Team Asha 8K - Independence day run!

Team Asha Team 8K
( http://www.ashanet.org/bangalore/teamasha8k/ )

"Only that day dawns to which we are awake." - Henry David Thoreau

The “Team Asha Team 8K, 2009″ is a running event organized by Team Asha. The second edition of the event will focus on healthy living in a holistic sense. We will strive to create awareness about the need for sensitivity towards the environment around us. The event will create awareness about many efforts supported by Asha and Team Asha that promote healthy and environmentally sensitive choices. The event will also bring together children and adults from varying class, cultural, religious, caste or any other diverse background in promoting the cause of health and well being in the true sense. On India's 63rd Independence day, we hope to sensitize the future and current generations to the possibility of an event and a life that is truly sensitive to the environment and people from all backgrounds.

Location: Prakriya School, # 70, Chikkanayakanahalli Road, off Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore-35
Map: http://www.prakriyaschool.org/campus.htm#Roadmap
Time: 8:30 A.M (Independence day celebration), 9:00 A.M Race start.
Date: Aug 15, Saturday

Terrain and location:
It will be a flat course on beaten up road / mud trail. It is in a scenic location with a lot of tree cover, off Sarjapur road. Vehicular traffic would be a minimum.

Who can run?:
Anyone above the age of 10 can participate in the run. We will have children from multiple Asha supported efforts, Prakriya School and possibly other schools running along with us on August 15th.

Prizes:
The event’s objective is to go beyond the usual ‘need for speed’ and make this a wholesome event. The event is about bringing together adults and children from varying backgrounds with running as a unifying factor. Every participant will get a T-shirt as memorabilia. As a matter of principle, there will be NO specific prizes to promote any one skill over the other.

Registration
Please do register online by clicking here - http://www.ashanet.org/bangalore/teamasha8k/register.html

A nominal registration fee of Rs.150 (per runner) would be collected at the venue to cover the cost. Prakriya School Administration is providing FREE breakfast for everyone and the registration fee also covers the cost of the T-shirt. We would strive to organize this 'no profit' event at the minimum cost and impact to the environment. If there are any proceeds from the event, it will directly go to Asha Bangalore’s efforts.

We look forward to having you run with us on August 15th for a fun-filled independence day event! Please do help us spread the word and come as friends, families or just runners :)

Go Team Asha!

Support me for Asha

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for stopping by. As you know that I've been running for quite some time now. Next run on I'll be running for a cause, for Asha whose primary interest is in Education. I'm planning to run 25KMs Bangalore Ultra this year. I plan to raise around 500 INR for every KM I run.

Please feel free to fund me as I run for Asha. I've started the contribution on my own first by contributing $25. You are not in anyway obligated to fund but I'll be humbled if you can do so to the best of your capacity.

You can donate online from my Asha page:
http://www.ashanet.org/bangalore/marathon/runners/balu.html

Thanks for going through this post. Feel free to mail/comment in case you are interested to contribute by other means.

Regards,
Balu.

balsubu [A T] gmail [D O T] com

Running for Asha

So the running season is back again and from my next run on I'll be raising funds for "Asha". Last saturday I met them up at Sanjeev and Anita's residence where they organised a session on how to go about this whole thing and also got to know about the projects in which the Bangalore chapter is invloved in. Check out here to know more: Asha Projects Bangalore

I've started to train with "Asha" folks and it has been good interacting and running with them. Here is their official training page: Click

We also have a Team Asha Blog going on.

I'm planning to do a full marathon this October, the Kaveri Trail Marathon . I'll try to reach each one of you personally for contributions. The idea is that I plan to raise Rs 500 per one kilometer (KM). You can fund me based on your interest and ability.

Here is the Bangalore Team Asha.

So if anyone of you is interested in raising for Asha just get in touch with me or any of the folks from the link posted in this post.

More on my runs and preparation will be updated in this page.

Keep Miling !