Other all-star
artists confirmed to play at the Nike+ Human Race include R&B songstress
Kelly Rowland in Paris; dance-electro-pop duo The Pinker Tones in
Madrid; Turkish pop sensation Kenan Dogulu in Istanbul; the Fantastic
Four in Munich; Beijing-based singing duo Yu Quan in Shanghai and
American rock band Boys Like Girls in Singapore.
Runners outside of the 25 race day cities can join the Nike+ Human Race
by logging into www.nikeplus.com
to “Run Where They Are.”
With the help of Nike+ and the Nike+ SportBand, every city and every
road can become a race-day course.
“We think it’s
pretty phenomenal that our crew members operating the flight are running
the race after working a 12 hour flight,”
said Roger Poulton, Air New Zealand's Vice President for the Americas. “Air
New Zealand is thrilled to partner with Nike and even more thrilled that
our staff members are eager to participate in such a worthy cause.”
Beyond running and music, the Nike+ Human Race is also an opportunity to
give back. Participants will be able to run for a worthy cause and
support the three official Nike+ Human Race charitable partners: the
Lance Armstrong Foundation – uniting people
in the fight against cancer; WWF - the global conservation organization
addressing the causes and impacts of climate change; and the UN refugee
agency's www.ninemillion.org
campaign – bringing sport and education to
refugee youth. Together, Nike and runners will raise funds to donate at
least USD $3 million to the Nike+ Human Race charities. Money will be
raised via givebacks from registration fees, a percentage of Nike+ Human
Race t-shirt sales and a donation of USD $1 million from Nike. The Nike+
Human Race will also feature an online pledge tool so individual runners
can donate additional funds to the cause of their choice and invite
friends and family to contribute on their behalf.
Nikeplus.com is the official destination for the Nike+ Human Race and
for all pre-race training needs. Here, runners can create a personal
profile page or stay motivated by sampling and downloading the latest in
Nike+ Sport Music offerings. Sport Music offers runners the best in
original Training Run and Coaching Mixes designed specifically for
treadmill and road runs. Runners can also visit Race City pages
covering local race info and news, Training pages for information
and links to in-city training runs, events with official race partners
including 24Hour Fitness and Starbucks and Nike+ Coach training. Gear
pages covering the latest in Nike performance training gear and Nike+
product will also be offered.
For more information on the Nike+ Human Race, the Nike+ Human Race 10K
Plane and a complete listing of race cities, visit www.nikeplus.com.
About Nike+ Human Race
On 08.31.08, Nike hosts a run like no other before with the Nike+ Human
Race - the World’s Largest One Day Running
Event.
