MRC Racing Series

Every time I see another email announcing that another race has gone virtual, I say really?

I completely understand why. I may not be an epidemiologist and my last bio course was in high school. But I get it, I just don’t like it.

I haven’t seen an email regarding the Melrose Firefighter’s 5K, but I’ll assume that it has been cancelled or has gone virtual. This late in the game, I’ll assume it has vaporized.

Regina Curran suggested the Stepping Stones for Stella 5K and 10K virtual race for June. Yvonne Liu-Constant thought it was a good idea also.

The races are managed by High5Em, the same folks who managed our wildly successful Cinco de Mayo QuaranTeam virtual races.

We have a team for this race and the pass word is 02176. High5Em will be posting results like any other race and Jim and Lois will find you.

Jim has agreed to count these virtual races towards our 100 mile club. So please be honest and accurate as possible. High5Em will tally your time for this race based on the GPS details you provide to them.

Virtual race will not count for PRs or racing points. You only get Racing Series points.

For this race you will receive 1 point for the 5K and 2 points for the 10K. No double dipping and no points for the 1 miler. You only get points for one race. Please do not run or report both races to High5Em as it will mess up the system.

High5Em would be happy to get two donations from you, Jim will not be happy to get two race results for you!

Your finish time will be what you report to High5Em and you will have until 8 pm on June 21st to report your results. Please don’t send in your results from a run tomorrow. Wait until at least June 20th.

The rules are very similar to the Cinco de Mayo races: post your results with some sort of tracking verification and run close to 5K or 10K. And post by 8 PM on June 21st. Just no teams this time.

Registration is FREE but please make a contribution to Stepping Stones For Stella.

As far as points for the series, I need to put new batteries in my calculator.

While every day may seem the same, this series is constantly evolving!

Run well my Friends, we will meet again!

Andy