The National Press Club

WEATHER

• The BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K will occur rain or shine.
• The race could however be delayed or cancelled in the event lightning strikes the area within 20 minutes of the race start time.
• If lightning occurs, cancellation will be at the discretion of race officials and National Press Club staff.
• If the event is cancelled, we will not be issuing refunds for the BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K, but plan on holding the pancake breakfast inside the Club.

REGISTRATION

• You still have time to register for the BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K by coming to the National Press Club June 10 from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
• Registration is limited to the first 1,000 runners and there are only a few left!
• If registration reaches 1,000 runners before 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 10, we will not accept race-day registration.

Special rates at the Hotel Monaco just blocks from the National Press Club. Only $169 a night for participants.
Click here for more details!

Immediately following the race, all runners are invited to the National Press Club Ballroom for the NPC Health & Fitness Fair, post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony.

NPC members and students: $25 until 5/30
General: $30 until 5/30
$35 for all runners after 5/30
$40 for all runners on race day
All entry fees include official 5K shirt and entrance to the post-race pancake breakfast.

Cash prizes for top finishers and medals for top age group finishers.

$200 each for first place, male and female – plus a one week loan of a Chevrolet VOLT
$100 each for 2nd place, male and female
$50 each for 3rd place, male and female
$100 each for 1st place male and female masters (over 40)
$50 each for top male and female NPC member

Medals for top age group finishers and everyone can win one of the many random door prizes!

Team categories include:

• Largest or Fastest media team
• Largest Fastest team
• Each team member must submit an individual form and indicate team name on form.
• Minimum 3 runners per team and top 3 finishers count toward team time.

Tony Horton

The 5K Committee thanks exercise trainer Tony Horton, creator of the P90X extreme fitness program, for being this year's honorary Race Marshal. Horton and his P90X team held an open workout for attendants on race day. Horton has trained professional athletes, U.S. military personnel, members of Congress and celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Tom Petty, Billy Idol, and Annie Lennox. Find out more about Tony and the P90X fitness program at www.beachbody.com. Photo: Mason Bendewald

Suzanne Malveaux

Suzanne Malveaux anchors the 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. edition of CNN Newsroom. Malveaux, who has worked in CNN’s White House unit for nearly a decade, has played a key role as a member of the network’s Best Political Team on Television and as the primary substitute anchor for The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. During her tenure with CNN, Malveaux has covered three presidents, presidential campaigns, and key stories including the War in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the economic crisis. Based in Atlanta, Malveaux joined the network in May 2002.

Newsmaker
($5,000+)

Anchor
($2,500+)

Headline
($1,000+)

Front Page
($500+)

Women | Men | Men (by division) | Women (by division) | NPC Members | Awards | Teams | Unknown

CNN: Fitness guru to the military: "Bring it"

WaPo Express: Horton Hears a Woo: Tony Horton Takes P90X to D.C.

Politics Daily: Tony Horton: The New Jack LaLanne Tells the Military to Shape Up

USA Today: GOP's Capito on the fence about Byrd seat

Note: Refund requests placed after June 8 will not be honored.