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.

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