{"id":246,"date":"2020-08-27T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/?p=246"},"modified":"2020-08-27T23:56:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T23:56:34","slug":"fall-racing-series-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/2020\/08\/27\/fall-racing-series-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Racing Series Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have completed the September schedule and made some updates for October and November. December is still too far off to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1MileToGoSign2012-edited-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Marathon\" class=\"wp-image-249\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1MileToGoSign2012-edited-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1MileToGoSign2012-edited.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Boston 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you had a bib for Boston 2020 you can run the first Virtual Boston Marathon. We have several people signed up and they have been training all summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know if you are running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The virtual race can be run between September 7th and September 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Curley Memorial 5K<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can run this race between September 19th and 26th and registration is $25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could even run this race on our Tuesday Night Club Run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard, we meet in front of Melrose High at 7PM. We observe social distancing and masks are required. We go out in groups of two or three based on each runners pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Superhero 5K or 10K for Rett&#8217;s Roost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Race  dates are September 18th through September 20th and registration is $25 for either race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wicked Half<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Run this half for the wicked good price of only $25!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Race dates are September 25th through September 27th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MelroseWakefield Healthcare Virtual Stride 5K<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Show your support for the dedicated folks at Melrose-Wakefield Healthcare! Run the virtual 5K to show your real love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Race dates are September 26th through September 27th and registration is $25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BayState Marathon, Half and 5K<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the last marathon in the 2020 Melrose Racing Series. You can also run the half or the 5K.  Race date is October 18th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take your pick and register for $30! That&#8217;s a great price for a marathon or a half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Race cancellations and high hopes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like BlueCross BlueShield of MA cancelled The Island Run this year. The Malden Irish American cancelled their Labor Day weekend races also. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harborside Half and 5K have also been cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Melrose Y still has the Spooky Sprint as a live event on October 31st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday Night Club Runs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I know it&#8217;s hard to get out the door these days. My miles are way down and I still haven&#8217;t caught the bug for these virtual races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop by Melrose High on Tuesday night at 7PM for some responsible running. And you get to hang out a bit and talk to people in person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just no post run beer drinking and definitely no pizza!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Melrose Running Club Virtual Race Series 2020 continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,19],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-races","tag-club-running","tag-corona-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melroserunningclub.com\/RacingSeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}