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International Barefoot Running Day
2013
Ok, this is the long and the short of it. We have been getting some interesting comments pertaining to the selection of the date for International Barefoot Running Day . This will be the 3rd year running of this ever expanding and very important event.
Earlier in the year we had members expressing their concern about holding it on the first Sunday of May (the 5th)because it conflicts with Cinco de Mayo. So it was suggested to be moved to the second Sunday of May (the 12th) which is Mother's Day. Now with this move we heard an outcry from other members. So this is our dilemma. We obviously cannot please everybody all the time but we need to come to a resolution quickly as arrangements have to commence as soon as possible in the new year.
So we are going to have a little poll, and I need everybody's input (and this is serious, as the world will implode like it was 12/21/12 if we do not get a proper consensus) so we can finalize this.
These are the arguements for and against the 5th of May:
For:
- The last 2 years (and only 2 years) that we have been holding this event it has fell on the first Sunday of May. We need consistency to make this a bonafide event. We cannot be changing the weekend every year, it just does not make sense.
- Cinco de Mayo is a celebration, why not honour this celebration with our own celebration of 'barefootedness', running and health. Then top it off with a beer or 'pop' (what us Winnipegger's call a cocktail) to celebrate both.
- Cinco de Mayo falls on May 5th (see note above)
- I am sure there are more so I hope the members that have a concern to pipe in with their votes (I apologize I am Canadian and Scottish so I am really not that familiar with the tradition of Cinco de Mayo, but I am intrigued so please enlighten me).
For:
- It is not Cinco de Mayo.
- Sorry this is all I got.
- It is Mother's Day. This causes a little bit of a concern for me as it is tradition for my wife to run a very long run on Mother's Day and I watch the kids and play aide station along her route. This would really put a damper on my IBRD events. Further to this a lot of spouses would have a hard time convincing their significant others that running is more important than their special day.
- The later we go into May the hotter it gets in some areas of the world, so this could create a problem as well.
Please vote (only once please) as this will be the basis of us determining which day we hold IBRD on.
Remember be safe out there.