FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                     Contact: Rich Hanna 
                                              Capital Road Race Management
                                              Tel. (916) 492-8966
                                              

          SACRAMENTO RACE FIRM ACQUIRES SACRAMENTO MARATHON


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Capital Road Race Management, the Sacramento region's 
premier race management and timing organization, has purchased the 
Sacramento Marathon, company owner Rich Hanna has announced.

With his acquisition of the event, Hanna has also changed the event's name 
to the Sacramento Cowtown Marathon and revised its traditional double 
out-and-back course.

The 29th annual event, among Sacramento's oldest continuously held running 
races, will be held Oct. 2, 2005 at William Land Park in Sacramento. It 
will feature a marathon, half-marathon, four-person marathon relay and 
five-kilometer run/walk. 

The race will be presented by Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, and it 
will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

In addition to a new name and course, Hanna has also introduced a new race 
new logo, featuring running cows.

"We just decided to call it the Sacramento Cowtown Marathon," Hanna said. 
"They had been using tomatoes, running tomatoes, in the logo for the past 
two or three years. I don't know about you, but I've never seen a running 
tomato.

"We were thinking, well, what else is Sacramento known for or known as and 
the cowtown idea came along. We thought we could get a lot of mileage out 
of cows. A lot of people like cows and there's a lot of things you can do 
with the theme."

The 2005 Sacramento Cowtown Marathon will be dedicated to the memory of 
Paul Smith, the event's previous co-owner who died in May of colon cancer.

Hanna's purchase of the event expands the Sacramento runner's race 
management responsibilities. It also provides two unique components to the 
former two-time national 100-kilometer champion's nearly lifelong running 
legacy.

At age 13, Hanna completed his first marathon at the Sacramento Marathon. 
And in 1998, he co-authored The Ultimate Guide To Marathons, a 
well-received book that critiques and ranks marathons around the country.

"The race has sentimental value to me," said Hanna, 41. "I was there from 
the very first one as a 13-year-old. And so here 29 years later, I get the 
satisfaction to actually manage the event."

Hanna is now not only the owner of the first marathon he ran, he's 
directing an event in which his race-directing skills will be critiqued.

In addition to directing his first marathon, Hanna manages Run To Feed The 
Hungry, the popular Thanksgiving Day event in East Sacramento. His company 
owns three races, manages five other events and provides timing services 
for more than 30 races annually. Hanna is also the co-coach of the 
Sacramento chapter of Team in Training, the running and fundraising 
training group that benefits The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

For registration and other race information, visit the Sacramento Cowtown 
Marathon website, www.sacramentocowtownmarathon.com, or contact Rich 
Hanna, Tel. (916) 492-8966, e-mail: , 
 ww.capitolroadracemanagement.com.

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