{"id":2051,"date":"2014-03-11T19:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:33:37","slug":"running-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2014\/03\/11\/running-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Running the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/03\/President-Victoria-Smerdon-at-StHelens-10k-race.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2054\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/03\/President-Victoria-Smerdon-at-StHelens-10k-race.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist runner in st helens\" width=\"210\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/03\/President-Victoria-Smerdon-at-StHelens-10k-race.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2014\/03\/President-Victoria-Smerdon-at-StHelens-10k-race-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Regional President Victoria Smerdon has completed the St Helens 10K Run 2014. This was the first race in her \u2018Run the Region\u2019 project, to promote Soroptimist International and South Lancashire&#8217;s clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">Her official time was 54min 58sec \u2013 finishing in position 795 out of over 1,600 runners. (Being classed in the \u2018senior\u2019 category, too, this was 80<sup>th<\/sup> out of 358 seniors.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">This year President Victoria is encouraging South Lancashire\u2019s clubs to promote themselves and S.I. as much as they can. \u2018Running the Region\u2019 \u2013 wearing an \u2018Ask me why I\u2019m a Soroptimist\u2019 t-shirt \u2013 sets an example to everyone. Plus, at each race, it gives local Soroptimists the opportunity to turn up in support of their president, and get themselves noticed in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">\u201cI\u2019m delighted with my time\u201d, said President Victoria. \u201cIt was tough but worth it &#8211; a\u00a0great promotional opportunity. Our forthcoming <a title=\"link to regional conference\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/joint-regional-conference\/\">regional conference<\/a> \u2018Mum\u2019s the Word\u2019 and my <a title=\"link to rose bowl challenge\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/regional-rose-bowl-challenge\/\">rose bowl challenge<\/a> to clubs are all part of my plan for this year. I want to &#8216;shout out&#8217; about Soroptimists \u2013 who we are and what we do. Plus, all this running really will keep me fit!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional President Victoria Smerdon has completed the St Helens 10K Run 2014. This was the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Running the Region | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Running the Region : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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