Asha Dallas Runners

In Nov'06 after I moved to Dallas, I was looking for running partners and I thought I can meet a few from the Asha Dallas marathon group. I was surprised to find out that Asha Dallas did not have a marathon group yet and I was determined that I should try to change that, especially Dallas being such a big desi community. In Feb'07 few of the volunteers from Asha Dallas had the opportunity to cheer and support Asha Austin at Austin Marathon. There was some good motivation out of that experience and Asha Dallas had its first few runners.

I thought it is a good time to start a running group and start training for 5Km/10Km as a first step. I created a Yahoo group, Asha Dallas Runners. The main objective of this group is to enable runners to train together and also educate them about Asha Marathon program and eventually get some of them, if not all to run a marathon while raising funds for Asha. The group was started in Feb'07 and we have 21 members so far and the interest had been very encouraging. We are planning to run a 5Km on April 1st at Big D Texas Marathon. A few of the us will be doing the half marathon (13.1miles) instead. I will be writing about the progress of the group from time-to-time. If you happen to know someone in Dallas area who might be interested in running, please refer them to our ADR Yahoo Groups. Anyone is welcome to join us and they do not need to be associated with Asha.