The day began like most other race days – horribly early, 6.30 am to be precise, when my husband and I took the train from our home in Brussels, to Paris for the annual 20k race. As I was eighteen weeks pregnant, with an ever-increasing belly and a consequent slowing pace, this was to be my last race for a few months, and my long-suffering husband decided that in the interests of safety, he should run with me, despite not being the keenest runner in the world! [Read more…]
The Girls on the Run
October 24, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Once in a while there comes an event that is worth supporting.
Girls on the Run is one of those events. With your concern for the development of your children in a modern society, it is important to support those who really care. Make this event your opportunity to show that you care.
This is a girls and women’s only event and it is time for all to unite as running sisters.
More about the organization:
Girls on the Run offer life-changing, experiential learning programs for girls aged eight to thirteen years old. The programs combine training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts.
The goals of the programs are to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development.
Their MISSION:
To educate and prepare girls for a life time of self-respect and healthy living.
For more detailed information as well as to sign up for the event online go to their website : http://www.girlsontherun.org
Girls and Women on the Run 5K
“Strengthening Girls From Start To Finish”
Presented by American Girl
May 4, 2002 Charlotte, NC (Latta Park – Dilworth) 8am
Call Girls on the Run for more information or for Sponsorship Info!
704-376-9817
La Courneuve International 10km Race
October 24, 2002 By Leave a Comment
La Courneuve International 10km Race, France 16:00, Sun 31 Mar 2002
This international 10km race which takes place outside Paris on a race course entirely held on tarred roads in a magnificent green park (350 hectares of which 120 are wooded, 95 grass and 6 floral) has become one of the top races on the French running calendar.
The ultra-fast flat course and the attractive prize money ensures a top international field of athletes promising exciting competition. This is the same course over which Paul Tergat broke the world 15km record in 1994 in a time of 42:13 . [Read more…]
