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IMPORTANT NOTICE: EARNED RUNS WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER
ONLINE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL VISITORS
HOWEVER AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2018 TYVEK BIBS WILL ONLY BE MAILED TO
ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Demand has been so high that it cannot be sustained without an organization change.
Until that time, bib mailings will be restricted, but printing has been enabled!
Thank you for your support!
NEW!!!!
EARNED RUNS BIBS CAN NOW BE PRINTED: Go to the REQUEST BIBS page for more details.
The countries from which requests have been received and to which bibs have been sent:
ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CROATIA, EGYPT, FRANCE, GREECE, IRAQ, ITALY, LATVIA,
MOROCCO, POLAND, RUSSIA, SPAIN, TUNISIA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES, and UZBEKISTAN.
The USA states from which requests were received include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
THE LAST 2018 BIB NUMBERS TO BE MAILED WERE no. 1397-1400, the final set that was available after 3 re-orders!
New 2019 bibs have been mailed starting November 13, 2018 .
Have fun!
ONLINE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL VISITORS
HOWEVER AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2018 TYVEK BIBS WILL ONLY BE MAILED TO
ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Demand has been so high that it cannot be sustained without an organization change.
Until that time, bib mailings will be restricted, but printing has been enabled!
Thank you for your support!
NEW!!!!
EARNED RUNS BIBS CAN NOW BE PRINTED: Go to the REQUEST BIBS page for more details.
The countries from which requests have been received and to which bibs have been sent:
ALGERIA, ARGENTINA, BELARUS, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CROATIA, EGYPT, FRANCE, GREECE, IRAQ, ITALY, LATVIA,
MOROCCO, POLAND, RUSSIA, SPAIN, TUNISIA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES, and UZBEKISTAN.
The USA states from which requests were received include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
THE LAST 2018 BIB NUMBERS TO BE MAILED WERE no. 1397-1400, the final set that was available after 3 re-orders!
New 2019 bibs have been mailed starting November 13, 2018 .
Have fun!
NEW for 2019: EARNED RUNS BIBS CAN NOW BE PRINTED!
Check out the new option on the REQUEST BIBS/CONTACT page.
TRAIN YEAR ROUND TO BE FITCHECK OUT SEASONAL PERSONAL GOAL ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES suggested by
EARNED RUNS to motivate regular commitment to athletic endeavors...on your terms. FALL 2019 CHALLENGES
TURKEY TROT Training Plans Starting September 16 FOR BEGINNER RUNNERS AND WALKERS Runner 5k (PDF) Walker 5k - 10k (PDF) SUMMER 2019 (CLOSED) See RESOURCES page SPRING 2019 (CLOSED) Bib Use Event Suggestions (PDF download) (BLOG POST February 23, 2019) WINTER 2019 CHALLENGES (CLOSED) See RESOURCES page Suggested by Earned Runs for the WINTER 2019 season I: Half Marathon with 'Saints Days' 5k & 10k Training for Runners and Walkers II: Winter Streak (blog post) 
WHY USE PERSONAL EARNED RUNS™ BIBS?
Morning run in CENTRAL PARK, New York City, a dream fulfilled September 2016
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the great outdoors 2019Daily outing images; the good, the bad, and the beauty!
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“If you have a body, you are an athlete.” Bill Bowerman, former coach of the University of Oregon track and field team
A Step toward greatness: earned runs 'honor series'
an example of the kind of event tradition that can be yours:
The Earned Runs HONOR SERIES is an effort I make each year to commemorate two different but life-changing events that helped to define generations of Americans. For the initial run, Earned Runs bibs had not yet been delivered in September, in advance of the October 1, 2015 launch of the website. I did not run wearing a bib.
Since 2016 I have used the last of my 4 personal bibs to mark these September and December events, and to make them official and special for myself. In 2017 the running 'races' were changed (walked in stages) to accommodate my recovery from an injury. Deciding to competitively walk rather than run going forward after the injury, both 2018 commemorations were walks. This year, in 2019 my plan was to walk and jog!
That's the beauty of personal events; accommodations can be made, almost on the spot, to altered circumstances. An event needn't be scrubbed when conditions or situations change.
Take the initial step toward personal growth in your sport when you request EARNED RUNS™ bibs! Commit to competing in a self-designed race or taking up a challenge created and planned by you, then race/work alone or with others, “on-your-honor”, in the tradition of a pick-up game. Measure distances and record finish times or completed efforts as accurately as possible. EARNED RUNS™ provides suggestions for bib use but you can invent something new!
Since 2016 I have used the last of my 4 personal bibs to mark these September and December events, and to make them official and special for myself. In 2017 the running 'races' were changed (walked in stages) to accommodate my recovery from an injury. Deciding to competitively walk rather than run going forward after the injury, both 2018 commemorations were walks. This year, in 2019 my plan was to walk and jog!
That's the beauty of personal events; accommodations can be made, almost on the spot, to altered circumstances. An event needn't be scrubbed when conditions or situations change.
