We have crossed the state lines! iRun4Life would like to welcome Frenchtown Elementary School as our newest member. |
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iRun4Life "Kids Only" 3k
Sunday, May 19
Doylestown Central Park
All runners in grades K through 6 are invited to register now for the iRun4Life "Kids Only" 3k on Sunday, May 19th at Doylestown Central Park. Pre-registration includes a discount on registration price ($15 plus a small processing fee versus $25 race day registration fee) and a guaranteed event t-shirt! New this year is high tech chip timing with results kiosks! Online pre-registration runs through May 16th. To register please go to www.irun4life.com. You will find the link to our on-line registration on our homepage as well as on the 3k page.
Volunteers are needed. Please contact Beth Brennan, Beth@iRun4Life.com, if you would like to help.
This is our main fundraiser and the proceeds of the race support the iRun4Life organization and its members.
Sponsorship opportunities are available at all levels. Please contact Gert Freas, Gert@iRun4Life.com for more information or click here |
Memorial Day Parade
Doylestown, May 27
Beth Gray, our Linden Elementary Running Director, is organizing this event. All iRun4Life runners are welcome to participate. Details will follow. |
Half Marathoner
Anne E. O'Day Orthodontics
Sprinter
Central Bucks Family YMCA
Dr. John Vanore, DC
Highpoint Orthodontics
Jonathan Broder & Joy Bernstein
Road2Running
Allied Waste A Republic Services Co.
Eagles Peak Spring Water
Kinder Works II, Inc.
Philadelphia Sports Club at Highpoint
Rosie's Headbands
Sports Authority
Contributor
Gert Freas
Randazzo's Pizza
Click here to find out how you can support the iRun4Life "Kids Only" 3k. |
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Congratulations to the YMCA Fun Runners! |
The 5K Fun Run School Challenge was won by Doyle Elementary School, which has the most participating students (52) in the one-mile fun run. Linden Elementary came in 2nd with 41 participants. Doyle wins a pool party for all participants in the race. For more race details go to Central Bucks Family YMCA.
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Become part of the team!
Where better to recruit than from our network of directors, parent volunteers, teachers, school administers, and iRun4Life Runners?
Listed below are areas currently in need of assistance within the iRun4Life organization. If you or someone you know in your iRun4Life network may be interested, please contact the appointed board member for further details.
Public Relations - Reach out to various media outlets in the area to promote iRun4Life. Contact: Beth Brennan
iRun4Life Event Representative -
Visit and promote the organization at community events - great for youth service hours. Contact: Ivy Stock
iRun4Life Ambassador -Visit the iRun4Life programs to provide mentoring and promote our 3k. Contact: Judy Wexler
Newsletter - Responsible for creating and e-mail distribution of the iRun4Life newsletter on a bi-monthly basis. Contact: Beth Brennan
Ivy Stock: Ivy@iRun4Life.com
Judy Wexler: Judy@iRun4Life.com
Beth Brennan: Beth@iRun4Life.com |
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Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Katharine of Siena (Wayne, PA)
Central Bucks School District
Bridge Valley Elementary School
Buckingham Elementary School
Cold Spring Elementary School
Doyle Elementary School
Groveland Elementary School
Jamison Elementary School
Linden Elementary School
Paul W. Kutz Elementary School
Pine Run Elementary School
Simon Butler Elementary School
Titus Elementary School
Warwick Elementary School
Colonial School District
Colonial Elementary School
Council Rock School District
Hillcrest Elementary School
Richboro Elementary School
Frenchtown School District
Frenchtown Elementary School
Lower Moreland School District
Pine Road Elementary School
Radnor Township School District
Radnor Elementary School
Wissahickon School District
Shady Grove Elementary School
For more information about iRun4Life membership click here.
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Thank You Salem United Church of Christ, Doylestown
iRun4Life would like to thank the Salem United Church of Christ. The proceeds from their Easter Sunday sunrise run benefited our organization. Salem United Church of Christ |
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From Our President |
The iRun4Life running season is here! Thanks to the support and dedication of parents, teachers, schools, and our iRun4Life partners and representatives, iRun4Life is now thriving in 21 elementary schools!
iRun4Life is dedicated to provide mentoring and support for our many members. Our February Director's Munch & Mingle was a great way to meet and greet old and new faces while sharing 2013 iRun4Life additions such as: new website resources, Train the Trainer workshops, group runs, guest speakers, new 3K updates, and much more.
We look forward to an exciting season as we encourage our young runners to find the FUN in getting FIT while they build strength, confidence, and foster healthy lifestyles 4Life.
Let's Get 'em Running....
Ivy Stock
President, iRun4Life, Inc.
