ING DIRECT Tot Trot Provides Kid-Friendly Foot Race

Event date: Friday, January 26, 2007, from 9:23 PM to 9:23 PM

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ING DIRECT Tot Trot Provides Kid-Friendly Foot Race Day Before Adults Experience Inaugural ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon

March 24 Event to be Held at Atlantic Station

(ATLANTA, Jan. 29, 2007) – The ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon, in partnership with Atlantic Station, will offer the running stars of the future an opportunity to sprint, scamper or scoot. Georgia’s first-ever ING DIRECT Tot Trot will take place at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2007. As part of the official ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon race weekend activities, the ING DIRECT Tot Trot invites all children under the age of eight to participate in the kid-friendly foot race.

The official racecourse is a two-tenths of a mile loop that starts and ends at Regal Cinemas in Atlantic Station. Children ages four and under will complete one loop; children ages five and six will run two loops; and children ages seven and eight will run three loops. Every registered child will receive an official race t-shirt and participation medal. Morning activities will include arts and crafts, an interactive learning experience for all children, surprise visits from local mascots and information on ING DIRECT’s Planet Orange, a financial literacy Web site for youth. Two Planet Orange characters, Cedric and Amy, will serve as honorary race directors for the Saturday race.

Parents or guardians can register their children in one of four ways.

Advance registration is available online at the ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon Web site: www.inggeorgiamarathon.com; or by
Mailing an official registration form to the race office (form and address on the Web site);
Registration onsite at the ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon Health & Fitness Expo at AmericasMart on Friday, March 23;
Same-day race registration will be available beginning at 8:00 a.m. at Atlantic Station.

The entry fee is $12 for advance registration; walk-up registration is $15 per child. The proceeds from race registration will benefit ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

ING DIRECT Tot Trot is supported by sponsors Atlantic Station, ClifBar, and local children’s clothier Jack & Jill's located in Avondale Estates. More information about the ING DIRECT Tot Trot, including registration information, is available online at www.inggeorgiamarathon.com.

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