The Richmond RUNFEST and AIR:RUN organising team has joined the rainbow movement to spread hope to the running community and thank all NHS staff on the front line across the UK.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, rainbow pictures are appearing on windows throughout the UK, Italy, Spain, USA and Canada to ‘spread hope, kindness and boost morale to anyone who sees.’
The event organising team is introducing a ‘Rainbow of Hope’ theme to both the Richmond RUNFEST (12th & 13th September) and AIR:RUN (postponed until 25th October) and is giving all NHS staff a free entry into the AIR:RUN event.
Tom Bedford, Race Director of RUNFEST and AIR:RUN said “Our world as we know it has changed for us all and we will feel this global impact for many months to come. There isn’t much in the form of positivity except for the exceptional acts of kindness happening around the world.
“It seems that the one thing we do have control over is kindness and goodwill, so we are spreading hope to our community by introducing a rainbow theme to all of our events and thanking the brilliant NHS staff for being our heroes during this time.”
He continued, “Starting now, the rainbow theme will flow through to race day with themed start/finish gantries, flags, banners and decorations. Runners, we encourage you to join in with rainbow running outfits to spread the message that we are in this together and in the autumn, we will run together.”
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