HomeHomehttp://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2012-02-17T14:44:58ZSquarespaceSixth Annual Legs Against Arms 5Khttp://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2012/1/27/sixth-annual-legs-against-arms-5k.htmlKate E.2012-01-27T14:24:51Z2012-01-27T14:24:51ZRegistration is now open for the 2012 Legs Against Arms 5K Run/Walk!

April 29, 2012

Saint Joseph's University

Race starts at 8:30 am

Register Now!

New for 2012!  5K Race division includes electronic scoring and race awards.  5K Fun Run/Walk division is non-competitive, self-timed and not eligible for race awards.  All runners and walkers who participate on a team are eligible for the Trish McDermott Award for the largest team!

Click here for the 2011 race results.

]]>Thank You!http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/4/12/thank-you.htmlKate E.2011-04-12T14:57:20Z2011-04-12T14:57:20ZA huge thank you to all of the runners, walkers, volunteers, and spectators who came out on Sunday for the 5th Annual Legs Against Arms 5K & Celebration of Youth!  Despite somewhat chilly weather, it was an amazing day. 

Click here to see the race results!

 

]]>Introducing...http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/3/23/introducing.htmlKate E.2011-03-23T17:12:19Z2011-03-23T17:12:19ZOur 2011 Legs Against Arms t-shirt, designed by Ashley Miller.  Ashley is a 5th grader at Clymer Elementary.  Congrats to Ashley!

Register today to get these one of a kind shirts!

]]>Celebrating 5 years!http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/3/16/celebrating-5-years.htmlKate E.2011-03-16T18:10:21Z2011-03-16T18:10:21Z2011 marks the fifth anniversary of Legs Against Arms 5K & Celebration of Youth!  Join us on April 10, 2011 to help us meet our goal of 1,000 registered runners and walkers!  Check out the slideshow below for photos from the first 4 years.

 

 

]]>New Awards!http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/3/16/new-awards.htmlKate E.2011-03-16T14:52:31Z2011-03-16T14:52:31ZThanks to our generous sponsor, Philadelphia Runner, we are pleased to announce the addition of two new award categories this year. 

  • Fastest overall male and female
  • Fastest junior male and female - NEW!
  • Fastest masters male and female - NEW!

Each winner will receieve gift certificates to Philadelphia Runner!

]]>Post-Race Yoga Cool Down with The Well Loft!http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/3/7/post-race-yoga-cool-down-with-the-well-loft.htmlKate E.2011-03-07T17:10:28Z2011-03-07T17:10:28ZYou just ran 5K!  Now relax and stretch our your muscles at the post-run yoga cool-down with The Well Loft.

The Well Loft, courtesy of Hadji Jones, CYT will be providing for all participants of The Legs Against Arms 5k walk and run an invigorating yet relaxing cool down yoga stretch following the race. The Well Loft is a boutique fitness studio located in historic Germantown. Its mission is to promote the best in wellness by offering fitness classes that aid in a persons overall health.  The Well Loft caters to those who enjoy a supportive environment and focused attention on obtaining wellness lifestyle goals.

Hadji Jones transformation from average 9 to 5 worker to a highly disciplined student and teacher of Vinyasa Yoga, was no different from a lot of yogis who embrace it’s teachings.  Working in a career field with little to no mobility and feeling its dread, Hadji wanted to feel happy and complete again. He began to devote his life to the teaching and healing practice of yoga, A graduate from Dhyana Yoga’s Vinyasa Teacher Training Program. Starting anew, Hadji is using the transformative power of yoga to revive true happiness and balance in all those who desire it, bridging what is learned on the mat into daily lives off the mat. The message at the core of his teachings is "Yoga for ALL". Drop-in on 1 of his group classes at studios such as The Well Loft, Hawthorne Yoga, and  Dhyana Yoga.

]]>Watch the Video from LAAIV!http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/1/20/watch-the-video-from-laaiv.htmlKate E.2011-01-20T22:16:19Z2011-01-20T22:16:19Z]]>A Video PSA from South Philly Highhttp://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/1/11/a-video-psa-from-south-philly-high.htmlKate E.2011-01-11T15:06:42Z2011-01-11T15:06:42Z]]>What Would Peace Look Like? Contesthttp://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/1/5/what-would-peace-look-like-contest.htmlKate E.2011-01-05T19:51:56Z2011-01-05T19:51:56ZHey youth - we want to hear from YOU about what it would take to increase the peace in Philadelphia.  Now is your chance to get creative and submit an entry to either the Poster Contest or the Multi-Media Contest.

Poster Contest

Open to youth in grades K - 8.  Create a poster that shows your vision for peace in your community or an anti-violence message.  The winning poster design will be incorporated into the 5K race t-shirt!

Click here to download the contest flyer

Multi-Media Contest

Open to youth ages 13 - 19.  Create and submit a message about creating peace in Philadelphia!  Acceptable formats include: video, audio, photography, poetry or essay.

Click here to to download the contest flyer

]]>Who inspires you to run?http://www.legsagainstarms.org/home/2011/1/3/who-inspires-you-to-run.htmlKate E.2011-01-03T20:47:29Z2011-01-03T20:47:29ZIn this story of local runner, Riva Johnson, she dedicates each mile of a 50 mile race to someone who has inspired her.  The names were printed on sheets of paper, attached to her race shirt, and ripped off every few miles to reveal the next list of names. 

Read Riva's story here.

So, who inspires you to run?  Are you planning to run in honor or memory of someone at LAA in April?

Each year, many teams form to run in memory of those lives lost or affected by gun violence.  Here are some of the stories shared by past participants:

"I am running on behalf of Tyrell Hinton, who in 1996 lost his young life to gun violence on the streets of Pittsburgh.  Tyrell was the son of a very good friend, who has never been the same since that awful day in April 13 years ago.  I have seen first hand how one senseless act affects many lives for years after."

"Last September, on the day before our students were to return from their summer break, there was a fatal drive-by - just outside the playground fence.  The shooter used an AK-47.  Had school been in session, it would have been rececss time.  In April, in order to make this city a safer world for my students and every other child in our city, I am running to end youth violence in Philadelphia."

"My immediate and extended family lacked a place to celebrate the life of my mom.  We did not have a time that celebrated the good of her life without feeling the pain of our loss.  The Legs Against Arms Run/Walk provided my family with the opportunity to participate in an event that she would have thoroughly enjoyed.  We have the chance to remember all the traits we love about my mom with the people she loved most."

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