Take the initial step toward personal growth in your sport when you request EARNED RUNS™ bibs! Commit to competing in a self-designed race or taking up a challenge created and planned by you, then race/work alone or with others, “on-your-honor”, in the tradition of a pick-up game. Measure distances and record finish times or completed efforts as accurately as possible. EARNED RUNS™ provides suggestions for bib use but you can invent something new!
5TH Annual EARNED RUNS Honor Series: 2019
A clear September 12, 2018 morning. I took this shot a day after my September 11, 11k personal event, because visibility was nearly zero due to fog on that morning and taking a photo was pointless. Earned Runs Honor Series 11k Race to Remember 9/11.
THE FIRST PORTION OF THE TWO PART SERIES is the "11k Race to Remember 9/11". This September represents the fifth year (the INAUGURAL year of the SERIES was 2015) in which I memorialized the anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, with an 11K event.
IN 2018 AFTER spending 6 months, September 2017 to February 2018 in rehabilitation and recovery from a knee/calf problem and not running since then, I was able to walk the full 11K distance in 2018. The previous year I walked 5.5K on each of 2 days, on September 11 and 13 for a total 11k distance in stages.
My event this year, in 2019, was a turning point. I walked and jogged behind a stroller loaded with weights for 11 kilometers. It was was performed to establish a base pace that would hopefully improve over the next couple months of training, in preparation for a competitive late November Turkey Trot walk & jog. It was not a race. My times for each of the 6.84 miles weren't great but were faster than a walk; I was thankful to be slowly jogging intermittently rather than just walking. The weather was lovely, a bit misty, with clouds off to the east. The September 18, 2019 blog post has a few additional details.
7K PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY is the series SECOND EVENT, run several months later on December 7th. Since 2015, the September and December races have been solo competitions for me. I so very much enjoy the quiet of the pre-dawn hour runs that year that going forward both were planned as individual efforts.
The advantage of using EARNED RUNS™ bibs, is that you can design races that are meaningful to you alone or a much greater number of people regardless of everyone's location. In this instance I am able, 'in spirit', to join with the entire country in honoring the heroes of those days without traveling to New York City, Washington DC, or Pennsylvania in September, or in Oahu HI in December. And in solitude, personally remember loved ones and past events.
IN 2018 AFTER spending 6 months, September 2017 to February 2018 in rehabilitation and recovery from a knee/calf problem and not running since then, I was able to walk the full 11K distance in 2018. The previous year I walked 5.5K on each of 2 days, on September 11 and 13 for a total 11k distance in stages.
My event this year, in 2019, was a turning point. I walked and jogged behind a stroller loaded with weights for 11 kilometers. It was was performed to establish a base pace that would hopefully improve over the next couple months of training, in preparation for a competitive late November Turkey Trot walk & jog. It was not a race. My times for each of the 6.84 miles weren't great but were faster than a walk; I was thankful to be slowly jogging intermittently rather than just walking. The weather was lovely, a bit misty, with clouds off to the east. The September 18, 2019 blog post has a few additional details.
7K PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY is the series SECOND EVENT, run several months later on December 7th. Since 2015, the September and December races have been solo competitions for me. I so very much enjoy the quiet of the pre-dawn hour runs that year that going forward both were planned as individual efforts.
The advantage of using EARNED RUNS™ bibs, is that you can design races that are meaningful to you alone or a much greater number of people regardless of everyone's location. In this instance I am able, 'in spirit', to join with the entire country in honoring the heroes of those days without traveling to New York City, Washington DC, or Pennsylvania in September, or in Oahu HI in December. And in solitude, personally remember loved ones and past events.
September 13, 2017 start of my Honor Series second stage 5.5K walk. The distant clouds just above the horizon are remnants of Hurricane Irma that made their way north after the storm wreaked havoc in Florida and other Southeast US states. Taken by PKSenagore September 13, 2017. All rights reserved.
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The two days of remembrance, 9/11 and 12/7, might not be linked in the minds of the public, but represent days on which unexpected attacks were made on the United States. In the case of Pearl Harbor, many persons serving in the US Armed Forces were killed or injured. On 9/11 civilians and rescue workers were predominantly effected.
