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Author's profile photo Phil Cooley

Global Running Day with SAP Community In Melbourne – Wednesday 1st June 2022

For some time now I have wanted to organise a SAP Community running event – combining the great activities of catching up with SAP Community members and also going for a run. Over the last couple of years this has been difficult! BUT!!!!

With #GlobalRunningDay fast approaching I thought it an opportune time to GO FOR IT!

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Global Running Day with SAP Community

With this in mind we will have our first inaugural SAP Community running event in Melbourne on the Global Running day – Wednesday 1st June 2022. I am so excited for this.

All SAP Community members are welcome and if you don’t want to run – you can walk or cycle!

The plan is to meet in the morning and run around the tan which is a very well known running track. As per the below diagram we will meet at the Pillars of Wisdom. The track is around 3.8km.

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Map of the tan

A more detailed map is here.

Event Information:

Date: Wednesday 1st June 2022

Time: 7:30am (AEST – Melbourne Time)

Activity: Run/Walk/Cycle around the tan

After: Coffee & Networking at one of the very many cafes prior to heading off for the working day

I have also set up a Melbourne Virtual Team as part of the Global Running Day. I pledged to run 5km on this day and you can join the team here -> Sapcommunitymelbournerunners — Global Running Day

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My Pledge for the #GlobalRunningDay event

I really cannot wait for this event and really looking forward to seeing SAP Community members on the 1st June. I would also like to blog it forward to my good friends in other parts of the world to join – DJ Adams in the UK and Stephanie De Camara Marley in the US. Would be awesome to have a #GlobalRunningDay relay baton throughout the world starting in Melbourne.

If you are in other parts of the world get involved!! There are multiple locations you can join and all of the running tracks are amazing!!

In Manchester, England – https://blogs.sap.com/2022/05/17/sap-community-global-running-day-in-manchester-wednesday-1st-june-2022/

In Galway – Ireland – https://blogs.sap.com/2022/05/20/sap-community-global-running-day-in-galway-ireland-wednesday-1st-june-2022/

In Philadelphia – US – https://blogs.sap.com/2022/05/19/sap-community-global-running-day-in-philadelphia-wednesday-1st-june-2022/

In Walldorf – Germany – https://blogs.sap.com/2022/05/18/sap-community-global-running-day-in-walldorf-wednesday-1st-june-2022/

In Manheim – Germany – https://blogs.sap.com/2022/05/19/sap-community-global-running-day-in-mannheim-wednesday-1st-june-2022/

Post some comments and let others know that you will participate and have signed up to our virtual running team for the 1st June!

See you then.

On The Day

On the day itself we would welcome everyone adding a comment with a photo and running times using hashtag #GlobalRunningDay.

Not long now and I cannot wait to see everyone in action. 

 

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      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas

      Phil - I will pledge to walk at least 3.1 miles (5K) on June first all the way from Northern Virginia - other side of the world and other hemisphere away from beautiful Melbourne.

      Good luck!

      Author's profile photo Tammy Powlas
      Tammy Powlas

      Apple says I walked 5.5 miles on Wednesday - sorry for the picture delay:

      Author's profile photo Lena Stodal
      Lena Stodal

      Thanks for sharing - it still counts Tammy Powlas!

      Author's profile photo Svea Becker
      Svea Becker

      I am in! 🙂

      Great initiative Phil Cooley

      Author's profile photo Stacey Fish
      Stacey Fish

      Thank you, Phil Cooley , for your inspiration !!!

       

      I, , PLEDGE TO RUN  WITH  AS PART OF GLOBAL RUNNING DAY ON JUNE 1, 2022

       

      Author's profile photo DJ Adams
      DJ Adams

      Nice one Phil Cooley !

