In the Downtown Run Group we believe that it’s a big deal when a person completes a 10 or 20 mile run for the first time in their life. We like to celebrate that in a fun way with the “BIG DEAL BANANA” run. There’s a Saturday each October when those who are training for the December SA Rock ‘n Roll event have those special numbers on their training plan- 10 miles for the half marathoner or 20 miles for those planning to run the full marathon. When they show up on that fateful Saturday morning they are presented with a banana which they sign, date and write the number of miles they plan to run. Normally a post run snack is a third or half cut up banana but not on this special day! When you finish, we celebrate your achievement with you, take your picture and you get to eat your very own entire “BIG DEAL BANANA”!
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20171104-The worlds largest BIG DEAL BANANA RUN selfie celebration after these phenomenal ladies completed their 1st 20+ miler of each of their lives
20171104-Vanessa B with her BIG DEAL BANANA after completing the first ever 20+ mile run of her life
20171104-Rachel R with her BIG DEAL BANANA after battling through today to complete the first 20+ mile run of her life – So incredibility proud of you
20171104-Jessie H celebrated the completion of her first ever 20 mile run with a DRG BIG DEAL BANANA — because it is a BIG DEAL
20171104-Chiquita and her BIG DEAL BANANA She is so famous that a brand of bananas is named after her
20171104-Charmayne – you have your BIG DEAL BANANA in the frowning position rather than the smiling position Running a 20 miler is a happy moment to be celebrated Great work
20171028-Justin D introduced another BIG DEAL idea – completing more than 1000 miles of runs in a calendar year
20171028-Alicia R with her Big Deal Banana after completing her 1st ever 20 miler on Oct 21
20171104 – Emily B with her BIG DEAL BANANA Gotta love the smile
20171104-Allison with her BIG DEAL BANANA after completing her 1st 20 miler a couple of weeks ago
20171021-Monica V with her BIG DEAL Banana after her first double digit run of her life. – Way to Go
20171014-Melissa it is a BIG DEAL to run 10 miles for the first time in our life – isnt it
20171014-Brittaney N with her BIG DEAL Banana on her first day to run with DRG
20171014- Marcie with her 20 miler BIG DEAL Banana after running 20 for the first time in her life – and she is still smiling because it really is a BIG DEAL
20171007-Maria D and her Big Deal Banana after doing the BIG DEAL of running her 1st ever 10 miler today – Congrats
20170923-Adriana did her 1st ever 10 miler as part of DRG last year and she finally got her Big Deal Banana
20170318-Andie and her Big Deal Banana 1
20170902-Hugo and his Big Deal Banana after completing his first 10 miler of his life today
20171104-Becky M and Yvonne L proudly shows off her BIG DEAL BANANAS after completing a 20 mile training run for the first time of their lives
20171014-Adam in his not so serious BIG DEAL Banana pose after running the first 10 miler of his life
