Blistering Pace Race Management

11/20/2021

Excited about our new wine partner. Come join us and try some Revelshine!

The WineShine Half Marathon is thrilled to welcome Revelshine as the sustainable-premium-wine partner for its 2022 inaugural event.

11/10/2021

You don’t know what you had until it’s gone. And we are so incredibly blessed to have it back!

The 50th celebration of the TCS New York City Marathon was more than just a return to running. It was a return to living. It was a return to smiling, laughing, and hugging. It was also a return to those things you forget about that this job brings including sweating, somehow also freezing, dirt under your fingernails, early mornings, late nights, ALL of the manual labor, and a chain link fence panel crushing your toe. But who would trade it?!

A great big thank you from BPRM’s team zip and snip to the New York Road Runners, Ted Metellus, Tommy T, and Christy Wray for welcoming us back to our role and allowing us to be along for this ride. We are walking away with the best memories of this spectacular fall of returning to running. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

10/13/2021

Good and exciting news to share! On behalf of BPRM and NVM, Inc., we've created a new event that will launch next Tuesday, October 19th. Be there or be square!

Read all about it - the WineShine Half Marathon - July 16, 2022.
https://www.endurancesportswire.com/inaugural-wineshine-half-marathon-to-debut-in-the-napa-valley-next-summer/

The nonprofit Napa Valley Marathon, Inc., announce the launch of a new summer race in wine country, the WineShine Half Marathon & 3.9-Miler on July 16, 2022.

08/06/2021

BPRM's Michelle La Sala took part in the Six Minute Mile podcast this week with 6 race directors from around the country to discuss how we think the return to racing will look for the fall and beyond. Take a listen!
https://anchor.fm/six-minute-mile/episodes/Race-Management-Program-Summit---Panel-Discussion-on-returning-to-live-racing-e15fak4

For the first time in 18 months, some of the top race directors in America gathered this week to share best practices and to explain what fall races will look like for runners. Will there be expos? Will you have to wear a mask on the course? Will you be asked to show a vaccine card? What about wave....

08/05/2021

Another day, another blast of good news!
BPRM has rounded out our team with the hiring of Christy Slye as our Director of Experience! We are incredibly lucky to have Christy and are very much looking forward to working together. So much is happening and we are along for the ride. Onward.
https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2021/Blistering-Pace-Race-Management-Welcomes-Christy-Slye-as-Director-of-Experience.aspx

NAPA, CALIFORNIA—Blistering Pace Race Management is thrilled to announce that Christy Slye has joined their growing staff as Director of Experience, bringing 30 years of relationship and sales management to the table.

08/05/2021

BPRM’s President, Michelle La Sala received the break the tape award this afternoon at the Race Management Program, hosted by our friends at Chicago Event Management.
Thank you so much for the honor. We are ready to continue to serve our races and participants in the best way we know how.

06/29/2021

We are excited to finally announce it -- BPRM will be working under the Big Sur Board of Directors, Committee, and Doug Thurston as Race Director, providing full race management to this iconic event. We are so excited and honored and can't wait to get back to work!🎉

CARMEL, CA. – As the running industry eagerly returns to in-person racing, the Big Sur Marathon Foundation (BSMF) is excited to announce their expanded partnership with Napa-based Blistering Pace Race Management (BPRM). On October 1, 2020, the Big Sur Marathon Foundation suspended most business op...

05/17/2021

New York City, WE COMIN' FOR YOU!!
Absolutely THRILLED for BPRM to be heading back to New York this fall for the 50th Anniversary. That finish line will be looking dialed. 🎉🥂🥳
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/sports/nyc-marathon-2021.html?fbclid=IwAR3I1iR--M6r8nNTQ6sHxJLI3ARJlShxPz8qbt7kC0QlDRh0fSqcnMWqvSQ

The race will have 33,000 entrants, instead of the usual 55,000. But staging it will satisfy runners desperate to run again.

04/29/2021

Finally, some good news to share!
BPRM is excited to bring Hillary Fujii on board as our new Director of Marketing! We have many things to look forward to, including some new projects we will announce soon. Let's go, 2021!
https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2021/Blistering-Pace-Race-Management-Welcomes-Hillary-Fujii-as-Director-of-Marketing.aspx

NAPA, CALIFORNIA—Blistering Pace Race Management is thrilled to announce that Hillary Fujii has joined the growing staff as Director of Marketing, bringing valuable perspective and expertise to the organization’s expanding list of clients and events.

04/03/2021

We are fully vaccinated! And ready to produce a large running event near you! 💉😁

02/23/2021

BPRM's own Kevin Pool was featured on the latest episode from the Runners of the Bay podcast. Kevin is fairly quiet and "doesn't do" social media, so you may not know that his running past included several quests for the marathon olympic trials, including a sub 2:19 marathon at his peak back in 2013. While he never captured that 2:19 during the window he needed and never competed in the olympic trials, he has still made a lasting impact on the running industry and the communities in which he lives and where he puts on races.

Even I learned something about Kevin during this podcast. Running does not motivate us in the same ways. He's a team guy, through and through.

*Also, he references his peak fitness leading into the 2013 Boston Marathon but what he would never say is he peaked at 128 miles per week.🔥🔥
Enjoy!
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yMDRiYjc4Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw&ep=14&episode=NGU0MmQxOWQtZGJlMi00NTIzLWIzZmQtNjE0MThlM2JiNDJm

This week we’re talking to Kevin Pool, an elite runner, race manager, course director and co-founder of Blistering Pace with his wife (and friend of the pod) Michelle La Sala. Kevin discovered his talent and passion for running in the 5th grade and a competitive high school cross country program p...