We see our GEF Globe Run series as as a way for runners/walkers from all over the world to unite during the COVID-19 crisis.
In April 2020 our first Globe Run (a virtual 5k) raised an incredible £5,508 with 435 people taking part from 21 countries across 6 continents. Results can be viewed here.
The second Globe Run of the series, sponsored by MDT International & prosource.IT, will be a virtual 1 mile and each finisher will receive a unique stopwatch style medal which symbolises the first ever sub 4 minute mile by Roger Bannister at the famous Iffley Road track, Oxford in 1954.
Entries are now open and are a £10 (GBP) minimum donation. With each entry we are able to provide one of our families in Kenya with 4 days of food and essential items during the COVID-19 situation.
Here’s how it works:
- All runs/walks must be complete between Friday 1st and Sunday 31st May 2020 and must be in line with your country’s Government social distancing guidelines.
- Runs/walks must be 1 mile in distance.
- We request that in the interest of sporting values your route does not have significant elevation loss or a large number of loops.
- Entry forms & payment information are here: Globe Run 1 Mile Entry Form – forms must be downloaded on a computer, completed and submitted to our new email address run@gathimbaedwardsfoundation.org. If you are having trouble editing the form please feel free to email the requested info to us.
- If you wish to feature in the results (not essential) please upload your run to Strava, Garmin Connect or equivalent app with the title ‘GEF Globe Run’ and submit a screenshot of it (making sure it displays your elapsed time and not only your moving time) to run@gathimbaedwardsfoundation.org by 11.59pm on Sunday 31st May. We would also appreciate if you can add the GEF Globe Run image to your Strava run photos.
- If you are not able to exercise outside then treadmill, in-house or balcony efforts are allowed – please send us a selfie of you in action.
- There is no time cut off so walking is absolutely allowed.
- Results will be available on this page as soon as possible after the event.
- Your unique GEF Globe Run medal will be posted to you as soon as it is safe to do so.
- We encourage you to share post run selfies on social media, tagging our Gathimba Edwards Foundation pages, mentioning which country you are in and using the hashtag #GEFgloberun
Huge thanks to Will Shek and Jonathan Moniatis for their design work on this initiative and to Dennis Darcy for arranging the medals.
Happy running and thank you for supporting the GEF Globe Run!
For a full update on what we are doing to support families during the COVID-19 crisis please click here.
