Just a quick note:
If you read yesterday's post regarding the quasi rebranding, you saw that I compared it to the "New Coke" debacle of 1985. Of course, I was being somewhat sarcastic given the somewhat smaller following that Teens Run Yonkers has....
Nevertheless, it was both inspiring and surprising to actually hear from folks that really liked the Teens Run Yonkers name and particularly the anacronym TRY. While it was kind of cute/cool, I was actually never a huge fan of "try"ing. A now well worn cliche is that old saying from Yoda (star wars- not a fan but like the quote):
There is no TRY - there is only do.
I agree. We're all about helping folks commit to doing as opposed to trying. Trying is running 11 or 12 miles and stopping. Doing is running the whole 13.1. Or in marathon speak, trying is doing 21, 22 or 23 and bagging the rest. Doing is running, walking, crawling, rolling or doing whatever it is you do to hit the 26.2
As for Teens Run Westchester, I'm confident that moving from Teens Run Yonkers to Teens Run Westchester will let us DO MORE for many more (throughout the county). And so with that, we launch our new line
TEENS RUN WESTCHESTER - WE RUN THIS COUNTY!
PS - The idea behind using the name Teens Run Westchester was to always encourage separate parts of the County i.e. Yonkers to go by their individual city name. So Teens Run Yonkers lives on! And Teens Run (for example) New Rochelle, Mt. Vernon or wherever is waiting to be born....
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