Sports Backers Blog
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Fitness Warriors Add Partnerships and New Classes
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Kicking Off The Fall Season with Kids On The Move: A New Season of Fun and Fitness
Thursday, October 10th
As the new school year begins, Kids On The Move is thrilled to kick off the 2024 fall season of our running and fitness clubs, bringing fun and fitness back into the lives of our students. We recognize the significance that the first few weeks of school hold. It’s the perfect time to get our…
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Active Living Leadership: Empowering High School Athletes to Make a Difference
Thursday, October 10th
The benefits of playing sports are numerous – an athlete can expect to experience health benefits and emotional well-being, gain leadership skills, learn time management, and develop self-confidence and self-esteem. The best part is those benefits are achieved by athletes doing something that they enjoy and have fun doing! Now imagine what can happen when…
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Bike Walk RVA Fall Update: Fall-ing in Love with the Fall Line
Thursday, October 10th
By: Brantley Tyndall, Director of Bike Walk RVA Ah, there's a crispness in the air to enliven your biking and walking this autumn season, and we are excited to share Bike Walk RVA's quarterly update on biking and walking developments in the Richmond region! Fall Line Trailblazer Back for the fourth year, Sports Backers'…
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Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon welcomes wear blue: run to remember, Lindsey Hein, Another Mother, and more!
Thursday, October 10th
Live podcasts, shakeout runs, and more proceed the race on Nov. 16 and on course activation offers new experiences RICHMOND, VA – The Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon is set to celebrate its 47th year on November 16, 2024. Known as “America’s Friendliest Marathon,” this event has become a beloved tradition not only for the…
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CarMax Tacky Light Run Announces Plans for a Brighter, Bolder Course and an Annual Route Shake-Up
Friday, September 27th
Small directional change will allow participants to see new decor RICHMOND, VA – The CarMax Tacky Light Run has provided a unique vantage point on the tacky light displays in the Walton Park neighborhood of Chesterfield County, Virginia since 2012. Due to the overwhelming enthusiasm from residents, Sports Backers, the event organizer, will slightly…
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Sports Backers Celebrates 31 Years of Teamwork and Excellence as Executive Director Jon Lugbill Announces Retirement
Friday, September 20th
Lugbill will end his tenure in June 2025 RICHMOND, VA – Sports Backers, the award-winning nonprofit organization committed to inspiring active living in the Richmond region, today announced that Jon Lugbill, its founding Executive Director, will retire on June 30, 2025, after 31 years of dedicated service. Jon Lugbill’s three-decade tenure at Sports Backers…
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City of Richmond Breaks Ground on Bryan Park Segment of the Fall Line Trail
Tuesday, September 3rd
Richmond will see a 13-mile trail segment by the project’s completion RICHMOND, VA –The City of Richmond held a ceremonial groundbreaking today in Bryan Park to celebrate the start of construction along a 13-mile portion of the 43-mile Fall Line trail. The Fall Line is designed to enhance development and improve access across Richmond.…
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Sports Backers Prepares for Move to Active Living Hub Along The Fall Line
Tuesday, July 30th
On July 9th, Sports Backers attended a ribbon cutting for the completion of the Fall Line trail’s Spring Park segment in Henrico County. Not only was it a celebratory day for our region as we celebrated the first completed section of the 43-mile Fall Line, but it was also a milestone day for our team.…
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Good Times in RVA's Bike/Ped Movement Built on Active Advocates and Signature Projects
Tuesday, July 2nd
By: Brantley Tyndall, Director of Bike Walk RVA It's that time of year when bikes are in the air. We’re halfway through 2024, and there has been so much great stuff in the bike and pedestrian space in the Richmond region. Everywhere we look, we see the bike/ped advocacy movement mobilizing to support active transportation…