adidas Urban Run San Francisco is saved!

adidas America, along with the assistance of adidas Sport Performance Store in San Francisco, has agreed that adidas Urban Run San Francisco should continue as the premier running club in San Francisco on Monday nights! Warren and I received the good news on Monday and it was a final decision that was made in the eleventh hour. Thank you for everyone for your undying support and thoughtfulness! Your emails have truly made a difference and have been a direct reflection of what the Urban Runs mean to you. Store managers, Wil and Bryant, and Lindsay of adidas in Portland believe firmly that with a strong reception from the runners, there is a huge potential to bring out the adidas brand name that had lost its flavor in the past. Unfortunately, not all news is good and the Urban Run program in Santa Monica, Irvine, and NYC will all be inactive as of April 1st.

We hope that you will continue to run with us and have fun. The Bay to Breakers 12K training runs will begin next Monday and the routes are up. Also note the starting time as we will begin early on certain weeks for the “longer runs” if you choose to run that selected route.

Some changes that will take effect are the following:
· 15% off for ALL Urban Run members on ALL shoes and apparel in the store. You must sign up with us in order for the discount to apply.
· A reduced weekly budget, which means that certain food/drink items won’t be the same.
· The current system of Urban Run T-shirts and sackpacks may not continue. A new platform for free schwag is in the works, however.
· The monthly raffle may not be limited to adidas running shoes. An option of choosing adidas running apparel may be a possibility.
· Each week we’ll have either Wil or Bryant discuss the new line of cool adidas shoes, apparel, and accessories in addition to any new promotions. Get to know them well as they are the experts, who are friendly and willing to assist with any questions you may have.

I strongly suggest taking advantage of the 15% discount. A number of high performance shoes are on sale. The adidas adizero adios, the lightweight racing flat that Haile Gebrsellasie used for his world record win at the Berlin Marathon, is currently 50% off at the adidas Sport Performance Store. Use your additional 15% discount to make it worth your while!
Finally, special thanks to Mercedes for her meat pastries, Raymond and Warren for the pizzas and salad, Kate for her cupcakes, Chikara for the Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Aileen for her glazed cake, and Hu family for their noodles. I hope I didn’t leave anyone out and a sincere thank you to all adidas Urban Runners.

I guarantee we won’t be eating like that for a while because we are running HILLS for the next few weeks to get in some great training!