Marathon Trailblazers Germán Silva, George Spitz, Allan Steinfeld, and Kathrine Switzer to Be Inducted into NYRR Hall of Fame

President and owner of Amdur Productions and former sports editor of the New York Times Neil Amdur will receive the prestigious George Hirsch Journalism award

Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m. at the race-week media center located on the second floor of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

WHAT:     Distance-running revolutionaries Germán Silva, George Spitz, Allan Steinfeld, and Kathrine Switzer will be inducted into the NYRR Hall of Fame, and president and                   owner of Amdur Productions and former sports editor at the New York Times, Neil Amdur, will receive the George Hirsch Journalism Award at the 2014 Hall of Fame                       Induction Ceremony and Press Conference and Presentation of the George Hirsch Journalism Award on Thursday, October 30, at 3:00 p.m. at the Race-week Media                       Center at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Please click here to read the press release announcing the 2014 NYRR Hall of Fame induction class and Neil Amdur as the recipient of the George Hirsch Journalism Award.

WHEN:      Thursday, October 30 at 3:00 p.m.

WHERE:    Race-week Media Center at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York, Eleventh Avenue and West 35th Street, Floor 2

WHO:         Germán Silva: Back-to-back New York City Marathon Champion (1994-1995)

                    George Spitz: Founder of the first five-borough marathon in 1976

                    Allan Steinfeld: Former New York City Marathon race director and president and CEO of NYRR

                    Kathrine Switzer: First woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1967

                    Neil Amdur: Former New York Times sports editor and president and owner of Amdur Productions

About New York Road Runners and the TCS New York City Marathon

The TCS New York City Marathon is the most popular and inclusive marathon in the world, attracting the world’s top professional athletes and a vast range of recreational runners. The race began in 1970 with just 127 entrants racing four laps of Central Park. Today, an estimated 50,000 runners from around the world tour New York City’s five boroughs. Millions of fans cheer the runners from the streets and watch the global television broadcast. The race is part of the World Marathon Majors, an alliance of the world’s six most important marathons that each year determines the world’s top male and top female marathoner. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, is the Premier Partner of NYRR and is in its inaugural year as title sponsor of the TCS New York City Marathon. To learn more, visit www.tcsnycmarathon.com.

The TCS New York City Marathon is the premier event of New York Road Runners. Founded in 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization, whose mission is to help and inspire people through running, to Run for Life. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, youth initiatives, school programs, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to run for life.  More than 200,000 students are served locally and nationally through NYRR’s free youth running programs, events, and resources, including more than 120,000 in New York City’s five boroughs. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.