Resources for our Runners

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Yoga for Runners

Presentation graciously prepared and presented at our last seminar by Dr. Tulasi Vanapalli who is the mother of a Jyotsna Vanapalli, member of the 2006 Team Asha Atlanta.

Some of the useful poses for runners:

http://www.santosha.com/asanas/nataraja.html
http://www.santosha.com/asanas/suryanamaskar.html
http://www.santosha.com/asanas/trikona.html
http://www.santosha.com/asanas/ushtra.html

Index of more poses:

http://www.santosha.com/asanas/

Running Injuries

Great information on stretching exercies. Should help alleviate some of the injuries we have been feeling.





Stretching Exercises

Presentation graciously prepared and presented at a 2006 seminar by Orthepedic Surgeon Dr. Raju Vanapalli who is the father of a Jyotsna Vanapalli, member of the 2006 Team Asha Atlanta!





Training Reference

Important information on the science of running, training methods, safety tips, and other practical information created in 2006. It also contains the Full and Half marathon training schedules, maps, and team members.





2008 Training Schedule

Training Schedules are up on Google Calendar. This is a suggested training program for beginners and advanced runnners for Half and Full runners on the our team. The training schedule can be adapted to suit your needs, or as per Coach Ron's instructions.


Profile: Ron Alford (Our Coach)

Ron came to Atlanta two years ago from West Virginia where he was founder and past president of the Huntington Roadrunners Club. He has been running for over 25 years and coaching for about 10 years. He is certified by the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) and the American Sport Education Program (ASEP). His specialty is coaching beginners who want to start a running program and intermediate runners seeking to improve their finish times or increase their distance running capability. He is currently a volunteer coach with the Atlanta Track Club.






Corporate Donation Matching

This site give information on the process for having corporations match donations. It also provides a partial list of corporations who do have such matching programs in which Asha for Education a potential benefactor. Donations matched by corporations can be very powerful and will help a great deal in reaching the fundraising goal!


Inspirational Presentation on the cause

This is an inspirational presentation used in the informational sessions in 2006. Maybe good for donors to see!





Tri-fold (mail-friendly) Brochure Template

Download, customize, print, and distribute! It is formatted to be mailed! Runners, you may customize this to mail out to friends, family, and businesses for donations! Your creativity is priceless!




Donation Letter

This is a letter template that you may use to ask for donations. Customize it to your goals and purpose. You should enclose the trifold brochure that you customize for yourself to provide more information to the donors. The brochure can be downloaded from above. You should enclose the donation payment slip that can be downloaded from below that the donors will fill out if they pay by check. Once we have your donation webpage up and running, add that link to the letter so the donors have an option to pay by credit cards.


Donation Payment Slip

Donation payment slip filled out by donors to communicate method of payment.





Team Asha Wallpaper

Team Asha Wallpaper for your Desktop.