I love this idea of Global Running Day. It’s not that I don’t run most days but it’s better knowing how many millions of people have pledged to run today! I’m meeting teammates and strangers alike to run in my favorite park, my home turf, Van Cortlandt.
There are tens of millions of people who have pledged to run today and the goal is to get at least one million kids to pledge to run. At last check they had about 660,000 pledged so I hope there’s a big up-tick and they make the mark. There’s such a problem in this country of kids who are overweight and who don’t get enough exercise. There are so many ways to get moving but running is the easiest, everyone can do it and even if you aren’t healthy enough yet to run, walking is great exercise.
My husband laughed when I told him I had to go out to run in the park today because it was Global Running Day. I ran in the park yesterday, and the day before and I’ll probably be there again tomorrow, but it is special today because it’s part of a movement.
I was so happy to find a few of my kids from the VCTC Kids Running Club at the park and even got to run with William for a little over a mile. I don’t usually get the chance to run with one individual kid because there are always so many kids at practice so it was a real treat for me and I hope for William too.
Another day, another mile (or five or ten) to run…