It’s January and a fresh new year lies ahead of us!
At Girls on the Run, this is the perfect time to lace up your sneakers and make a commitment to girls in your community! There are a lot of different ways community members can support GOTR throughout the year, but in January, we focus on promoting our LOVE2RUN Virtual Marathon! Love2Run is a virtual marathon where runners and walkers complete their 26.2 miles over 28 days. By averaging just 1 mile a day, walking or running, completing 26.2 marathon miles in February is achievable!
We hosted our first L2R Virtual Marathon in February 2018. We were amazed at how quickly the word spread about this event. Within a week we had met our goal number of participants! Even more surprising was one particular “type” of participants that we had registering. There was a large community of senior citizens that jumped at the opportunity to become a part of Girls on the Run! Senior groups at our affiliated YMCA branches joined forces to create marathon teams. Together these folks walked or jogged their way through 26.2 miles during the month of February. They came up with team names, took photos of themselves, and shared their progress; truly embracing their involvement. Their enthusiasm was contagious and soon we had to cap the number of participants in our event!
When the event wrapped up, we had raised much needed funds to provide scholarships and athletic gear to girls in our programs, and had established a game-changing relationship with active senior citizens in our communities!
You, too, are invited to join us this February in our 2nd Annual Love2Run Virtual Marathon! Registration is open! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER today!
