Forums >Racing>Any free virtual races/marathons? Please give me recommendations!
So all my scheduled races were cancelled due to COVID-19, of course. I wanted to catch onto this virtual run craze. I've seen many out there that are charging $50-100, but I'd feel ripped off paying normal race prices to essentially run around my own neighborhood - which I can always do for free!
Do you know of any good free virtual runs? I'm not asking for a medal and shirt, but something nicely organized that may even send out a free certificate of completion.
Your suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Usually a quick search on Eventbrite with the "free" filter selected will get you a handful of results. Sadly, most are poorly organized, but you'll get a couple free gems.
Here's one I found called "Beating COVID." Haven't done it myself but seems decent and you get a finisher's certificate out of it, looks like.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beating-covid-virtual-run-tickets-109053453816
Here's another called "Run for Justice" although it seems not very organized and I don't know if you "get anything" out of it.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/run-for-justice-virtual-run-tickets-108726455756
Runs in the rain
I would guess a virtual run would not count as official race results, like a qualifying marathon or anything. And for free you could not expect a medal or shirt, just images you could download and print you own stuff, guess you could print a cardboard medal! This being said anyone, yourself included, could organize their own virtual race right here and get people to sign up for free!
Long distance runner, what you standin' there for?Get up, get out, get out of the door!