Run for Her Run & Friendship Walk
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Overview: Run for Her is a mega-event that supports ovarian cancer awareness and treatment. Unlike the EIF Revlon Walk or Komen, Run for Her is a homegrown Los Angeles affair that raises money specifically for a major LA hospital, Cedars Sinai. This endears me to Run for Her in a major way. It is efficiently organized, has a very friendly, laid-back vibe, and is extremely enjoyable.
When: November 13, 2011
Where: Pan Pacific Park, near the Grove.
Why: Run for Her raises money for Cedars-Sinai Women's Cancer Program at The Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute--specifically for ovarian cancer research, awareness and treatment.
Course Access: Metro buses that ran along or stopped near Fairfax and Beverly included the local 14, 217 and 218, the Rapid 780 and the DASH Fairfax. The DASH and the Metro local 16/316 also ran along 3rd St. at the bottom of Pan Pacific Park. The bottom line was that even with the street closures in place for the race, there was some accessible mass transit both before and after the event.
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Number of Participants: 1155. Not all participants chose to be timed. They participated in the Friendship Walk. In fact, a majority probably did not.
Pre-Race: In addition to the regular race numbers, Run for Her offered special tribute bibs. Participants could write their loved ones' names on these bibs and carry them through the race.
Course: Surface streets from the Pan Pacific Park (near The Grove) to Cedars-Sinai Hospital and back. Mostly flat, lots of views of urban Los Angeles, and perhaps one of the fun things was being able to cavort down the street without cars!
Runners: This was a huge, huge race with participants of every shape, size, gender and age. As there was a focus on ovarian cancer awareness and treatment with RfH, there were a lot of cancer survivors and patients. There were also many teams, banners, signs and custom shirts on display. Run for Her is called a run, but most participants were in it to walk; not to achieve PRs. There were thousands and thousands of participants, so the course was incredibly crowded. Everyone was good natured and seemed to be having fun.
Shirt: They had two: teal with white lettering and the Run for Her logo; and the reverse--white with teal lettering. The teal shirts seemed to be much more popular, and for good reason.
Swag: There was a lovely drawstring bag full of goodies, including socks. :)
Expo: Run for Her had a very lively finish line festival with vendors, freebies, entertainment (including a flash mob!) and areas to sit and chat. There was a wall where you could write tributes for your loved ones. The finish line festival was so popular that the race offered a special category called "Sleepwalkers" for those who didn't want to walk the 5K but wanted to donate. They got special shirts and goody bags and were able to come to the Festival. I saw many of them walking around!
Would I Do This Race Again? Without a doubt, yes!
Overview: Run for Her is a mega-event that supports ovarian cancer awareness and treatment. Unlike the EIF Revlon Walk or Komen, Run for Her is a homegrown Los Angeles affair that raises money specifically for a major LA hospital, Cedars Sinai. This endears me to Run for Her in a major way. It is efficiently organized, has a very friendly, laid-back vibe, and is extremely enjoyable.
When: November 13, 2011
Where: Pan Pacific Park, near the Grove.
Why: Run for Her raises money for Cedars-Sinai Women's Cancer Program at The Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute--specifically for ovarian cancer research, awareness and treatment.
Course Access: Metro buses that ran along or stopped near Fairfax and Beverly included the local 14, 217 and 218, the Rapid 780 and the DASH Fairfax. The DASH and the Metro local 16/316 also ran along 3rd St. at the bottom of Pan Pacific Park. The bottom line was that even with the street closures in place for the race, there was some accessible mass transit both before and after the event.
_____________
Number of Participants: 1155. Not all participants chose to be timed. They participated in the Friendship Walk. In fact, a majority probably did not.
Pre-Race: In addition to the regular race numbers, Run for Her offered special tribute bibs. Participants could write their loved ones' names on these bibs and carry them through the race.
Course: Surface streets from the Pan Pacific Park (near The Grove) to Cedars-Sinai Hospital and back. Mostly flat, lots of views of urban Los Angeles, and perhaps one of the fun things was being able to cavort down the street without cars!
Runners: This was a huge, huge race with participants of every shape, size, gender and age. As there was a focus on ovarian cancer awareness and treatment with RfH, there were a lot of cancer survivors and patients. There were also many teams, banners, signs and custom shirts on display. Run for Her is called a run, but most participants were in it to walk; not to achieve PRs. There were thousands and thousands of participants, so the course was incredibly crowded. Everyone was good natured and seemed to be having fun.
Shirt: They had two: teal with white lettering and the Run for Her logo; and the reverse--white with teal lettering. The teal shirts seemed to be much more popular, and for good reason.
Swag: There was a lovely drawstring bag full of goodies, including socks. :)
Expo: Run for Her had a very lively finish line festival with vendors, freebies, entertainment (including a flash mob!) and areas to sit and chat. There was a wall where you could write tributes for your loved ones. The finish line festival was so popular that the race offered a special category called "Sleepwalkers" for those who didn't want to walk the 5K but wanted to donate. They got special shirts and goody bags and were able to come to the Festival. I saw many of them walking around!
Would I Do This Race Again? Without a doubt, yes!