Summertime Binge

With the soul-sucking heat fully upon us, it’s time to put down the TV remote and snack foods and start a different kind of BINGE.  
Summertime Binge is back and better than ever!  The 2021 rendition of Summertime Binge will offer participants a variety of challenge lengths, a variety of event-length challenges, and a variety of amazing daily challenges, all of which will be supported by daily video content to give YOU, the participant, the ultimate Binge experience!
Oh, and that isn’t all!  This year Summertime Binge will be a family affair as we are offering our brand new Kids Binge event!  Any kids 15 and under can register for this event, which is designed to encourage kids to get outside and move over the summer.  The Kids Binge will come with youth style event shirts and finisher medals!  So get outside as a family and get your fitness on this summer!

Experience the Binge

Throughout the course of this 10-day event we will offer a number of different experiential components to help keep the stoke high as you grind through the heat of the summer.  Every week day we will host a live stream at 3p Arizona Time.  This live show will serve as a way to follow the journey of all the runners (through Instagram), take a check at the live leaderboard, and to announce winners of our daily challenges.

Yep- you heard that right!  Every single day we will be offering a unique challenge where runners can participate to win prizes.  Each daily challenge will be announce on the live show the day before, so you have the challenge prior to starting your run the following day.  For any challenges that we think might need additional planning, we will send that challenge info out ahead of time.  

Oh- and in addition to all of the fun above!  We have a variety of event-long challenges like the 24H Binge, The Evolution Challenge, and the Summer Streak, so check those out on our website here.

Uploading Your Results- Best Practices

Entering your results into the Run Signup dashboard is a very user friendly process.  The easiest way is to manually enter your run time, distance, and vert in the Run Signup results portal.  You should also be able to upload a .tcx file into the dashboard as well, however different platforms will read the file differently which may cause you to lose distance.  To ensure fairness and fun-ness please do your best to follow the best practices listed below.

Please enter your activities frequently.  In order to get the most out of this experience, and to see your spot on the race leaderboard, we encourage you to enter your results every day. 

Keep evidence of your activity.  If you want to be considered for any awards during this event, you must have proof of your activity.  This can be as simple as sharing your Strava activity links for your runs, or taking a photo of your treadmill screen if you are running indoors. I will reach out to you if I need to see evidence of your activity.  Otherwise- we are operating on an honors system-- so be honest :).

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 11:59p Arizona Time on July 18th.  Please get your results submitted early.  If you are having any tech issues at any point during the event please reach out to me.  If you don't have your results submitted into the Run Signup Portal by 11:59 p.m. on July 18th, those results will not count. No exceptions.