Virtual Races = Motivation

Since our previous posts Why I Run For Boston and Running Mad, Alice and Wonderland Themed Virtual, we've had many questions about our virtual races so we thought we would post this.

Even though we are not extremely new to running/racing we are fairly new to the social media arena and a year ago if you would have asked us what a virtual race was neither of us could probably tell you.  Since becoming involved with FB, Pinterest, and blogging, we’ve seen many mentions of these virtual races. Being the sleuth that I am, I did some research because I wanted to learn more.  Afterall, I couldn’t believe that you would just receive a medal just because you said you were going to do something (run).   So here is what I found out about these races.

 

Hollywood Movie Madness Race: May 2013

 

Today I did the Movie Madness 5K Race with my Dad.  The race started at the Hollywood Casino and since the theme was Hollywood Movies, there were several runners dressed in costumes.  Prizes were given to runners who sported the best costumes.  . They included a lady dressed as Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, A family dressed as Batman, cat woman, and batbaby, and my personal favorite was the child that was dressed as Ronald Weasley from Harry potter ( he didn’t have to try very hard as he already looked a lot like Ron even without the costume).