UPDATE: The winner is….
Comment #4: S.J., I’ll email your code shortly!
Whether you lucked out in the Blue Cross Broad Street Run lottery and are ready to start training or you’re lamenting not getting in AGAIN, I’ve got some pretty great news for you. And that news is all courtesy of Back on My Feet: Philadelphia.
Back on My Feet is a national organization operating in all across the U.S. working to combat homelessness through the power of running, community support and housing and employee resources.
How does it work?
Back on My Feet recruits members (individuals experiencing homelessness) at homeless and residential facilities around the country and begins with a commitment to run three days a week in the early morning. After 30 days in the program, members with 90% attendance earn the opportunity to move into the second phase of the program called Next Steps, which provides educational support, job training programs, employment partnership referrals and housing resources. Almost 80% of individuals who start the program move into Next Steps.
This race is the nation’s largest 10 mile race and it all takes place on Philly’s iconic Broad Street. Along the course, runners speed past Philadelphia landmarks including the Divine Lorraine Hotel, City Hall, and the infamous Catharine Street Popeye’s Chicken before coming to a close just past the gates of the Navy Yard. According to Philly runners, it’s a must. Entry is done through lottery (which closed February 13th, and winners were announced yesterday.) LOTS of people got in!
Some did not. Let’s make this post easy for everyone.
If you did NOT win the Broad Street Lottery
For those of you who didn’t get lucky, BOMF has a great idea: For guaranteed entry, become a FundRacer with BOMF!
The FundRacing minimum for the 2017 Broad Street Run will be $500 (PER INDIVIDUAL) with a $25 registration fee (that is put towards your fundraising minimum) and gets you guaranteed race entry, a personalized fundraising page to collect donations, post-race massages, and more.
If you already HAVE your registration for Broad Street confirmed and need a fun training run, here’s your CHANCE:
The 2017 Stroehmann Bakeries BOMF 5-Miler is coming up March 25, 2017. I’ll be running it. But YOU could be, too!
Comment on this post to WIN free entry in the 2017 Stroehmann Bakeries BOMF 5-Miler!
Join me and over 1500 other runners on Saturday, March 25, 2017 for this gorgeous 5 mile run along the Schuylkill River and support BOMF’s righteous cause.
Want to win a race bib? Comment below with your favorite Philadelphia landmark!
(For an extra entry, follow foodsweatnbeers and/or Back on My Feet Philly on Twitter and comment about that, too for up to 3 entries per individual!)
Entries close March 1, 2017 at 12pm!
(Disclosure: This is NOT a sponsored post, and I paid for my BOMF 5-miler race entry BUT BOMF Philly is donating a race entry to the winner!)
Food, Sweat, and Beers 
Wooo love this race
My favorite landmark(s) in Philly are the murals, but more specifically one called Peace is a Haiku Song.
Origami cranes have a very special place in my heart. There is an old Japanese legend that says if you fold 1,000 paper cranes you get a wish. A girl named Sadako developed leukemia from the radiation from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When she found out about this legend she began folding 1,000 paper cranes. I don’t want to give the ending away, but this story comes from a book called Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, which inspired me to fold 1,000 cranes.
I have taken the origami cranes I have folded and turned them into mobiles. I sell my crane creations on Etsy and donate a portion to the proceeds to charity.
This mural in particular was completed by artists Josh Sarantitis and Parris Stancell who incorporated visuals and haikus written by famous poets.
I am working towards becoming an art therapist, and there is nothing more inspiring than running through the streets of Philly and seeing these magnificent murals.
There are so many great Philly landmarks, but as far as running goes, I love running past Laurel Hill Cemetery. It’s quite beautiful and important to Philly history, and it’s far enough out on the SRT that when I see it, I feel accomplished!
Running along the river(s), always the best.