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This year's Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay hosted over 2,000 runners, along with their friends, families, and co workers on the lawn of Auditorium Shores for our biggest and best Relay to date. Thanks to all of you, the Relay is now the 2nd largest stand alone marathon relay in the country. Congratulations to Team Jack & Adam's (consisting of Efrain Velasquez, Benny Rodriguez, Victor Vieja, Joe Thorne and John Arnold) for taking 1st place, and setting a new course record this year!
*New* -- We've been getting a lot of requests for photos from this year's Relay. we'll be posting several on the site in the coming days, but if you're interested in getting hi res versions or prints, you can find them now at www.kreutzphotography.com.
Complete Race Results are available here.
Video footage of this year's relay is now available on YouTube www.YouTube.com/user/austinmarathonrelay.
Check back with us at www.austinmarathonrelay.com in the coming weeks as we post photos from this year's event and announce our dates for 2009. In the meantime, visit our press section for all of this year's coverage.
Friends: Register your team of five friends, family members, neighbors, colleagues, running buddies or race rivals to divide and conquer the 26.2 mile relay course that is broken into five legs of 10k, 11.1k, 11.1k, 5k, and 5k.
Family Fun: This is a family event! There are kids' activities, free food and drink and a beer garden for the adults. So, not only is the course fun and the format a blast, but you don't want to miss the party on Town Lake's Auditorium Shores (950 W. Riverside Dr).
Philanthropy: The Relay benefits Junior Achievement of Central Texas which teaches children financial literacy skills and the importance of staying in school. JA brings members of the business community into grade school classrooms across the Austin area to help educate our children and build leadership skills. Donate to one of the Team JA Runners, to help them raise money to further Junior Achievement's efforts in Austin.
Fitness: This relay is a great way to kick-off your fall running season and prepare for the Distance Challenge series. Run the relay with a friend and challenge yourself to a half-marathon, or split it up among your buddies to get more friends involved.
 Premiering this year, the Roger Beasley Porsche Sub 2 Challenge, powered by RunTex, will award $100,000 to the team that can set a record pace at the Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay on September 21 and clock a final time of less than two hours on the 26.2 mile course. If the world’s best athletes come together to meet this challenge, it will be the fastest time ever recorded in this type of race format.
Read more about the $100,000 Roger Beasley Porsche Sub 2 Challenge, the largest single cash prize ever offered for a five person marathon relay.
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