Of course it will be a banner year for this idea; this idea will be realized in early 2008 with the first few events happening.
The first event:
Family Fun Run Event
Location : Jayaprakash Narayan Park, Mathikere
Date : Sunday, March 30, 2008
Time : 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Let's make it happen!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
2008 : A banner year for Run Walk India
Saturday, December 1, 2007
The Event
Specifics of one event, which will hopefully lead to more such events and make short-distance running popular all across India:
* A 3-4 hour program on a week-end
* Organized in a locality with significant population
* A series of running related events like 5K run, 1K walk (for elderly & handicapped people) & Kid's fun dash (50 m or 100 m)
* All registrant to get a goody bag - filled with commemorative T-Shirt, and stuff from the Sponsors.
* All kids - and may be all elders too - get gifts/prizes.
* Age bracket wise prices in the 5K run.
* Festive atmosphere - with shops, performances, music, warm-up exercises, snacks(?!), water, etc.
(Here in US, the snacks and water, etc. are free for all the participants. I doubt if that would work in India)
* Web-site to promote participation in multiple runs all over the City and State or even other States. Possibly a points based system to anoint a regional/national annual champion.
* A 3-4 hour program on a week-end
* Organized in a locality with significant population
* A series of running related events like 5K run, 1K walk (for elderly & handicapped people) & Kid's fun dash (50 m or 100 m)
* All registrant to get a goody bag - filled with commemorative T-Shirt, and stuff from the Sponsors.
* All kids - and may be all elders too - get gifts/prizes.
* Age bracket wise prices in the 5K run.
* Festive atmosphere - with shops, performances, music, warm-up exercises, snacks(?!), water, etc.
(Here in US, the snacks and water, etc. are free for all the participants. I doubt if that would work in India)
* Web-site to promote participation in multiple runs all over the City and State or even other States. Possibly a points based system to anoint a regional/national annual champion.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN
"We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things" 
. Came across that quote in Ben Casnocha's book.
Simple and very true. What really drives something forward is to do things. Strategizing and long-term planning has their value. However, without action a great idea will remain just that.
Here are my thoughts on what should be accomplished in the near future as part of the Run Walk India project:
Short-term, in the next one month - By Jan 1st 2008:
A. Put in place a plan to organize the first event or series of events in March-April 2008.
B. Get right people involved to make the first event happen as well as make the idea grow big.
Medium-term, in the next 6 months - By May 1st 2008
A. Successfully make a few running events happen. (Few == Minimum 4; two in Bangalore, and two outside of Bangalore. Bonus : One outside Karnataka!)
B. Put in place the foundations for the organization and make it self-sustainable
Long-term, in the next year or two - By Jan 1st 2010??
A. Make Run Walk India a national phenomenon in India and an Internationally recognized concept/brand.
B. Successfully make a Kanya-kumari to Kashmir relay-run happen. And the Ahmedabad-Arunachal Pradesh run
C. Make profit for the people involved in the project!
There, the strategic plan is complete.
Time to go ahead and do stuff....
. Came across that quote in Ben Casnocha's book.Simple and very true. What really drives something forward is to do things. Strategizing and long-term planning has their value. However, without action a great idea will remain just that.
Here are my thoughts on what should be accomplished in the near future as part of the Run Walk India project:
Short-term, in the next one month - By Jan 1st 2008:
A. Put in place a plan to organize the first event or series of events in March-April 2008.
B. Get right people involved to make the first event happen as well as make the idea grow big.
Medium-term, in the next 6 months - By May 1st 2008
A. Successfully make a few running events happen. (Few == Minimum 4; two in Bangalore, and two outside of Bangalore. Bonus : One outside Karnataka!)
B. Put in place the foundations for the organization and make it self-sustainable
Long-term, in the next year or two - By Jan 1st 2010??
A. Make Run Walk India a national phenomenon in India and an Internationally recognized concept/brand.
B. Successfully make a Kanya-kumari to Kashmir relay-run happen. And the Ahmedabad-Arunachal Pradesh run
C. Make profit for the people involved in the project!
There, the strategic plan is complete.
Time to go ahead and do stuff....
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