      I've pledged, mapped out a Manchester route to run on the same day, and published a blog post about it 👉  SAP Community Global Running Day in Manchester – Wednesday 1st June 2022

      Author's profile photo Mynyna Chau
      Mynyna Chau

      Awesome! Looking at your map I'm walking down memory lane of the time when I was running every Saturday morning with my cousin in the Botanical Garden in Melbourne. Part of that routine was to then go to a nice café, have yummy breakfast and then go to the markets.

      I've also pledged, was for a moment torn between running in Walldorf or in Mannheim but will look forward to run with Lena Stodal and Svea Becker!!

      Author's profile photo Svea Becker
      Svea Becker

      That sound amazing, Mynyna!

      Glad, that you are going to join Lena and me in Mannheim. I hope we'll have more attendees, too! It will definitely be fun!

      Author's profile photo Thomas Zurek
      Thomas Zurek

      Great idea and initiative!

      Author's profile photo Jennifer Machado
      Jennifer Machado

      I am in as well!

      Author's profile photo Jennifer Machado
      Jennifer Machado

      Completed my walk after work! Start time: 5:00pm End time: 6:00pm EST. Took a nice stroll around the national mall 👍

      Author's profile photo Fabian Lehmann
      Fabian Lehmann

      Thx Phil Cooley I'm in as well

      Author's profile photo Jakob Marius Kjær
      Jakob Marius Kjær

      Some issues with tracking on the watch, but at least distance says 5km 😊 I need to do this more often 😮‍💨

      Author's profile photo Phil Cooley
      Phil Cooley
      Blog Post Author

      Nice one Jakob Marius Kjær - love the smiles!! Beautiful running track as well!

      Author's profile photo Stephanie De Camara Marley
      Stephanie De Camara Marley

      Adorable! What a happy baby!!

      Author's profile photo Svea Becker
      Svea Becker

      Absolute super pic Jakob Marius Kjær !
      I wished my kids would have laughed like that when I used to run with them ...

      Author's profile photo Phil Cooley
      Phil Cooley
      Blog Post Author

      Really cold, rainy and windy weather in Melbourne but managed to still run with SAP Community member Marco Machillanda on #GlobalRunningDay. Really enjoyed it. Thanks Marco!

      Author's profile photo Vishal Gupta
      Vishal Gupta

      Cold windy rainy morning in Melbourne; did my daily 5K run & strava art "SAP"

      #GlobalRunningDay

      Author's profile photo Alwan Ahimmat
      Alwan Ahimmat

      very creative!

      Author's profile photo Stephanie De Camara Marley
      Stephanie De Camara Marley

      Greetings from the hot and humid Philadelphia, PA region: Start time: 730 AM US ET, Stop time: 8:30 US ET. Have a wonderful day everyone!!

      Author's profile photo Stacey Fish
      Stacey Fish

      Stephanie De Camara Marley & I had a wonderful time together supporting Global Running Day.

      Thank you, again, Phil Cooley & Stephanie De Camara Marley for creating an amazing SAP Community activity!!!

      A special call out to Lena Stodal for supporting the activity & collaborating with SAP's Corporate Social Responsibility team with the YOU RUN - SAP PLANTS a TREE initiative.

       

       

      Author's profile photo Rich Heilman
      Rich Heilman

      It was a good day indeed. Except for the 92 degree heat, 100% humidity, and blasting sun.

      Author's profile photo Stacey Fish
      Stacey Fish

      oh my heart Rich Heilman ... you are an Iron Man & an inspiration to us all with your impressive Time, Distance, Pace and burned Calories digits that you achieved on Phil Cooley's Global Running Day Community Activity.

      Author's profile photo Svea Becker
      Svea Becker

      And I assume afterwards you directly jumped into the pool... lucky you 🙂

      And well deserved!

       

      Author's profile photo Rich Heilman
      Rich Heilman

      Yes, yes I did, clothes and all. 🙂

      Author's profile photo Jerry Janda
      Jerry Janda

      We had a visitor in ours yesterday...

      Author's profile photo Svea Becker
      Svea Becker

      WOW!