Sweepstakes Gives Participants a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Run the Nike+ Human Race Twice on Two Continents in Melbourne and Los Angeles

As runners continue to register for the Nike+ Human Race, to be held on Aug. 31, 2008 in 25 cities around the world and anywhere with Nike+, they now have the chance to make history by running two races on the same day on different continents. With the Nike+ Human Race 10K Plane sweepstakes, Nike (NYSE:NKE) is partnering with Air New Zealand to fly five runners and one guest each to Australia on Aug. 27 to run the Nike+ Human Race in Melbourne at 9 a.m. on Aug. 31, then fly back to the United States across the International Date Line to run the race in Los Angeles at 8:31:08 p.m. PDT. The Nike+ Human Race will be the world’s biggest one-day running event and Nike’s first global race. The race brings together the power of sport and music to inspire and connect runners from every corner of the planet. Participants in this unprecedented event will experience an exclusive music performance by some of today’s top artists in each of the designated race cities.

Winners of the Nike+ Human Race 10K Plane sweepstakes will enjoy concerts by Hilltop Hoods and Faker in Melbourne, and nine-time Grammy Award winning artist Kanye West who will headline the post-race concert in Los Angeles. Four seats will be awarded to Nike+ members on www.nikeplus.com with the fifth and final seat awarded to the winner of the sweepstakes who signs up at one of Nike’s retail stores across the U.S. The end date for the sweepstakes is Aug. 15.

“The Nike+ Human Race 10K Plane is a once-in-a-lifetime, jet-setting opportunity that will allow participants to run in the Nike+ Human Race 10K in both Australia and Los Angeles on the same day,” said Ken Dice, Vice President of U.S. Brand Marketing. “Winners will appreciate the rock star treatment Nike and Air New Zealand will give them on the flight and every step of the way as they make an incredibly unique journey around the world to run the Nike+ Human Race twice on two continents.”

While cities around the world are beginning to sell out, there is still room to register for the U.S. races in Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. All-star artists confirmed to play at the Nike+ Human Race include chart-topping rock band All-American Rejects in NY; hometown favorite Fall Out Boy in Chicago; and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals in Austin.

In London, runners will be treated to an exclusive performance by world-renowned American DJ, songwriter, musician and singer Moby in the city’s famed Wembley Stadium.