*Date: January 14, 2012 - The day before the Chevron Houston Marathon.
*Prize Money: $250,000 each race.
*Rectangular criterium style course has not been finalized, but it will allow spectators to go back and forth and see runners go in 2 directions. The course likely will be in the outskirts of downtown.
*National television (the details have not been decided and the national television may not be live, but national TV was a basic requirement of the bid).
*The women's race will start first with the men afterwards so they finish in close proximity to one another. Our hope at LetsRun.com is that they are staggered so the women's race finishes about 30 minutes before the men's. Most major marathons try and put them much closer together and thus the women's race is finishing right when the men's race is in its critical stages. An engineering type also should figure out the ideal starting time logistics for spectators so is it possible that spectators can go back and forth and catch both races.
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