Sports Backers Blog
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What the sneck?
Thursday, February 19th
Taking advantage of the recent snow blanketing the region, Bike Walk RVA intern Olivia Mobayed set out to investigate travel patterns at intersections. See what she found out below! While a new batch of snow can make getting around a bit trickier in the short run, snow can be very helpful in long-term planning and…
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New Shoes Bring Joy and Fitness
Wednesday, February 18th
by Jon Lugbill I can still remember when I was in the 4th grade and got a new pair of tennis shoes (that’s what we called anything that wasn’t a dress shoe). They had these orange sides and made me feel like I could run like the wind. I remember going outside and racing around…
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Bike Walk RVA Nominated for Advocacy Organization of the Year
Friday, February 13th
by Jon Lugbill Wow! According to Bicycling Magazine, Bike Walk RVA is one of the nine best bike and pedestrian advocacy organizations in the country. In 2012, when the Sports Backers created the Bike Walk RVA program, we had no idea that this program would take off like it has in RVA. The Richmond Memorial…
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Kids Run RVA's Call Federal Marathon, Jr. named Youth Running Event of the Year
Thursday, February 12th
Kids Run RVA, an initiative of Sports Backers, was honored with the award for Youth Running Event of the Year for the Call Federal Marathon, Jr. kids run, recognizing it as the best youth running event in the country. The award was announced February 10th in New Orleans at the annual Running USA industry conference.…
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AT&T Dash for the Cash Participant Announced
Wednesday, February 11th
63-year-old Tom Visotsky has been selected for an opportunity to win $2,500 on Saturday, March 28 as the 2015 Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k AT&T Dash for the Cash participant. Visotsky was chosen at random from over 23,000 people who were registered for the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k as of the February 1 contest deadline. Based…
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New Tent to Trail Relay Lands in RVA
Friday, February 6th
by Jon Lugbill Sports Backers is constantly looking for new trends in the endurance sports industry. Relay events have become wildly popular throughout the country. Team members take turns running, and with combined mileage, cover great distances over the course of each event. Our relay format will have each team member…
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Upward Spirals of Happiness Swirl at the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k
Thursday, January 29th
by Jon Lugbill I’ve often marveled how year after year the participants in the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k turn the event into a huge street party. The positive, happy environment sweeps up and down the course, and the atmosphere is difficult to describe in words. Despite this difficulty, we’ve still tried to capture the magical…
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Active RVA Fitness Warriors Graduation Sends Ripples through RVA
Monday, January 26th
by Jon Lugbill The 2015 Active RVA Fitness Warriors program trained 17 individuals over five months to be certified group fitness instructors. In exchange for the instruction, the Warriors offered free classes in underserved neighborhoods. Sports Backers created this program with the help of the Anthem Foundation to bring active living classes to all corners…
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The Planning Commission did what?
Thursday, January 22nd
On Tuesday, the City Planning Commission chose to defer their final decision on the Floyd Ave Bike-Walk Street project for 30 days. While this may be frustrating to those who want to see the project move forward now, it will likely result in a better design for everybody. Among the topics the Planning Commission asked…
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The YMCA 10k Training Team Secret
Friday, January 16th
by Jon Lugbill Today I was on a quest to find out why people sign up for the YMCA 10k Training Team to prepare for the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k presented by MARTIN'S. There must be something that is key to people signing up year after year in such large numbers. What is the secret to…