Sports Backers Blog
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Newly-formed Richmond Families for Safe Streets to host World Remembrance Day ceremony Nov. 18
Wednesday, November 13th
RICHMOND, VA – Victims of life-altering traffic crashes and those who have lost someone in a traffic crash have come together to form a new group called Richmond Families for Safe Streets to support others who find themselves in this situation and to advocate for change to make our streets safer. The group’s first effort…
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Full Schedule of Events Now Available for VCU Health Richmond Marathon
Wednesday, November 13th
RICHMOND, VA – The 42nd running of the VCU Health Richmond Marathon will take place this Saturday, November 16, along with the Markel Richmond Half Marathon and Allianz Partners 8k. All participants must pick up their bib number at the pre-race Health and Fitness Expo at the Arthur Ashe Center. The expo is open Thursday,…
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Sports Backers announce voting contest for 2020 Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k participant shirt
Thursday, November 7th
RICHMOND, VA – For the first time in the history of the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k presented by Kroger, Sports Backers is hosting a public vote to help select the design for the participant shirt for the 2020 event. Voting is open now until December 7 at https://www.tfaforms.com/4772182 and the winning design will be revealed…
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Kids Run RVA Showed Up and Showed Out at the kaléo Marathon Jr.
Thursday, October 31st
By: Chaz Coleman, Kids Run RVA Program Manager On a perfect fall day on Saturday, October 26th, 1,070 young runners filled Byrd Park to participate in the kaléo Marathon Jr. The youth running event for kids ages 4-14 featured three distances: half mile (for ages 7 and under),…
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New Fitness Warriors Classes Expand Active Living Opportunities to More People
Thursday, October 31st
By: Tiffany Copeland, Fitness Warriors Program Manager The strength of Sports Backers' Fitness Warriors program is that we have an amazing group of community leaders that continue to show up weekly to provide active living opportunities to their fellow residents. They are dedicated to being true agents of change for the communities in and around…
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Author Christopher McDougall has Stories to Help All Runners
Thursday, October 31st
Christopher McDougall, the best-selling author of ‘Born to Run,’ will visit the VCU Health Richmond Marathon expo on Friday, November 15, in conjunction with Richmond bookstore Chop Suey books, to talk about his new book, ‘Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero,’ meet expo attendees, and share a few tips (and…
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Fall Update from Bike Walk RVA
Wednesday, October 30th
By: Brantley Tyndall, Bike Walk RVA Director of Outreach As I am wont to exclaim, "It's fall, y'all!" - it is time for our next quarterly update on Bike Walk RVA. The air has cooled, the leaves are changing and dropping, and evening light leaves earlier and earlier. It can be a time of wonder…
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Envisioning regional trails for world-class active living
Tuesday, October 29th
RICHMOND - October 29, 2019 Sports Backers' Bike Walk RVA program, in partnership with Plan RVA, hosted a Regional Trail Workshop with over 50 elected officials, city and county staff members, Virginia Department of Transportation and US Department of Transportation staff, and peer advocates from seven localities across the Richmond and Crater districts to learn…
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Kids Run RVA Profiles: Meet New Coach Erika Elford
Thursday, October 10th
By: Chaz Coleman, Kids Run RVA Program Manager This month, we had the opportunity to chat with a new Kids Run RVA coach, Erika Elford. Erika is the P.E. teacher at Elizabeth B. Redd Elementary in Richmond, which she joined at the start of this school year after teaching at John Marshall High School. She…
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Marathon Training Team Coach Q&A: Amanda Arno
Wednesday, October 9th
Over the past few months, we've been sharing a Q&A series that features each Sports Backers Marathon Training Team coach in an effort to share more about the Marathon Training Team and the work the coaches put into helping participants reach their goals for the VCU Health Richmond Marathon on November 16. As we get…