’AIMS SUPPORTS ‘GLOBAL RUNNING DAY’

The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) would like to encourage its members and runners from around the world to support ‘Global Running Day’ and the initiative ‘Million Kid Run’ which aims to have one million young people pledge to run on Wednesday 1 June 2016.

Global Running Day is an evolution of National Running Day that was created in the USA in 2009 by a number of leading running organisations and races. One of those groups was the New York Road Runners, the running organisation responsible for the TCS New York City Marathon, a founding member of AIMS. This is the first year that the Million Kid Run has been included in the event.

To pledge to get involved, participants can visit www.globalrunningday.org and commit to run on 1 June 2016. Runners can pledge on behalf of themselves and/or a group and the pledge page is designed for kids, adults, able-bodied runners and athletes with disabilities. The total number of people who have pledged to run as part of Global Running Day and the Million Kid Run can be seen on the website.

As part of Global Running Day many races around the world are organising events for runners to participate in. Runners can also pledge to run independently wherever they are by registering to participate at www.globalrunningday.org.

AIMS President Paco Borao comments: “We at AIMS are delighted to support this excellent initiative from our friends and founder members at the TCS New York City Marathon and all of the running organisations that created Global Running Day. We strongly believe that running should be accessible for everyone and we would like to encourage our member races and runners of all ages and backgrounds from around the world to participate in Global Running Day and the Million Kid Run”.

About Global Running Day

Global Running Day, held annually on the first Wednesday in June, is a day for people around the world to celebrate the joys of running. It is a worldwide celebration of the sport and a way for runners of all ages and abilities to share their passion for running and inspire others to get moving.

The Million Kid Run on Global Running Day aims to get young people moving. The goal is to have a million kids around the world pledge to run on June 1, 2016. The Million Kid Run is about making fitness fun and inspiring kids to embrace running as a way to get healthy and fit. Global Running Day is a collaborative effort of the most prominent running organizations around the world, with many of the top professional runners helping to share their passion for the sport with the global running community.  

About AIMS

AIMS is a member based organisation and since being established in 1982 has grown to a membership of more than 410 of the world’s leading distance races, from over 110 countries and territories. AIMS Members come from every continent on the planet and include the Athens Marathon, The Authentic formed on the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier-runner who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Persians had been defeated in the ‘Battle of Marathon’.

Other AIMS members include many of the world’s greatest distance races in history such as the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York & Tokyo Marathons. The three key objectives of AIMS are:

1. To foster and promote distance running throughout the world
2. To work with the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) on all matters relating to international road races.
3. To exchange information, knowledge and expertise among members of the association

For further information on AIMS please visit:  www.aimsworldrunning.org 
 
To apply for AIMS membership today click here.

To find out more about AIMS and the benefits of being part of our organisation, please visit our website.

Peter McLean