It!
	(CBS News)		
2020	James Stevenson		Keep America's Voice
	(Voice of America)
2030	David Kestenbaum	The Golden Airwaves
	(National Public Radio)
2040	Jonathan Hamilton	The Golden Airwaves
	(National Public Radio)
2050	Allison Aubrey	Give Us Some Air!
	(National Public Radio)
2060	Nell Boyce			Press Passers
	(National Public Radio)
2070	Art Silverman	Crawl Things Considered
	(National Public Radio)
2080	Steve Diamond	Crawl Things Considered
	(National Public Radio)
2090	David Shuster	Peacocks on the Run
	(NBC News Channel/MSNBC)
2100	Bret Baier		First, Fast, Fox
	(Fox News Channel)
2110	Major Garrett	Rox out with your Fox out
	(Fox News Channel)
2120	Greg Kelly		Don't Fox with Us
	(Fox News Channel)
2130	Dave Willingham	78'ers
	(WJLA/News Channel 8)
2140	Doug McKelway	78'ers
	(WJLA/News Channel 8)
2150	Craig Windham	Strato-'Casters
	(National Public Radio)
2160	Tom Bowman	Press Passers
	(National Public Radio)
 
JUDICIAL
(3000 - 3090 Blue Numbers)
3000	Judge S. Jay Plager		Race Judicata
	(Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit)
3010	Judge Laurence Whalen		Whalen's Runners
	(U. S. Tax Court)	
3020	Judge Stephen Swift		Swiftly Taxed
	(U. S. Tax Court)
3030	Judge Robert Morin		Rocket Dockets
	(DC Superior Court)
3040 	Judge Rufus King, III	Rocket Dockets
	(DC Superior Court)
3050	Judge John Mott	Rocket Dockets
	(DC Superior Court)
3060	Judge Russell Canan	Bench Warmers
	(DC Superior Court)
3070	Judge Natalia Combs-Greene	Superior Court #5
	(DC Superior Court)
3080	Judge Stephen Milliken	The Pentacular Penthouse Posse
	(DC Superior Court)
3090	Judge Craig Iscoe	Expedited Motions
	(DC Superior Court)
GUESTS
(4000 - 4090 Yellow Numbers)
4000	Kenny Moore	Celebrity Runner         
4010	Ellen Wessel		President, Moving Comfort
4020	Steve Hocker		Special Olympics
4030	Scott Celley		Eight-time Capital Challenge Winner	Eight Time Capital Challenge Winner	Former Capital Challenge Winner				Eight Time Former Capital Challenge Winner
4040	Vince Hancock		Qwest Communications
4050	Jean Knaack		RRCA Executive Director
4060	Michael Hunter		ACLI Executive Vice President & COO
4070	Morris Goff			ACLI Vice President
4080	Maurice Perkins		ACLI Vice President
4090	David Turner		ACLI Senior Vice President

The course is an out and back, riverfront course in Anacostia Park (just over the Souza Bridge - Pennsylvania Avenue). The ACLI Capital Challenge starts at 8:00 a.m. in Anacostia Park near the Roller Rink. Directions to the site may be downloaded from www.capitalchallenge.com. (Entries are closed.)