2012 Black Girls RUN! Black Girls RUN! Drive to End Hunger Race Weekend Presented by AARP

2012 Black Girls RUN! Black Girls RUN! Drive to End Hunger Race Weekend
Presented by AARP

Sunday, Sept. 16
Black Girls RUN! Race to End Hunger 15K & 5K Presented by AARP
Location: Atlantic Station (Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30363)
Race Time: 7 a.m. 

Today, I joined thousands of runners at Atlantic Station for the inagural Black Girls RUN! event. I was moved by the crowd and spirit of all the women who attended. Check out some of my photos below. Also, be sure to read more about the Black Girls RUN! movement! 
 

Sojourner & BGR Co-Founder Ashley Hicks

 

Great Start to a Great Day!

Sojourner & Suzanne Malveaux, CNN News Reporter

About Black Girls RUN! 

In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community and provide encouragement and resources to both new and veteran runners. The mission of Black Girls RUN! is to encourage African-American women to make fitness and healthy living a priority. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 80% of African-American women are overweight. BGR! wants to create a movement to lower that percentage and subsequently, lower the number of women with chronic diseases associated with an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle.

For more information, please visit: http://www.blackgirlsrun.com/

*CLOSED* GIVEAWAY OrthoLite Fushion Insoles! @OrthoLite

 

Congratulations Winners! 

1. Fran of Atlanta, GA! 

 

 

 

 

2. Kim from Atlanta, GA! 

 

3. FabEllis from North Carolina!

My new OrthoLite Fushion insoles feel so good when I walk and run! Running around with two boys and a Hubby is a lot of work, but my OrthoLite Fushion insoles make my job more comfortable! The insoles give me a bounce and comfort that I didn't' have before in my soles. 

OrthoLite, one of the world’s leading suppliers of comfort insoles and found in millions pairs of shoes every year such as Nike, New Balance, UnderArmour, Merrell is the easiest way to upgrade and extend the life of your footwear. 

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OrthoLite Fusion insoles are available at ortholite.com or amazon.com for $19.99.   

***CLOSED***

 Win a pair of OrthoLite Fushion Insoles! 3 Winners will win!

• Like this post!  
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• Tweet this great giveaway " @OrthoLite I just entered the OrthoLite Fushion Insoles Giveaway provided by @sojournerruth Can't wait to try them on! "
• Leave a comment on this post, along with your shoe size! 

Deadline to enter: August 24, 2012. 

Disclosure: OrthoLite provided me with free insoles! As always, my thoughts and opinions are all my own.

 

Sojourner Marable Grimmett is an Atlanta-based author who is recognized for writing about the joys and challenges of being a "stay-at-work" mom and connects with moms, both new and experienced, who have the responsibility of raising a family and maintaining a full-time job. Sojourner has been featured in FitPregnancy, iVillage, Southwest Parenting Magazine, BlackCelebKids.com, MyAtlantaMoms.com, WhatToExpect.com, Fox News, and CNN. She is married to her college sweetheart, Roland and they have two young sons, Roland Jay and Joshua. Subscribe to her blog sojournermarablegrimmett.blogspot.com