Imagine running a race with more than 300 other participants all by yourself, wherever you are, at whatever time of day fits your schedule.
That is basically what a virtual race is.
You sign up for the race, which give a portion of the proceeds to charity, they give you a 2-5 day window for you do run/bike/walk your distance. You choose the location, the time, and the date. You submit your time to them online and boom you are done. You still get the swag, a shirt, medal and race bib (depending on the organization).
The beauty is the flexibility and it helps bring people from all over the country together for the event. This past summer I participated in a Nuun Ambassador Virtual race and we had a Facebook group page where we got to connect online with other participants. It made it possible for locals to actually meet up and run their races together, and do other runs together as well. Instant running friends!
If you are an avid racer like me you have probably already heard of FitFam (Formally Gametiime). A great social media platform for racers & runners. FitFam has helped many organizations put on their virtual races and decided to kick off 2016 with a race of their own!
No worries, you can still get 10% off both races by using the code MOVETHEMISSION10
Just. Keep. Running.
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This year my running club and I will be participating in the Hood to Coast Relay Race as a fundraising team. We will be raising money for Providence Cancer Center to help #FINISHCANCER. Click on the picture below (or here) to donate today.
Fall is in the air, well almost. Mother nature is a little confused in my neck of the woods. We are waking up to crisp fall mornings but enjoying summer afternoons. This is also confusing to what we should be wearing, especially for my kids, the think it is still shorts and flip-flop season. Which is fine during the day, but not in the evening.
The reason I bring this up is because last weekend one of my cousins got married. She was having an outdoor garden wedding, which admittedly, this late in Sept in the Pacific Northwest is a real gamble. But this year has been really dry (too dry in fact) and extremely warm. The wedding was in the evening with the reception going on in to the night. So the question comes up, what to wear? The day will be warm, but it will get cold at night….
I didn’t want to wear a skirt, because I didn’t want to get cold, and because I didn’t like any of the tops that I owned. I could have gone and bought a new top, but I always have something in mind and then get super upset when I don’t find it. Plus I have this pair of super cute shoes with matching bag that my sis gave me that I wanted to wear and none of my skirts would work.
OK. Pants it is. {Don’t worry folks, there is a running side to this story 😉 }
I have lots of short pants (capris) but only two pairs of nice dress pants, one brown-ish and one black.
If I wear the brown ones I have a top to go with it and I can wear the shoes and purse.
If I wear the black ones I don’t have a top that would go with the shoes, but I could just wear a different pair of shoes.
The black pants fit. I know they fit. I wear them often.
The brown pants have not been worn in at least 4 years. The last time I tried to wear them they were too tight on my thighs and my waist gushed out over the top of the pants.
What do I do? Do I leave the brown pants in storage? Do I try them on again and get all depressed because they still don’t fit? Do I just go buy a new top to wear with my black pants and not even think about the brown pants again? What do I do? What do I do?
I pull out the bin from under my bed, unfold the brown pants. Look at them, love them all over again, sigh. Try them on.
They fit. Not only do they fit, but they fit like when I bought them.
I am going say that I have not seen a change in my body after all this running (so that 4 week thing is BS). I feel like I am the same size as when I started running almost two years ago (this month will be 2yrs).
I am not diligent in my other training habits, I don’t strength train like I should (I know I should). Some weeks I don’t get as many miles in as I would like. I don’t eat well, I don’t like food, fruits and veggies are like torture to me, just give me carbs all day long.
But there has been a change.
I didn’t start running just to lose a bunch of weight. Yes, I wanted to lose some weight, but really I just wanted to be healthier. I started run to find myself, to find my sanity. I run for me. Because I like to run. I did it so that I can take the stairs without having to pause for breath after one flight. I started to run so that I can chase my kids around the play ground, and keep up with them. I did it so I could have an hour alone every once in a while.
So while I look in the mirror and my eyes see me as the same size I was, my pants are telling me that I am changing on more than just the inside.
So remember don’t give up.
Just. Keep. Running.
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I hope this Monday is preceded by a wonderful holiday weekend for everyone.
I know we had a fun exhausting weekend. It was full of fun, friends, water and sunshine!
We spent our 4th at a friend’s house. He lives in one of those neighborhoods where the whole block gets together to BBQ and the kids run up and down the street and in and out of everyone’s house.
My kids loved it.
Happy 4th of July!
Our little Historic Downtown opened a new splash pad and I took the boys to try it out on Saturday.
Sunday we spent the day at my mom’s house by the pool, which meant we BBQ’d instead of whatever I had planned.
Who knew one night of camping could produce so much dirt…
Since I spent Sunday resting after our little camping trip, I didn’t make it to the grocery store. So tonight’s dinner will be nutritionally lacking, but the boys will be happy.
We camped with a bunch of friends and a camp ground really close to home. Some of them went up Friday night, but we decided to just go up Sat morning.
The boys had so much fun. I couldn’t keep shoes on Sid. They got a real good soaking when we got home. And they ate so much junk food this weekend. ahh…good times.
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