“Active.com” names Gill and Francesca – Event Directors of the Month

Gill and Francesca named “Active.com” Event Directors of the Month

Running with Nature
J. Russell Gill and Francesca Conte, Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports

J. Russell Gill III founded Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports in 2001, after leaving the corporate life, with the mission of sharing his love of running and the environment with others. Gill’s belief has always been that everyone can do much more than they think they can, and his goal was to give people an opportunity to discover that. Gill learned about his mission as a professional ultra runner where he met Francesca Conte. After meeting, Gill and Francesca took the plunge into a career in the running market.

With Bad to the Bone, Gill and Francesca now direct 18 road and trail events, including the Charlottesville Marathon/Half Marathon, which was voted by Runner’s World Magazine as one of the top ten best new Marathons.

		The Charlottesville area, was recently named “One of the top 8 running towns” by Trail Runner Magazine
		In their spare time, they manage many training groups and the Charlottesville Trail Running Club.
		Through the Charlottesville Trail Running Club, Gill and Francesca promote awareness about local trails to create, preserve and maintain for the local community.
		It is their belief that trails can only be preserved by being gently used
		They also host a weekly radio show on 106.1 the Corner, Get Moving Charlottesville, which is designed to inspire and motivate people of all ages to get moving.

Their active lifestyles include appearing in the Discovery Channel special “Anatomy and Design of Man and Woman”, managing Bad to the Bone Endurance Sports and Charlottesville Running Company, hosting a weekly radio show, corporate speaking and regularly coaching runners of all backgrounds. Above all, they love and enjoy the elemental simplicity and austerity of nature and have made their lives’ mission to share this passion with others.

For more information, visit Gill and Francesca’s Web site at www.badtothebone.biz.