Additional Information
The program launches on Sat., Aug.21, 2010 @ 9:30AM and ending with either the Healdsburg Half Marathon on Sat., Oct.30, 2010 OR the US Half Marathon on Sun., Nov.7, 2010!
Team BATS 13.1 includes the following:
-A comprehensive training schedule that will have you prepared for either event you choose.
-2-3 weekly professionally coached run workouts (Saturdays @ 9:30AM, Tuesdays @ 6:30PM, and every other Thursday @ 6:30PM) from Saturday, Aug.21, 2010 through Sunday, Nov.7, 2010
-A weekly email newsletter supporting your training and fundraising
-Technical training shirts provided by Nike
-A $25 Fleet Feet gift certificate
-100+ killer teammates to run with!
-Social events
-Your own personalized fundraising webpage
-A fundraising strategy workbook
-Ongoing support from your coach (Marathon Matt) for both your training and fundraising
-Much more!
*NOTE-TEAM BATS 13.1 PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE RACE REGISTRATION FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEALDSBURG HALF MARATHON AND/OR THE US HALF MARATHON.
Team BATS 13.1 Participant Details
There is no 'cost' to participate in Team BATS 13.1, HOWEVER participants are asked to commit to raise a minimum of $1300 for BATS Improv.
WE DO TAKE YOUR FUNDRAISING COMMITMENT ($1300) SERIOUSLY. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP YOU REACH/EXCEED THE MINIMUM, BUT IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO RAISE THE NECESSARY FUNDS. IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR TEAM BATS 13.1.
SIGN UP TODAY AND YOU CAN START TAKING CARE OF YOUR FUNDRAISING RIGHT AWAY!
Workout Details
Professionally coached workouts take place every Saturday at 9:30AM starting on Saturday, Aug.21, 2010 at the Marina Green monkey bars(near the intersection of Marina/Webster) and culminates with completion of either the Healdsburg Half Marathon on Sat., Oct.30, 2010 OR the US Half Marathon on Sun., Nov.7, 2010! The choice is yours!
Questions/Concerns?
Email Marathon Matt
About BATS Improv
Since 1986, BATS Improv has dedicated itself to the performance, study, development, and promotion of improvisational theatre. Our key programs are:
Affordably priced improv performances 50 weekends per year-BATS Main Stage Company has been entertaining Bay Area audiences since 1986. Our unique style of storytelling-based improvisational theatre has made us Northern California’s largest improv theatre center and is a benchmark for improv all over the world. We perform short sketches as well as feature-length Shakespeare, murder mystery, science fiction, and Broadway-style musicals, among other formats. The SF Chronicle calls us “bounce-in-your-seat funny,” and SF Weekly says, “Chicago has Second City. San Francisco has BATS.” All together, BATS has garnered 15 “Best of…” awards from the media, including best theatre, comedy, and improv group.
Workshops for actors and non-actors-Certified coaches and actors immerse some 2,000 students per year in games and exercises that teach such skills as active listening, making one’s partner look good, failing good-naturedly, and taking risks. Students can pursue either a performance or “off-stage life skills” track. Applied specialty classes include Improv for Business People, Shy People, Singles, Educators, and Seniors. Without exception, students tell us that taking part in an improv class makes a positive impact on their personal and professional lives.
BATS Improv On-The-Go training and entertainment—BATS brings events to for-profit and non-profit workplaces—or coworkers to our theater—to engage them in fun activities that contribute to better collaboration and communication. Companies served include Google, Genentech, Yelp, Oracle, Barclays Global Investors, UC Berkeley, and countless other institutions throughout California. Our coaches also teach improvisation at diverse regional arts organizations, including the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and college theatre arts programs.
Youth Performance Series-BATS provides a positive introduction to the performing arts and teaches applicable life skills to nearly 1,000 middle-school students from underserved socio-economic communities. BATS emphasizes productive collaboration, clear communication, creative expression, critical thinking, and, storytelling. This training enhances students’ verbal expression, listening skills, body awareness, interpersonal intelligence, and self-confidence. Though our overall audiences are largely Caucasian (77%), student-focused programs like YPS, summer kids and teen camps, and Young Audiences of the Bay Area team reach a higher proportion of African-American, Asian, and Latino teens. We have also worked with juvenile halls, schools for pregnant teens/teenage moms, and students with physical and cognitive disabilities.
Laughing Stock- In 1997, BATS created Laughing Stock, a program of free improvisation classes for people with HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, cancer, and other chronic, life-threatening illnesses. (Partners and caregivers are also welcome.) The classes focus on strengthening quality of life through humor, physical activity, group interaction, risk-taking, and imagination games—all in a safe, confidential environment. Today, BATS offers more than 50 free workshops each year with up to 12 students in each class.
Today’s medical advances are enabling patients to live longer, fuller lives after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Survival rates for cancer are up as is longevity of those with HIV and AIDS. We know the value of “humor therapy” that improv adds to individual health, quality of life, and community building. BATS’ established reputation and proven track record of successful Laughing Stock classes position us well to meet this great community need.
For more information about the background/history of BATS Improv, CLICK HERE.
