AID Bay Area - Run For India 2023

Run for India 2024

Run for India is a USA wide 10K/Full/Half-marathon training and fundraising program organized by the Association for India's Development (AID). In its 16th year, AID Bay Area's Run for India (BARFI) program provides a 4 months training for the San Francisco Full/Half Marathon. The training is provided by experienced coaches and runners. Participation needs no prior running experience.

Join us for free trial run
(open for all) ON
Feb 24
at
Baylands Park, Sunnyvale, CA
Check-in : 8:00 AM
Run starts: 8:30 AM

What to expect ?

We train for the San Francisco Half Marathon. This year the marathon will be on Sunday, July 28th. The training will start in March lasting 4 months.

The training program is designed to help both novice and experienced runners. We provide nutritional guidance, advice on injury-free running, and app-based tracking of your daily exercise/stretching/hydration targets. Most of our runs are on stroller-friendly trails.

Fundraising for AID

AID Bay Area supports 20+ projects all over India. We hope to raise support for about 10 projects through Run for India program. We ask each runner for a commitment to raise a minimum of $500.

We help you with:

Creating personalized runner pages on Run for India platform
Sending Emails with templates and guidance for social media posts for fundraising
Connecting to our projects and meeting with project partners who are visiting Bay Area

Note: While many of us who currently volunteer with AID joined as runners, and we would love you to be part of our chapter, there is no formal expectation from runners to participate in AID activities.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY AID BAY AREA

Registration

Registration fee covers healthy breakfast for weekend runs for 4 months and a race-day BARFI T-shirt
Early bird registration: $55 (ends Feb 23rd)
Regular registration: $65

Note: The registration price for the San Francisco Full/Half Marathon is not included in the above amount.

Where and when do we train ?

We train on scenic trails in several local parks in Bay Area from Campbell to Hillsdale to Fremont. We organize a weekend morning long run and a weekday evening short run. Smaller groups self organize other runs locally.

Our training program makes sure you are prepared for the small hills on the San Francisco Half Marathon course and whatever weather you may encounter on the day of the race! Watch the above video to see our training in action!

Running gear

Running is the fitness activity requiring minimum gear. For new runners, we recommend that you get good running shoes. A few weeks into the training, we will organize a shoe clinic that will also include discount coupon for shoes. We also provide you with a race day active wear t-shirt as shown above.