• 68.8% of Americans are overweight or obese
• 14.5% of Americans are living in poverty
• Average American has less than $1,000 a year to spend on entertainment 
• Average price to enter a race is EXPENSIVE
  • 5K - $32.50 ($10.48 per mile)
  • 10K - $45.00 ($7.25 per mile)
  • 15K - $65.00 ($6.99 per mile)
  • Half Marathon - $95.00 ($7.25 per mile)
  • Marathon - $125.00 ($4.77 per mile)
  • Obstacle 5k - $85.00 ($27.42 per mile)
• The Average American can NOT afford to race

We saw the need to make races available to everyone, so we created Run Free to solve this problem.
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We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to "Run Free."  

From 1990 to 2013, the number of race finishers increased by almost 400%, from 4.80 million in 1990 to 19.03 million finishers in 2013 alone. Then from 2013 to 2014, the number of race finishers decreased by 1%, to 18.75 million.  One reason for this decrease in finishers is because the prices of the events are increasing making them unavailable to more people.