Filed under: FitnessPhoto: Ed Yourdon, Flickr Lace up your running shoes and get ready to celebrate -- Sunday, November 8 is World Run Day 2009!World Run Day was conceptualized in 1999 by veteran runner Bill McDermott, who told Active.com, "The idea was an international day of charity, built around running. I thought if we could just focus on one day, wouldn't that be great for all of us?" The first actual World Run Day was the following year, and after September 11, 2001, McDermott refocused hi