Sports Basement Campbell Runs for Boston

Sports Basement Campbell, the recently opened outdoors store at The Pruneyard Shopping Center is offering the community a chance to get together and grieve for those affected in Boston.

"I just woke up this morning and I knew I'm going to run and have a little moment for those in Boston," says General Manager Rich Deborba.

He came in and invited his staff and customers to join him and before long, the entire community. The run, which Deborba says is informal will take place at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 and participants are meeting in front of the store. The run will be along the Los Gatos Creek Trail, which starts in Campbell at Campbell Park on E. Campbell and Gillman avenues.

"It affected quite a bit of us," he says. "One of my employees is a coach and had a team of runners there and many of our customers were qualifiers. It just really hit close to home for many of us and we wanted to head out and show our respect."

Runners participating in today's event will run between 2 and 8 miles on the trail, depending on what they decide to do.

A posting on the business' Facebook page said this:

"We are deeply saddened by yesterdays events in Boston and wanted to take some time from our schedules and work to honor those who's lives were affected."