Mobile, Alabama - The Thirtieth Annual Azalea Trail Run (ATR), is one of the premier 10K road races in the United States. The course is flat and extremely fast. In ATR 2001, Joseph Kimani of Kenya came within two seconds of setting a new world record in the men’s open division in 27:41, and then in ATR ‘01 Abraham Chebii and Thomas Nyariki ran the 3rd and 4th fastest times ever in a 10K, finishing in 27:26 and 27:30, respectively! In ATR ‘94, the current world record for men masters (28:56) was set by Martin Mondragon of Mexico and in ATR ‘99 John Campbell of New Zealand established a world’s best time for male grandmasters (over 50) of 31:02. Thus, the competition at this event is world-class.

World Express Athletic Mgmt. distance runner Mario Macias placed 11th overall at this year’s Azalea Trail 10k road race in Mobile Alabama. Running against an elite field of Kenyan runners, Macias fought mile after mile but faltered slightly in the last mile and fell off the pace toward the end.

For full results go to: http://www.pcpacers.org/atr/results/2007/overall.html

See the Top 20 results below:

Azalea Trail Run 2007

March 24, 2007
Certified course: AL06001JD

Runners

 Place Div   Name               Age S City        State  Time  Pace
    1   1 Ndereba Samuel         30 M Kenya             28:01  4:30
    2   1 Kamakya Nicholas       22 M Kenya             28:02  4:30
    3   2 Molla Soloman          20 M Ethiopia          28:39  4:36
    4   1 Koskei Joseph          26 M Kenya             28:50  4:38
    5   2 Aish Mike              30 M New Zealand       28:52  4:38
    6   2 Malakwen Nicodemus     25 M Kenya             28:54  4:39
    7   3 Lagat Haron            23 M Kenya             29:00  4:40
    8   3 Koech Stephen          29 M Kenya             29:02  4:40
    9   3 Itati John             33 M Kenya             29:14  4:42
   10   4 Nthiwa Patrick         23 M Kenya             29:31  4:45
   11   5 Macias Mario           23 M Mexico            29:39  4:46
   12   4 Matui Joseah           25 M Kenya             30:01  4:49
   13   5 Levassiur Matt         25 M USA               30:03  4:50
   14   1 Simonaitis Dennis      44 M USA               30:22  4:53
   15   6 Lagat Philip           24 M Kenya             30:49  4:57
   16   4 McInnes Matt           31 M Canada            30:49  4:57
   17   2 Mutisya Gideon         40 M Kenya             31:17  5:02
   18   1 Raymer Bruce           37 M Canada            31:25  5:03
   19   6 Riddle David           25 M Huntsville    AL  31:27  5:03
   20   3 Gutierrez Simon        41 M USA               31:34  5:04 

Total Finishers = 3,003 runners

Mario Macias is scheduled to compete next at the 2007 Monument Avenue 10k in Richmond Virginia on March 31st.

World Express Athletic Mgmt. athletes are scheduled next to compete at the Coca-Cola Florida Relays in Gainesville Florida.