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ACLI Capital Challenge�: April 27, 2006 With 14% of the Senate and 27 members of Congress leading teams, the annual ACLI Capital Challenge�, a three mile road race, boasts a record field. The race takes place on Wednesday, May 3rd at 8:00 a.m. in Washington, D.C.�s Anacostia Park. For a brief period, competitors will run from talk of immigration bills, leaks and other distractions and address the serious task of determining who is the fittest: the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial branches of government, or the media who cover them. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Richard Lugar (R-IN) will compete for the 25th straight year, never having missed a race. He will be joined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senate Finance Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA), as well as 38 other Senators and Representatives from 29 states. Texas, with five, has the most members of Congress entered. Defending champions Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN), fastest man in Congress; Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), long-time female Senate champ; and Senator John Ensign (R-NV), last year�s fastest Senator, are entered. Senator John Sununu (R-NH) will be attempting to win back his Senate Championship from incumbent Senator John Ensign; the two have traded the title for the last few years. In addition, former congressional champ Jane Harman (D-CA) is returning in an attempt to regain her title as fastest woman in Congress. Scores of presidential appointees, judges, and many media representatives are also entered. IRS Commissioner Mark Everson again filed his entry late but will be leading his team, named �Team IRS � Your Friends,� sporting the number 1040. His wife is also leading a team (�Back to the Future�) from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. On hand to help celebrate the 25th anniversary and get the runners on their way as official �whistle blower� will be 2006 celebrity runner, Kenny Moore. Moore was a long-time senior writer for Sports Illustrated, starred with Mariel Hemingway in Robert Towne�s �Personal Best� and other films, is a former American Marathon record holder, 4th in the �72 Olympic Marathon and won the first Marine Corps Marathon. Team captains in this event are not honorary positions. Each must finish the three-mile course for their team to score. The event shows even the busiest people can take time out to stay physically fit. All entry fees go to DC Special Olympics, as does an additional donation from the title sponsor ACLI (American Council of Life Insurers) and other sponsors ING, Northwestern Mutual, The Principal Financial Group, Swiss Re, Qwest Communications, Roll Call and Running Times. Competition for the prestigious Best and James B. Kenin Worst Team Name honors remains intense. Some noteworthy entrants:
The course is an out and back, riverfront course in Anacostia Park (just over the Souza Bridge- Pennsylvania Ave.). Editors Note: For media information, call Jeff Darman at 610.925.1976, 703.875.8717 (April 29th � May 3rd) or 610.299.4436 (cell). The ACLI Capital Challenge starts at 8:00 a.m. in Anacostia Park near the Roller Rink. Directions to the site may be downloaded from www.capitalchallenge.com. (Entries are closed.) Click Here for a List of Captains and VIPs
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