A World of Thanks to all participants!
By Bill McDermott - November 23, 2002

World Run Day - Venezuela

We reported results of runners in over 300 cites worldwide in 2002!

Results for some Group Events:

Philadelphia, USA *  London,  England * Glasgow, Scotland * Cayman Islands * Venezuela * 
Group events of 10-20 people were also reported by many.

We can once again report the success of this event in helping to promote running for charity on one day worldwide! 

Before we proceed with our individual results, our heartfelt congratulations to all individuals  who helped prepare for World Run Day 2002 and to the charities that benefited from the thousands of dollars raised in group events, and also in our individual event.

Our special thanks this year to www.active.com  –  our event registration specialists. We were late in getting some of the registration websites completed this year, but we doubled our virtual run participants. 

Special thanks to the radio and television stations that helped to promote the event. Our one disadvantage this year was not having a "local contact" in each city. If you'd like to volunteer as a contact please contact us at runday2003@yahoo.com with volunteer in the subject heading. Several TV stations were willing to air local contacts, but we were incapable of providing them names.

The careful work to rollout registration for this event was most appreciated by all. Additional thanks also to our translation specialists. Their help really makes this event global...  

"World Run Day 2002 certainly opened some eyes – and obviously many hearts!" "World Run Day 2003 is literally open to the world. Registration starts in 2003 to accommodate many more runners.

See our individual "virtual" runners.

Pursuit & Perseverance!

Bill McDermott
World Run Day
2002 Event Coordinator