This March, let us show you a whole new world of running!
All you need to do to earn this awesome Earth Day medal is to run a 5km, 10km, 15km or 21km during the month of March or April.
Once you have completed your run, return to the website to submit your evidence. Once it has been verified, you'll be sent your medal in the post.
How does a Virtual Run work?
A virtual race is a race that can be run (or walked) from any location you choose, any day and time that suits you. You can run, jog, or walk on the road, on the trail, on the treadmill, at the gym or on the track. You get to run your own race, at your own pace, and time it yourself. And your medal will be shipped directly to you. Complete a virtual 5K, 10K, half marathon and more!
There are no parking problems. No crowds. No long Porta Potty lines. There is no start gun or nervous, pre-race chitchat with other runners.There's not even an official starting line.
That's the kind of flexibility offered by virtual races, a new trend in the running community. Runners who sign up for a virtual race register online and simply choose their own starting line, whether it's a treadmill or a neighborhood street. They run the race distance, upload their finishing time and a few days later are mailed a medal.
Results & Vitality Points
Generally speaking, tracking and verifying finish times for a virtual race will not be as simple as for a live event, where chip timing takes care of all that. People will complete your virtual race at different times and under different conditions.
Fortunately, competition is not a deciding factor for most people entering a virtual race so once you completed your run, simply email us your result in any format such as Strava, Garmin file or even an picture of your running devices indicating the distance and time you ran.
General Information
-Once we have verified and submitted your result, your medal will be posted to you.
-Vitality points will be submitted once the race has been closed.
-Send your results to result@virtualrun.co.za