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 Imagine...
Hundreds of
Black Americans from around the nation
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Converging
at a different marathon each year,
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Wearing
the same color jersey, |
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Offering
encouragement and support to one another, and
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Providing
scholarships to deserving high school distance runners.
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Here's
how you may help us to achieve this goal.
Our Mission
The
National Black Marathoners' Association (NBMA) is a not-for-profit organization.
It is open to everyone, regardless of your athletic ability or previous marathon
experience. (Over 40% of our members have never completed a marathon and many
are walkers.) Our objectives are to
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Encourage Black Americans and others to pursue a healthy
life-style through long distance running and walking.
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Serve as a vehicle for Black American distance runners across the
nation to meet in mass at a single marathon. |
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Provide scholarships to deserving high school boy and
girl distance runners. |
Here's
how we hope to make these simple dreams into reality
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Either (a) provide your email address and/or (b) periodically
re-visit this website. Your email address will not be shared with any other
organization.
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Once a year, a "multi-race" marathon will be identified
for the members to meet and run. A multi-race marathon is a marathon that
also includes a variety of other races, such as a 10K, half marathon, or
marathon-relay. This allows runners of various abilities to participate.
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The race will be identified at least six months prior to the start.
This allows you time to train for your event and make travel arrangements.
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You will be asked to wear a specific colored tank-top or jersey. If
you happen to already own that color, then you're ready. If you
don't already own that color, you may purchase it from your local merchant.
(Note: There's nothing to order or buy through the NBMA.)
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This
website will be updated with the "multi-race" marathon event and
jersey color. If you provided your email address, you'll be sent an email with the event and color.
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You register for the race and make your travel plans as you would
normally. (Note: The NBMA does not receive any funds from the race
organization. We simply identify the race.)
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At the start of (and during) the race, look for someone with the
appropriate color jersey and provide extra encouragement.
That's it!!!
If you notice, during this
process, the NBMA receives NO FUNDS from you to participate. However, you'll
know that you were a part of an annual, unique experience. Hopefully, from this
experience, you'll be able to meet and offer encouragement to other Black
marathoners, perhaps, make a life long friend, and help to send a student to
college with your scholarship donation.
2008 Lost Dutchman Marathon,
Half Marathon, 10K, 8K Trail, and 2-Mile Runs
Click here to see
additional photos at the 2008 Event's photo gallery.
2007 Rite-Aid Cleveland
Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K
Click
here for 2.0MB 5x7 team photo to save to your PC.
Latest News Bulletins
| Listen to our interview on
"Conversations with Al McFarlane" (08/05/08) on radio station
KFAI-FM 90.3 in Minneapolis and 106.7 in St. Paul. |
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Read about
the NBMA in the Spring, 2008 issue of the National Black MBA
magazine. |
| The Jacksonville, FL running club,
Team Mocha, has been
added to our
Black Running Clubs
section. If you enjoy running on the beach, check out their
website. |
| We've added a new link to
our
Black Running Clubs
section.
Tri Unify
is multisports club for triathletes of color. Be sure to
check them out. |
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Listen to our interview
(3/8) on radio station WVXU 91.7 FM in Cincinnati, OH. |
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Listen to
our interview on The Heather Taylor Show,
Boomer Radio in the Nation's Capital, on radio station
WMET 1160 AM in Washington, DC. (Select the 20080305
program. Begin listening at 19:50) |
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Watch our interview on
by CBS television Dallas affiliate station KTVT
on February 23 during the Cowtown Marathon. |
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Don't forget to make your tax
deductible donation to our
scholarship fund. |
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We now have a
Yahoo
Sports Group. It's called NBMA_Org. Feel free to post
questions and join in the discussions. It's free to join. |
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There are new links to the ROAM Running Club of Louisville,
KY and StoneSteppers Running Club in the Detroit, MI area in our
Black Running Clubs
section. |
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Our
latest newsletter is now available. |
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Scholarship
applications for the 2007/2008 year are now available to be
downloaded. If you know of any deserving high school senior
cross country or distance runner (1500 meters or longer), please
direct them to our site. Scholarships are available for both
boys and girls. The submission deadline is April 15, 2008. |
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NBMA's
Co-Founder/Executive Director becomes the first Black runner to
finish a marathon on all seven continents. |
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An additional Rite-Aid photo
slide show may be found at the
Team
Cleveland's new website. Also, the May 23rd (Cleveland) Call
and Post newspaper article is in our News
section. |
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Photos from the
2007
Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K are
available in our Photo Gallery. |
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For those of you who travel for business or pleasure, we've
started compiling a list of Black Running Clubs
in the US. If you know of any, send us an email at
NBMAInfo@BlackMarathoners.org. |
Who We Are (As of
January 25, 2008)
(based on the initial sign up forms)
| Female: 59% |
| Male: 41%
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Number of States Represented, includes
DC: 42 |
| Number of Countries: 5 (US, Canada, Virgin
Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom) |
| Most Represented State: Ohio (Followed closely by Texas, Georgia, California,
Maryland, and Virginia)
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| Avg. Age: 43
(There's a 67-year difference
between the youngest and oldest person.)
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Races by the Numbers
| 54% have completed a marathon. |
| 62% have completed a half marathon |
Contact Information
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- Telephone
- 214-257-0469
- Postal Address
- PO Box 180912 - Dallas, TX 75218-0912
- Electronic Mail
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Comments@BlackMarathoners.org
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