Disclaimer: I received free entry to the Global 24 Hour Relay as part of being a BibRave Pro. Learn more about becoming a BibRave Pro (ambassador), and check out BibRave.com to review, find and write race reviews!

The Global 24 Hour Relay was a new event hosted by Rochester Running Co. and held on Global Running Day. I thought it was a fun idea and cool way to celebrate Global Running Day, on the first Wednesday of June. Each person who signed up picked a team (I picked Washington, D.C. - you didn't have to live in the city of the team you chose, and you could run anywhere) and a half-hour time slot on that day. As a BibRave Pro, my time slot was assigned to me based on my availability, but people signing up chose their time slot. You could see who else had signed up for the team.

The race kept in touch via email and I also thought it was cool that the race donated a portion of proceeds from the event to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

You could see who else had signed up for the teams, and right before the event, there were still a decent amount of empty spots, so I was not positive that there were people in every time slot, including right before me (although I did get a text several minutes after my time slot started). I would have liked to have made more of a connection with my team. Luckily, I did know the person running after me, and I sent her a text when it was her time to start running, and we each posed for a photo that I made into a collage.

I received my swag in the mail about a month after the race. Swag was a black T-shirt with the race logo on the left chest and a medal with a pretty logo and fun ribbon. The medal is beautiful and higher-quality than I'd think would be expected for running for half an hour.

I had fun promoting and participating in this event — I just wish the teams would have been more filled out and connected.

Read my race recap here: https://sherunsbytheseashore.com/2020/06/11/i-celebrated-global-running-day-as-part-of-a-virtual-relay-event/