The Ashtabula Distance Runners Board is pleased to announce the start of the sixth year of the ADR-sponsored community running program named “Run for Your Life” to use running to help men and women in recovery from chemical dependence.

The spring season of the 2024 Run for Your Life program begins Tuesday, May 14 at 6:00 pm.

Run for Your Life involves participants as assisted through the Lake Area Recovery Center (LARC) and staying at Turning Point and New Beginnings. The program consists of men and women group runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 6:00 at the Donohue Center complex.

ADR is looking for volunteers to help lead the group runs. Can you help? If you are interested, and we hope you are, please contact John Hutchison via Facebook, or email at hutchjohn33@yahoo.com so we can get you on the schedule. You can help once a week or more or whatever fits your schedule.

During each session, the group runs are split into two groups during which time men participants run with at least two men volunteer leaders and women participants run with at least two women volunteer leaders. We complete laps that are almost a half mile each around the Donohue Center complex.

Each workout lasts for roughly 30 minutes, using a C25K app on mobile devices for guidance, with mostly walking in the beginning of the program and gradually replacing walking with some running.

Participants will complete the program Saturday June 8 with the 2 Mile race at the Greenway Trail.

If you’ve been looking for a way for running to help you give back to others and make a difference, this is your opportunity. We could use your help to continue this program!