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Team Lugar wins Capital Challenge Race
May 4, 2006 Washington, DC For the Washington Running Report
The 25th Annual ACLI Capital Challenge was held on Wednesday,
May 3 in Washington, DC. The Capital Challenge is an
invitational race for teams representing the Legislative,
Executive, and Judicial Branches of the Federal Government and
the Media. It is a three-mile road race that had a record field
this year with 27 members of Congress and 14% of the Senate
leading teams.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Richard Lugar of
Indiana competed for the 25th straight year, never having missed
a race. Team Lugar won the Senate Team division. He was 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.
On hand to help celebrate the 25th anniversary and get the
runners on their way as official "whistle blower" was 2006
celebrity runner, Kenny Moore. Moore was a long-time senior
writer for Sports Illustrated, who starred with Mariel
Hemingway in Robert Towne's "Personal Best" and other films. He
is a former U.S. men's marathon record holder, who finished
fourth in the 1972 Olympic Marathon and won the first Marine
Corps Marathon.
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 Call and Running Times.
For more information and complete results, visit www.capitalchallenge.com.
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