Meet your new run crew! Ovation is partnering with a local LA run club every month for a community run. Wether you're brand new to running or an ultramarathoner, all paces are welcome!
Join us, Mile Split Running Club, author Lindsey A. Freeman, and blogger Raziq Rauf of Running Sucks on Sunday, November 12th for TWO different runs, a reading from Lindsey’s new book “Running”, and complimentary coffee and pastries from Tea & Coffee Exchange!
Meet @ Ovation Center Courtyard @ 8am
8:30am: 5k (3 mile) road run around Hollywood led by Mile Split Running Club, Raziq Rauf of Running Sucks & author Lindsey A. Freeman
9am - 10:30am: snacks from Tea & Coffee exchange in Ovation Center Courtyard + cool down with master trainer Emily Wolf.
9:30 am: Reading from "Running" from Lindsay A. Freeman followed by a Q&A with Running Sucks.
(books will be available for purchase from the author)
PARKING: You can park in the LADOT lot below Ovation Hollywood- $3 for 2hrs validation is available from many retailers, or there is ample free street parking on streets surrounding Ovation Hollywood.
Mile Split Running Club :
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Join Mile Split Running Club for Motivation, Community and endless miles!
Mission Statement: Building and nurturing a community of people from all walks of life who are seeking a safe and welcoming environment to begin and/or continue their active lifestyle.
Professional or Beginner, we aim to motivate and inspire others to share in the incredibly rewarding world of Running, Hiking and everything in between. If it challenges you and moves you, we support you!
Running Sucks:
Read The Running Sucks Newsletter | Running Sucks Instagram
Running Sucks is a free weekly newsetter about Running by Raziq Rauf featuring interviews, stories, scene reports, coaching tips & more.
Lindsey A Freeman:
Lindsey A. Freeman Website | Lindsey A. Freeman Instagram | “Running” from Duke University Press
Lindsey A. Freeman is a writer and sociologist interested in endurance, hapticality, and poetics. Her most recent book, Running, is about practice, love, queerness, and long distance running (Duke University Press). She is now working on a book about soccer, queer joy, and how hard it is to care about things. O, and another book about running too.
In Running, former NCAA Division I track athlete Lindsey A. Freeman presents the feminist and queer handbook of running that she always wanted but could never find. For Freeman, running is full of joy, desire, and indulgence in the pleasure and weirdness of having a body. It allows for a space of freedom—to move and be moved. Through tender storytelling of a lifetime wearing running shoes, Freeman considers injury and recovery, what it means to run as a visibly queer person, and how the release found in running comes from a desire to touch something that cannot be accessed when still. Running invites us to run through life, legging it out the best we can with heart and style.
(Duke University Press, 2023)