Want to Start a Running/Walking Program in Your Community?

W a n t t o s t a r t a r unning/ wal king p r o g r a m in y o u r community ? G e t f r e e a d v i c e / h e l p f r o m e x p e r i e n c e d W V r u n n i n g p r o g r a m s

Thanks to a grant from Try This West Virginia, you can get free advice from an experienced West Virginia running program. You can also attend workshops and visit WV programs to walk through an event. The first step is filling out this form, saying “We’re interested.”

It’s West Virginians helping West Virginians!

WV Running Resource Network partners are: West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners (statewide); Genesis Running (Putnam/Kanawha); Active Southern WV (Fayette, Raleigh, Nicholas, Summers); Girls on the Run (Monongalia hq); Healthy in the Hills (Williamson / Mingo), Bros and Bras (Jefferson) C); Access-WV (Wayne); Cross-Country Running for Middle- Schoolers (Ryan McCarthy)

If you’d like to talk with somebody who can advise you, fill out this form and email it to Alexis Batausa at a ba t ausa@ w illi a msonhe a l t hwel l ness .com

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We want to start or expand a running/walking program. Contact me so we can arrange help from the WV Running Resource Network

Name ______

Email ______Phone ______

Community ______County ______

School (if applicable) ______

1. Check all that apply: ___ We’d like a phone consult. ___ We’d like to visit a running program. ___ We’d like to attend a workshop on the nuts and bolts of starting a program

2. What are your biggest needs or questions at this point? 3. Where are you in the process? Check all that apply: ___ We know we want to do it, but we have never had a running/walking program, and we’re just starting. We’re not sure how to go about it. ___ We aren’t sure yet if we want to do it. We want to find out what’s involved. ___ We have a running/walking program going, and we want to expand it. ___ We need effective ways to attract volunteers and/or participants. ___ We have local people who would like to organize a program. ___ We tried a program awhile back, but it ended, and we want to start it again. ___ We’re interested in teaming up with one or more communities in a program.

4. What elements would you like to include in a program? Star all those you’re already doing. ___ a walking program ___ regular runs and walks, so people can build a running/walking habit ___ beginner’s running workshops ___ a children’s program ___ a faith-based running program ___ family-friendly events ___ 1 – 4 5Ks per year, to raise money ___ cross-country and trail running/walking ___ a school or afterschool program ___ We aren’t sure yet.

5. Are there any particular running/walking programs you’d like to visit and work with? (See above list of partners)?

6. Do you have two or more people who care about seeing this program happen over the long term, who are willing to put in time to make it happen?

For more information, contact: Alexis Batausa: [email protected] or Kathy Brunty: [email protected]