Beat the Winter Blues Virtual Race

Winter can be a rough time for some of us mentally. Having a goal to work towards and a community of people to help you reach it can be one of the keys to surviving and thriving during this season.

For this virtual race - you choose the distance you want to work towards, join the Beat the Winter Blues Running Community (if you want!), train for it, then on race day - compete either via treadmill, track and clock, or outside with any of the various running apps out there that track distance and time. If you are part of the Facebook group - you can share your training progress, and post your race day experience and results. If you don't want to join the community, you can submit your results via email with some sort of proof that you completed your distance (picture of treadmill, screenshot your running app result, write down your track time and perhaps have a witness verify - a running buddy would work great)!

This is just for fun and to keep motivated during the winter to stay fit and happy. You might even make some new friends! The night before race day, I'll email out a virtual race "packet" and there will be a "bib" you can print out if you choose that you pin on to take your finish result selfie with. If I get ambitious and find a sponsor, there may be some sort of creative finish "medal" involved. Overall, the goal is to create a fun experience for us to stay active over the winter. Hope you will join!

Cost - $5*

*Price is set to $5 to cover minimal costs involved. (Runsignup does charge a small registration fee as well). It's also proven if you invest in a goal you are more likely to work towards it and follow through with it! Net proceeds will be donated. Donations will go to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

**Location is set to Ogden, Utah due to needing to put a location and that's where Run the Last Mile - the organization behind this - is located. If you are local, we could organize some sort of informal meetup to run together on race day if there's any interest.