CNN's Malveaux, Exercise guru Tony Horton to lead NPC's 5K

Melissa Charbonneau

March 28, 2011

Tony Horton, P90X Home Fitness creator and author of Bring It!, and NPC's own Suzanne Malveaux, anchor of CNN Newsroom, will serve as Honorary Race Marshals for this year's Beat the Deadline 5K race on Saturday, June 11.

The race begins at 8 a.m., but if you've really got some game, join the 5K Committee for a pre-race P90X® workout with fitness instructor Tony Horton at 7:45 a.m.

Entry fees are $25 for NPC members and students, and $30 for general registration, until May 30; $35 for all runners after May 30; and $40 for all runners on race day. Register online at www.press.org/5k. All entry fees include official 5K t-shirt and entrance to the post-race pancake breakfast. Cash prizes will be awarded for top finishers and medals for top age group finishers.

Members are also invited to attend the Tony Horton P90X® Beat the Deadline Workout and book signing in the ballroom at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 9. Copies of Horton's Bring It! will be available for purchase. Cost is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Please make reservations at [email protected], or by calling 202-662-7501.

Race proceeds benefit the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library (EFNJL) and its ongoing mission to the future of journalism. Since 2000, and with the help of the runners and sponsors, more than $700,000 has been awarded to deserving students to attend college and pursue a career in journalism.

SPONSOR SHOUT-OUTS: NPC would like to give special thanks to the following 5K Sponsors: New member Nyree Wright brings Chevrolet to Beat the Deadline as an Anchor Sponsor; Sean Gibbons presents Dunbar Armored as a Front Page Sponsor; and Bob Weiner announces Weiner Public News as a Headline Sponsor.

If your organization would like to become a sponsor or make an in-kind donation, please contact Race Director Melinda Cooke, [email protected]. For media information, contact NPC 5K Chair Melissa Charbonneau, at [email protected].

To get up to the minute updates or to connect with runners, follow the Beat the Deadline 5K on Twitter at http://twitter.com/npc5k or on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/4o49uj2.