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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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