What was needed was a positive run, a run promoting health! A run dedicated to the awareness of how a healthy diet and lifestyle can go a long way in preventing those same diseases.

Sharing their thoughts with each other, they realized it was something they must pursue. So they called together some like-minded friends and the group made a commitment to plan their first event for June 2004.

Ideas built upon ideas.

There was a need for awareness, but also there was a need to educate. So they would offer classes to demonstrate how easy it is to transition away from the traditional meat-and-potatoes diet.

They would provide recipes for healthier versions of the foods most of us grew up eating, offer suggestions for more wholesome alternatives to replace refined and processed ingredients, and provide information on making better choices at the grocery store.

They would have taste-testing so that everyone could see for themselves that nutritious could still be delicious.

And they would wrap up the week with a do-able 3km course that anyone could run, skip, walk or stroll at their own pace.