2012 Race to End World Hunger 5K/10K, Sunnyvale Baylands
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 18:42. |
The fourth annual Race to End World Hunger (formally Run for a Healthy World) is coming on Sunday, October 21st. The race will start and end in the Sunnyvale Baylands Park. There will be a 5K run/walk and a 10K. Both are on flat courses run over the baylands levees through marsh lands on mostly dirt roads.
The proceeds from this event will support the charitable program of World Runners. The program includes the education of young women , and microfinance internationally and locally Meals on Wheels, a program of the Health Trust. For more information about the race and to register for it CLICK HERE. |
Run for a Healthy World Results - All Years, All Locations
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 03:23.
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We now have a race series! Well, if two make a series that's what we have. Adding to our popular Run for a Healthy World at the Palo Alto Baylands on New Year's Day the new addition to the series is at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park on Labor Day. Both races are run on very scenic, "dead flat", USAT&F certified, courses, over baylands levees and through marsh lands on mostly dirt roads. Race results and photos for all year's and location's are available. Here is information about age graded results with an age graded results calculator. The calculator is fun to experiment with.
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World Runners - What We Are About
Submitted by WRAdmin01 on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 23:25.|
World Runners is unique among nonprofit institutions. The organization is interested in the fitness of both its members and its beneficiaries. However, there is a difference in emphasis on the type of fitness between the two groups. Physical fitness is the main interest for the member and financial fitness for the beneficiaries.
World Runners was founded in 1977 by a group of runners with a mission to make a difference in the world. The difference to make? To end the existence of hunger and poverty in the world. If we were going to go to all the effort to run a marathon or a 10k race, for example, we wanted it to count for more than just thousands of steps. We wanted our running to make a lasting difference in the world as well. It became increasingly clear that poverty was one of the prime reasons for the persistence of hunger. People with means seemed to be able to feed themselves regardless of where they lived. The key link in the persistence of hunger seemed to be poverty and people lacking economic empowerment. And, what better way to end poverty than through microcredit and education. World Runners' charitable program supports the education of young women, microfinance and locally the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Health Trust. |
