Sunday, September 28, 2008
8:00 a.m.

2008 10-Mile Results
2008 5K Results (revised)
2008 Pictures

Capital Striders and Pella Windows and Doors announce the 26th Annual Capital Pursuit. We invite you to participate in the classic 10-mile race which winds through the East Village, Drake Neighborhood, Polk Boulevard, Ingersoll business district, and finishes back downtown at Nollen Plaza. There's also a 5K race run entirely in the downtown area.

We are also pleased to announce this year's 10-Mile race has been awarded state championship status by our parent organization, Road Runners Club of America. Since 1958, the RRCA has awarded championship events through a competitive bidding process. The Capital Striders are proud to have been selected for this honor.

Capital Striders members (with current membership numbers) benefit by receiving a $5 discount for mailed entries, if postmarked by 9/19, or by 9/23 for online entries. No discounts will be offered at Packet Pick-up or on Race Day.

Again this year, the Capital Striders will donate a portion of the race proceeds to Wildwood Hills Ranch to help at-risk children. Runners can make extra contributions to benefit this cause by including it on their mail-in or online registrations.

Moisture control shirts will be guaranteed for the first 750 registrants. Capital Striders will present each 10-Mile and 5K finisher with a medal to commeorate the 26th running of the Capital Pursuit.

Register now to be part of the 2008 Capital Pursuit.

Tom Green and Mike Eilers
Co-Race Directors

Entry Fees
Online at Active.com (until midnight 9/23)
$25 - 10-Mile
$20 - 5K
Capital Striders Members (with a current membership number) receive a $5 discount.

Mailed Entries - download an entry form
$25 - 10-Mile
$20 - 5K
Capital Striders Members (with a current membership number) receive a $5 discount.
DO NOT MAIL AFTER 9/19

NO REFUNDS

Packet Pickup - Friday, September 26
All entries (members and non-members)
$30 - 10-Mile
$25 - 5K
No discounts apply

Race Day - Sunday, September 28
All entries (members and non-members)
$35 - 10-Mile
$30 - 5K
No discounts apply

NOTE: No strollers, baby joggers, or dogs please.

Packet Pickup
The Suites of 800 Locust (8th and Locust)
*4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 26
*6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Sunday, September 28
Shirt size not guaranteed day of race

Free Pursuit Junior (10 and under)
Children 10 and under run non-competitive races with others in appropriate age categories. Registration is required via mail, online, or in person at packet pickup or day of the race. Free youth shirts for the first 50 registrants. Races will begin about 9:30 a.m. Meet at the Information Table at Nollen Plaza.

10-Mile Route
The course is USA Track and Field certified. Gentle hills early in the course and then flat and fast to the finish.

Police support will be provided for runners maintaining a 12:00 minute or better pace. Slower runners should move to the sidewalk.

5K Run
This course is also USA Track and Field certified. Runners/walkers start with and stay with 10-mile participants for nearly two miles. The course is generally flat through downtown Des Moines.

Post-Race
*Post race muscle treatments by the Osteopath Finish Line (2nd year students from Des Moines University)
*Awards will be available at the Awards Table after race results are posted
*Race results 30 minutes after each race
*Results posted at www.CapitalStriders.org by 9/29
*No race results will be mailed
*Free showers available at the Riverfront YMCA – race number required

Questions
Tom Green - 515.229.6072