Posts Tagged virtual race
Keep Your Shoes on Folks
Posted by Andy Nagelin in Club Races on June 4, 2020
It’s looking like we will be running virtual races for quite some time. I keep getting updates from races almost every day. Some are hopeful postponements, but most are facing reality and going right to virtual.
I hope you have had a chance to sign up for the Stepping Stones for Stella 5K or 10K. Melrose has 10 runners signed up so far.
They are even taking race day registrations, so you can sign up anytime between now and June 21st!
Registration is free but please make a donation if you are able to.
High5Em provides details on how to record and report your results.
The Jennifer Tinney 4th of July Road Races have gone virtual also. I have updated the links to the right so you can sign up anytime.
The 5 and 2.5 mile runs are $25 and the 1 mile run is $20. You will only get Racing Series points for one race, but you are welcome to run them all.
The 5 miler is worth 2 points, the 2.5 and 1 milers are worth 1 point.
The Melrose Wakefield Healthcare STRIDE FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 5K RUN/WALK is still looking like a live event on August 12th.
The race is managed by the hospital and a group of nurses, so maybe they know something The Governor doesn’t?
This is a fun mid-week (Wednesday) run around our own Lake Q and the funds go to a good cause.
I know that virtual races aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but it’s alls we got!
I’m looking forward to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Island Run in September, but three months out is a light year these days.
I’ll continue to keep an eye on things and try to keep everyone up to date.
Looking forward to seeing you all someday,
Andy
Virtual Really?
Posted by Andy Nagelin in Club Races on May 13, 2020
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