In addition to the great activities that are planned throughout the night, a strong professional athlete field will race for a prize purse of $2000, including $500 apiece to the male and female winners. Defending champion and Olympian Erin Donahue will be up against Desiree Davila, the fastest female U.S. marathoner of 2010. In the men's field, Bobby Curtis and Jason Lehmkuhle will make their Emerald Nuts Midnight Run debuts.Donahue, 27, of Haddonfield, NJ, won this event in 2009 in a time of 21:22. She competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 1500 meters and finished third at the 2010 Fifth Avenue Mile.
Davila, 27, of Rochester Hills, MI, will make her Emerald Nuts Midnight Run debut after running 2:26:20, the fastest marathon time for a U.S. woman in 2010, at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
Curtis, 26, of Ardmore, PA, won the 2008 NCAA 5000 meter title. He ran 27:33.38 for 10,000 meters in 2010, the fourth-fastest time of the year by an American.
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