7 May, 2013
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced that registration for the B.A.A. 10K will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The B.A.A. 10K will be held at 8:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 23. Registration will be held online at www.baa.org and will be limited to 6,500 entrants. The cost to register is $55 (USD).
The 6.2-mile course is a scenic tour though Boston's Back Bay. Notable neighborhoods and attractions include the legendary Bull and Finch Pub, after which the television series “Cheers” was developed, the campus of Boston University, and Kenmore Square. The race begins on Charles Street, winds down picturesque Commonwealth Avenue and Bay State Road as far west as Babcock Street near Boston University, before heading back on Commonwealth Avenue, around the Public Garden and finishing on Charles Street.
The B.A.A. 10K is the second race of the 2013 B.A.A. Distance Medley, a three-race series which combines the B.A.A. 5K in April; the B.A.A. 10K; and the B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, on October 13. Each of the three races has its own prize purse. In addition, the male and female B.A.A. Distance Medley champions, determined by the lowest cumulative gun time over the three races, will earn $100,000 in prize money.
Already registered for the three-race series are 2035 runners, who signed-up for the B.A.A. Distance Medley in January.
A total prize purse of nearly $30,000 is at stake in the B.A.A. 10K. Prize money will be awarded to the top ten runners overall, the top three masters division competitors (ages 40-years and older), and the top three push rim wheelchair competitors. Prize money awards are equal for men and women and are based upon gun time results. The men’s and women’s B.A.A. 10K champions will each receive $5,000 in prize money.
In the 2012 B.A.A. 10K, 2011 Boston Marathon champion Geoffrey Mutai defended his B.A.A. 10K title, winning in 27:29 over Kenyan compatriot Philip Langat, who finished in 27:53. Ethiopia’s Ali Abdosh rounded out the top three with a time of 28:21. Mutai’s time was the world’s fastest 10K time in 2012.
On the women’s side, New Zealand native and Providence, RI resident Kim Smith established a course record, running 31:36. Aheza Kiros (ETH) placed second in 31:57 and Sharon Cherop (KEN) finished third with a time of 32:03. Smith went on to win the 2012 B.A.A. Half Marathon and the B.A.A. Distance Medley.