Remembering the losses incurred and sacrifices made in these two instances causes us to reflect that all of life’s events cannot be anticipated. On each anniversary, it seems appropriate to acknowledge the actions of others from which we have benefitted. And hope we will respond with courage and strength when needed. My parents’ generation experienced an immense disruption on December 7, 1941. The futures they had dreamed of the night before were not to be. My children’s futures were similarly altered on that 11th September day in 2001. Their generation, of Millennials, is said to have been defined by it. Thus, Earned Runs ‘remembers’ these two solemn events. DECEMBER 7, 2018 The morning was cold, cloudy, and dry. No rain or snow was falling but it was dreary. There had been a few moments of a pink dawn blush on the southeastern horizon that I rushed to capture in a picture, at the start of this personal event. As in 2017, I walked the 7K distance because I'm no longer running. This day was very near the first year anniversary of the NYC orthopedic visit that convinced me to forego my favorite sport of 42 years to preserve knee function. For the first time as a walker I used a short down jacket and running shoes rather than a cumbersome knee-length coat and snow boots. The difference in apparel resulted in a new attitude; I felt like I was "back" to being an athlete rather than a plodder. It was comfortable and lightweight. Not yet streamlined but closer to workout gear than everyday outerwear. My phone quickly shut down in the cold, so only the one good picture was captured at the start that morning (right) to record the day's event. |
"Aftermath of Japanese sneak attack on these three stricken US battleships" left to right USS West Virginia, USS Tennessee, both damaged, and USS Arizona, sunk. USN Archives Image, (Pearl Harbor 12/7/41; from FDR Library Public Domain Photographs
Faint pink indication of sunrise, December 7, 2018. Taken by PKSenagore. All rights reserved.
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"Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself,
will only make you feel better about your career or family role." Joan Benoit, Olympic runner
will only make you feel better about your career or family role." Joan Benoit, Olympic runner
Suggestions on How to Use EARNED RUNS™ Bibs:
Pin them on*, as an INDIVIDUAL:
Race alone; use one bib number for many different events
or use each of the 4 bib numbers at 4 different events.
Pin them on*, with OTHERS:
Invite 1, 2, or 3 family members or friends to compete with
you at the same time and location or at other times or locations.
BE CREATIVE!
There are many possible ways to enjoy running, walking, hiking, biking, swimming or fitness competitions in which you set all the terms. Below are possible activities; use one or all bibs at a time, or invent something! Think "green"; re-use bibs for multiple events! Write details of each event on the front or back of bibs. Request stickers from Earned Runs. If we don't have one for your purpose, we might design and offer one suggested by you.
OTHER COMPETITIONS
'Competing' doesn't always involve crossing a finish line and measuring your effort by time. Meeting tough challenges you set for yourself is a form of competition. Become a 'STREAKER' and keep track of every consecutive day you finish the mandatory one mile of exercise activity, whether it is running, hiking, walking, biking etc,. Outlast others or beat a personal record. Are you tracking daily STEPS? Set a significantly higher level goal or a series of progressively higher marks to reach and record the number each day.
PERSONAL EPIC ADVENTURES & FASTEST KNOWN TIMES
Identify a longer route or trip to run, walk, or fast-pack hike (or combination), solo or with a group.; it can be scenic, historic, or have personal significance. Search online for information and advice in planning, and make arrangements for food/fluid and shelter support as needed, or mostly unsupported without outside assistance. Use bibs to list and check-off stages or components of your DIY epic trip. Consider attempting an official FKT (fastest known time) on an established route, or register a new route. (www.fastestknowntime.com)
Race alone; use one bib number for many different events
or use each of the 4 bib numbers at 4 different events.
Pin them on*, with OTHERS:
Invite 1, 2, or 3 family members or friends to compete with
you at the same time and location or at other times or locations.
BE CREATIVE!
There are many possible ways to enjoy running, walking, hiking, biking, swimming or fitness competitions in which you set all the terms. Below are possible activities; use one or all bibs at a time, or invent something! Think "green"; re-use bibs for multiple events! Write details of each event on the front or back of bibs. Request stickers from Earned Runs. If we don't have one for your purpose, we might design and offer one suggested by you.
OTHER COMPETITIONS
'Competing' doesn't always involve crossing a finish line and measuring your effort by time. Meeting tough challenges you set for yourself is a form of competition. Become a 'STREAKER' and keep track of every consecutive day you finish the mandatory one mile of exercise activity, whether it is running, hiking, walking, biking etc,. Outlast others or beat a personal record. Are you tracking daily STEPS? Set a significantly higher level goal or a series of progressively higher marks to reach and record the number each day.
PERSONAL EPIC ADVENTURES & FASTEST KNOWN TIMES
Identify a longer route or trip to run, walk, or fast-pack hike (or combination), solo or with a group.; it can be scenic, historic, or have personal significance. Search online for information and advice in planning, and make arrangements for food/fluid and shelter support as needed, or mostly unsupported without outside assistance. Use bibs to list and check-off stages or components of your DIY epic trip. Consider attempting an official FKT (fastest known time) on an established route, or register a new route. (www.fastestknowntime.com)
solo EVENT
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Group fun
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you DETERMINE:
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*WHat to do with bibs: Public or private?
* Pin bibs on outside clothing, to be seen by all...
* Pin bibs beneath clothing... * Fold bibs and keep in a jacket pocket instead of actual pinning... * Post bibs on the refrigerator or a bulletin board... * Keep bibs tucked into your training journal... * Do what helps you realize your goal in each event or challenge! TRAINING AID:LOG/KEEP TRACK
of weekly miles or steps over an extended training program on one of your bibs; visualize progress! |