Charity Runs
nikkit321
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Did you know you can run a 5k, 10k, half, or full marathon for a charity?
https://virtualstrides.com/faq/ offers a monthly charity, complete with racing bib and medal. Typical fees are $28. You don't even have to run/walk the entire distance at one time, you can break it into smaller chunks. Once you've completed the distance, you log your completion date and time (so you have to pay attention to both your time and distance if breaking it up); they mail out your medal a few days after you upload your time.
November's charity is Stop 22, with money going to Wounded Warriors to help prevent soldier suicide with service dogs. You can even sign up for previous month's charity runs. I think the idea is great!
https://virtualstrides.com/faq/ offers a monthly charity, complete with racing bib and medal. Typical fees are $28. You don't even have to run/walk the entire distance at one time, you can break it into smaller chunks. Once you've completed the distance, you log your completion date and time (so you have to pay attention to both your time and distance if breaking it up); they mail out your medal a few days after you upload your time.
November's charity is Stop 22, with money going to Wounded Warriors to help prevent soldier suicide with service dogs. You can even sign up for previous month's charity runs. I think the idea is great!
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I will check it out. Not sure about the 'virtual' race and printing a bib. But I admit this is just my preconceived notion of what it is about...
I run for Team in Training to raise money for the Lymphoma & Leukemia Society.0 -
You need to watch some of these virtual race sites. About $5.00 a registration goes to the charity for this organization. Though it's cool to get a medal for a virtual race you can send $22 to Stop 22 directly and make a bigger impact.0
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I too am a bit unconvinced. I can pay $28 of which 'at least $5' goes to charity, and in exchange for this I get to print out my own race bib and run 5k by myself, not necessarily all at the same time? Why would I do that and how does it raise awareness for the charity except if someone stops me to ask why I am running by myself with a home-made race bib on?0
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking after looking at the link. Why would I pay to donate to a charity? Why not jog over to the post office and mail a check? Plus, I can jog to the post office without a ridiculous printed bib
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I have run a virtual race, but it was a raise money for a police officer killed in the line of duty and the money went directly into a fund his mother started. The fund will give scholarships to students who want to have a career in law enforcement. She is holding a "real" race in January and finishers will get a race medal with his likeness and virtual runners will be mailed the same medal. It was a friend of a friend and the if I recall correctly you had to run 7.12 or something like that which was his badge number. Bib was optional
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