Health and Fitness Celebrated by 6,000+ Runners, Including America’s Best, at Saturday's 17th TD Beach to Beacon 10K

Classic road race, founded by Joan Benoit Samuelson, focusing attention on Rippleffect, a Maine non-profit youth development organization leading outdoor adventure programs

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine – Two of America’s most decorated distance runners – Olympic medalists Meb Keflezighi and Shalane Flanagan – headline a field of talented world-class athletes who will join top runners in Maine and across New England in Cape Elizabeth on Saturday (Aug. 2) for the 17th TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race.

Thousands of recreational runners will follow the front-of-the-pack athletes along the scenic TD Beach to Beacon course, cheered on by thousands of spectators who line the coastal route to support this now classic American summer road race that celebrates health, fitness and giving back.

The beneficiary of this year’s race is Rippleffect (www.rippleffect.net), a Portland-based non-profit youth and community development organization leading outdoor adventure programs on Cow Island, in area schools and in the mountains of western Maine. The organization receives a check for $30,000 from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank® and further benefits from fundraising activities and publicity through its association with the race.

Title sponsor TD Bank has now donated $510,000 over the history of the race to Maine charities. The race’s other corporate partners are Nike, Hannaford, Poland Spring, MaineHealth, Fairchild Semiconductor, IDEXX, Northeast Delta Dental, WCSH6, Dead River Company and Olympia Sports.

“The TD Beach to Beacon 10K continues to be a positive, life-changing force for so many people, year after year. We remain honored to have supported this event from the beginning and appreciate that it has been embraced by so many people,” said Larry Wold, TD Bank President for Maine, who is one of 130 runners who has run every race. “This year’s beneficiary, Rippleffect, is a hands-on, innovative leadership and confidence-building organization that is strengthening our communities – a perfect fit for what this race represents.”

Maine native and running legend Joan Benoit Samuelson, winner of the first Olympic women’s marathon in