World Run Day Press Kit
"We need an international day of running. We need an international day of charity. We need a World Run Day!"
- Bill McDermott
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Event Coordinator - Bill McDermott
Bill McDermott is a thirty-five year running veteran and founder of the international running event World Run Day. After six years of pursuing a run-for-charity vision and "testing the waters," he's motivated to bringing the concept global. With translators, search engine registration, and assistance from others, the event hopes to become larger every year. He intends to contact many more event directors this year to be part of the international day for running.
He's claimed the Internet URL runday.com, built the event web site, commissioned a design for the event t-shirt, and works with global volunteers to promote the World Run Day event as often as possible. The event is more unique each year.
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Bill was born in Alameda, California (October 31,1955), and raised in a Roman Catholic family. He's lived in various states growing up: California (Oakland, Garden Grove, Crestline), Michigan (Trenton), New York (Forest Hills, Huntington, Elmhurst, Long Beach), New Jersey (Kinnelon, Collingswood), Pennsylvania (Villanova, Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Strafford) and currently lives on Long Island. In Kinnelon, New Jersey, he co-captained the high school track and cross-country teams, and was named an All-Conference selection in 1973. Upon graduating college at Villanova University (1977), he continued his pursuit of running for fitness, and now enjoys competing on Long Island, the New York area, and other locations. He's worked with marketing consultants to help produce materials on the runday.com web site and works directly with fighthunger.org in Rome, Italy.
World Run Day event headquarters is located on Long Island, New York. Translators are located throughout the world. Recently Bill's won many age group awards for his running on Long Island, and has run several marathons (New York City, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Long Island, among others) with a PR of 2:58 in 2004. With two small children and a NYC career as a Project Manager (PMP) in financial services, he finds late nights to be his most convenient time to run.
Like many runners, he's overcome injuries and pursued self-imposed goals towards fitness. And like many disciplined runners, he's never stopped running. "Where there's a will there's a way" he believes.
Bill's also a firm believer that there is good in everyone, and that "we all get better with age." He's rebuilt, and now redefining his passion for running - for at least one day each year: World Run Day.
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