Press Releases
Barragan, Penwell earn Gold Rush titles
Local runner completes 100th ultra marathon SRA Elite teammates Jesse Barragan and Melissa Penwell delivered strong performances in Saturday’s Gold Rush 50k to earn top honors while Carmichael’s Bill Hambrick completed his astonishing 100th ultra marathon. Barragan,...
Gold Rush 50k offers intro to ultra running
Ultra from Salmon Falls to historic Folsom set for May 13 The Gold Rush 50k offers veteran ultrarunners a great opportunity to train for a summer 100-miler and newcomers a chance to check out the trails in a scenic setting for the first time in either the 50k or the...
Run celebrates Boston Marathon
Local runners celebrate race with free run and movie screening. The spirit of the Boston Marathon returns to Sacramento in the coming week. A free fun run offered by the Sacramento Running Association, organizers of the California International Marathon, on Wednesday,...
Sacramento to host U.S. Marathon Championships at California International Marathon
Race organizers announce dynamic prize purse to attract top U.S. talent Sacramento has been selected to host the U.S. Marathon Championships at the California International Marathon for men and women in 2017 and 2018 as announced by USA Track & Field, the sport’s...
Braun and Kibii race to SACTOWN Run titles
Race raises $250,000 for Children’s Miracle Network After setting event records for money raised and runners registered for Sunday’s Credit Union SACTOWN Run, American Aaron Braun and returning champion Jane Kibii kept the momentum going by besting strong elite fields...
Elite runners set for Credit Union SACTOWN Run
Past winner and top American runners headline strong field Defending champion Jane Kibii, top American runners Aaron Braun, Phillip Reid and Lauren Jimison Totten, and 2008 Olympian Andrew Lemoncello headline a strong elite field for Sunday’s Credit Union SACTOWN Run....
SACTOWN Run celebrates giving back
Reese Baker to serve as the run’s patient champion Reese Baker enjoys school, being a part of her local soccer team and playing with her dolls. But since her diagnosis of b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in October 2015, those things all look a little bit...
SRA adds spring half marathon to event line-up
Gold Country Half to be run on June 11 in El Dorado Hills The Sacramento Running Association, organizers of the California International Marathon, has partnered with the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce to bring a new half marathon to El Dorado Hills. The inaugural...
SACTOWN Run is built for speed
Run features 5k, 10-mile and one-mile courses The Credit Union SACTOWN Run celebrates its seventh anniversary by modifying the 10-mile course in an effort to increase speed and feature a tour of the region’s most memorable landmarks. In addition to the 10-mile run,...
2017 CIM Ambassadors
Alyssa Cantarutti I started running in 2013 as a way to stay fit while I was in school. Since then, I've run several half marathons and shorter races. I made so many amazing friends in the running community, and in 2016 they finally convinced me to run my first...