Race Director, iRun4Life "Kids Only" 3k
iRun4Life
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Meet Our New Advisory Board Member |
 Gert Freas I am so excited with this great opportunity to work with iRun4Life. I have been a certified personal trainer for 9 years. This has opened up many opportunities to work with people of all ages and ability. I have helped many reach their own goal, from running everything from 5k's to marathons, qualifying for the Boston Marathon, losing weight, maintaining current physical abilities to improving sports endurance. I have worked directly with a soccer team to help increase their flexibility and develop their core strength. For several years I was responsible for the CYO sports registration process and notification. This included the newsletter write-up, flyers to be sent home with the students, securing a room to be used for sign-ups and the actual registration/collecting money and the information of the students. On a personal note, I am a runner myself. I started running 5k's about 15 years ago. I progressively went from 5k's to ultra marathons and every distance In between. Most recently I completed an ultra marathon where I ran 122 miles in 24 hours.
I know the patience it takes to go from being a non-runner to running a 5k.
My business experience in sales, has given me the know how to get to the correct person within a business to request community involvement/ support.
I feel the mixture of my business and sports involvement will help me be a great asset to the iRun4Life organization. |
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Introducing Our Newest Partners |
Joanna Chodorowska, BA, NC, TPTH
Joanna is a competitive athleteand a sports nutrition coach. As an athlete herself, she knows the importance of nutrition for a healthier and more fit athlete. She understands the challenges endurance athletes have with food choices, training twice a day, dehydration, race day nutrition and time constraints. She helps you incorporate healthier options that she has also tried herself. If you want raw food, vegan, gluten free, balanced macronutrients needs or an anti-inflammatory plan, Joanna can help you combine the right choices for your busy schedule to help you reach your full athletic potential!
Joanna also looks at the body as a whole including the mental, emotional and chemical stresses one may be experiencing. She understands the needs of athletes from hydration, sports nutrition, nutrient timing, recovery meals, battling fatigue and endurance training.
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Johnny King-Marino DC,CCSP
Johnny King-Marino DC, CCSP: Dr. King-Marino is a certified sports physician, marathon runner and Ironman Triathlete. He treats athletes of all ages and abilities from CYO track runners to world champion marathoners. He has competed in six marathons setting his personal best of 2:37 at the age of 41. He has twice competed as a member of Team USA and was a national Age Group and Masters Duathlon Champion. As an Ironman he has competed in eight Ironman races and has twice qualified and competed at Ironman World championships in Kona. Johnny is a chiropractor for Team USA Triathlon and has been practicing over twenty six years. Dr. Johnny is experienced with Active Release Technique, Graston Technique and a host of other soft tissue and deep muscle therapy methods. He is a frequent lecturer both within the local community as well teaching post graduate studies nationally for several chiropractic colleges.
For more information about Johnny click here.
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Todd Wiley
Todd has been in competitive sports both as an athlete and a coach for over 30 years.
Todd's athletic background started when he was 11 with
age-group swimming. He started competitive running when he was 13. Todd ran at the division II level in collegiate track and
cross country for Kutztown University where he was a two time All-American. He still holds school records for the 5000 (14:28), and the 10000 (30:13). After completing college in '94 he began his triathlon career. While in '98 winning the Duathlon World championships and placing 3rd over-all in the Triathlon Worlds champs, he was named triathlete of the year by USA Triathlon. He raced as a professional triathlete from 1999-2009. Todd has completed 12 Ironman events including 3 at the World Championships in Hawaii with a PR of 9:10. He has completed 10 marathons with a PR of 2:37. Todd has also been a guide for elite blind triathlete Aaron Scheidies. One of the highlights of his career was guiding him to a World Championships at the 70.3 distance where Aaron set a world best for visually impaired athletes of 4:09. He was also inducted to his high school and university's athletic Hall of Fame.
Todd has coached athletes at every level from age-group swimming to collegiate running and triathletes of all abilities. His coaching started when he was 18 at the age-group swimming level. Todd went on to coach both at the collegiate and high school levels coaching track and cross country. He is a certified Team In Training triathlon coach where he is currently the head triathlon coach for the Eastern PA chapter. While being the coach for TNT he has coached close to 1000 athletes to successfully complete events from the sprint distance to the half-ironman distance with a 100% finish ratio. He has his own coaching business, coaching athletes on a one to one basis. He has worked with USA Triathlon as a regional athlete development coordinator, completed their Elite mentorship program at the Olympic Training Center and was a member of the USAT Mid-Atlantic regional council.
For more information about Todd click here |
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 Delaware Valley Duathlon On Sunday, April 6 members of iRun4Life volunteered at the Delaware Valley Duathlon at Lake Nockamixon. A portion of the proceeds of this event benefits iRun4Life. Thank you to iRun4Life Vice President Chrissy Grube for being the Running Course Captain and to Todd Wiley and his sponsors for supporting us! For more information about this event go to Delaware Valley Duathlon . |
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