Nike Women's Marathon raises funds for Myeloma research

Nike announced the 2nd annual Nike Women's Marathon is sold out! 15,000 women across the globe have registered for this highly anticipated event which will take place on October 23, 2005 in San Francisco. This year marks the second year for the event -- which is quickly becoming the premier women's running event on the calendar.

Last year's inaugural race sold out a few weeks before race day, attracted more than 9,000 participants and raised more than $10 million for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). With an additional sixty percent of accepted race registrants (8,000 more runners), the 2005 Nike Women's Marathon sold out approximately seven weeks earlier and attracted over 15,000 participants from 17 different countries and 50 different states.

Race participants can train for the marathon through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team In Training(R), the world's largest sports endurance training program, or local participants can join Nike Club Run SF, Nike's free innovative and comprehensive training series. The Nike Women's Marathon will be an all-weekend celebration. Activities will include a race expo at Union Square featuring health and fitness consultations and demonstrations, as well as complimentary spa services. After the race, finishers will be able to enjoy a post-race concert.

To register with Team in Training, log onto http://www.teamintraining.org/nikewm or call 1-800-482-TEAM. Runners and walkers are also invited to register to run the race on their own at http://www.nikemarathon.com

About Team In Training
Team In Training is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk a whole or half marathon or participate in a triathlon or century (100-mile) bike ride. Participants raise funds for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research and patient services inexchange for training, support, and lodging and airfare to the event of their choice. Since TNT's inception, more than 200,000 participants have raised more than $470 million.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society(R), headquartered in White Plains, NY, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has provided more than $360 million for research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.