Pat Tillman Foundation Announces Race Dates For 2007

The Pat Tillman Foundation is pleased to announce its third annual Pat's Run in Tempe will be held April 7, 2007, at Sun Devil Stadium/Frank Kush Field, while its San Jose second annual run will be held Sunday, April 29, 2007, at Pat Tillman Stadium at Leland High School.

"We look forward to watching Pat's Run continue to improve, not only in numbers but in the quality of the events surrounding them," says race director and friend of Pat Perry Edinger, who was the football trainer at Arizona State while Tillman was a linebacker and also helped train him for a marathon. "The past two years the numbers have been outstanding, and we look forward to promoting and staging not only the Run, but the Kid's Area and the Kid's Run."

The race in Tempe was moved to one week earlier this year due to the Ironman Triathlon taking place in Tempe the weekend of April 14-15.

On April 15, 2006, the foundation held the second annual Pat's Run Tempe which ran around the campus at Arizona State with nearly 10,000 participants. Nearly 5,000 people were part of the inaugural Pat's Run in San Jose on April 30, 2006.

Money raised from both runs (www.patsrun.com) aids the Pat Tillman Foundation and the Leadership Through Action™ program at Arizona State University. Pat's Run was created to celebrate the life of San Jose native and Arizona State graduate Pat Tillman, a scholar-athlete who first earned the nation's respect through his academic achievements and accomplishments as a football player for the Arizona Cardinals and at Arizona State and later for his service to our country after the Sept. 11 attacks. The run is inclusive of runners and non-runners alike with a 4.2-mile run/walk and a .42-mile kids run. All distances commemorate the number 42, which Pat wore during his days at Leland High School and at Arizona State.

About the Pat Tillman Foundation

The Tillman family created the Pat Tillman Foundation following his death in April 2004. The foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, is determined to carry Pat's legacy forward by inspiring people to make positive changes in themselves and in the world around them. To learn more about the Pat Tillman Foundation, visit its Web site at www.pattillmanfoundation.org.