| First
Year:
| 1995 |
Launched in 1995, PRRO stands for “Professional Road Running Organization” and its predecessor was ARRA (Association of Road Racing Athletes, first series in 1981).
To-date, PRRO Circuit events have:
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Produced
17 world and 19 U.S. road records
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Awarded more than $8.4 million in prize money
- Seen
more than 2.7 million runners cross their finish lines
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| Number of PRRO Championship finals: |
27 as of 2024 |
| First PRRO Championship host in 1996: |
Lilac Bloomsday 12K in Spokane, WA |
| Most PRRO Championship host event: |
16, Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA |
| First PRRO Championship winners: |
Lazarus Nyakeraka (KEN) & Colleen De Reuck (RSA) |
| Most PRRO Championship titles: |
5, Lornah Kiplagat (KEN/NED) |
| Most PRRO Championship titles won consecutively: |
3, Khalid Khannouchi (1997-99) & Lornah Kiplagat (2000-02) |
| Individual PRRO Championship winners: |
38 (22 men and 16 women) |
| Kenyan men and women have won the most PRRO
titles, 14 and 15 per gender, respectively. |
| To-date, no American has won the PRRO Championship event. |
| The PRRO Championship race has paid out: | Over $2.2 million since
1996. |
| Most PRRO Championship prize money at one final: |
$121,000,
Credit Union Cherry Blossom 2023 |
| Most PRRO Championship winner’s prize money at one final: |
$32,500, Sammy Kitwara (KEN) & Lineth Chepkurui (KEN), Peachtree
Road Race 2009 |
| Most career prize money won overall at PRRO Championship: |
$75,000, Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) & Lornah Kiplagat (KEN/NED) |
| PRRO Championship bonus money paid-out to-date: |
$188,500 |
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Source: PRRO |
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