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Results are still trickling in. In the mean-time, I thought I'd post reactions from the Web:

Tony Uphoff - President of CMP's Media Technology Group (Miami runner)
Eric Gervase - Director of Sales, Nxtbook Media (Miami runner)… Continue

As I write this, we're currently stranded in the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Last I heard, our plan will take off at 11:47pm, which will bring us in later than I care to think. So far, I've gotten one virtual update - Steve from Virginia came through in the low 18's! I won't be more specific about overall results until all the virtual ones came in, but here's how things turned out in Miami:

Hank Berkowitz 17:22
Marcus Grimm 20:30
Matthew Schmalling 21:40
Jessica Cole 22:51
Kerry Smith 23:23
Eric Ge… Continue

The tech shirts for World Media Run have arrived! Made by Leslie Jordan in their Cool-Cat Smooth fabric, they are sweet! If you have registered for the virtual portion of this year's race, we'll begin mailing out the shirts on Monday. Heck, we'll probably finish, too, since we don't have very many virtual racers - around a half dozen at last count.

However, the "flagship race" in Miami is shaping up very well, with nearly 40 runners registered and expe… Continue

Over on the right sidebar, you'll find our interactive widget showing you the program guide to the World Media 5k Run. Be sure to check it out!

As a long-time blogger, I've always had a rule about NOT publicizing sites with blogs when the only blog post is, "Welcome to our Blog." Yet, in the haste/rush/excitement to get this particular site launched, that's exactly what we've done here.

So, what is the World Media Run? That's easy - it's a 5k event, technically open to everyone but marketed specifically to media professionals.

Why Media Professionals? Because we're a bunch of media professionals who like… Continue