This is the third and last trail race in a series and I chose to do it virtually. Unfortunately, due to the date I had to submit my time and the unlucky weather streak we had, I had to run it in five inches of snow. Not fun, but it definitely challenged me. Yesterday, we received our swag – a hat and medal. The hat is…interesting. It seems they kept with the 90s clip art theme they used for the t-shirts in the other two races in the series. I’ll likely the donate the hat. I’m not impressed at all. The medal is a different story. It’s the whole reason I decided to do the virtual series in the first place. It magnetically connects to the medals from the Harrod’s Creek and Waverly Park races, and it’s so pretty! I’m usually not the person who races for the medals, but this one is an exception. Will I do this race series again? Likely, especially when life is back to normal and I feel comfortable participating in a live race. DC Timing knows how to put on fun races, and there’s usually donuts and coffee at the end. I do hope they’ll rethink their swag and revisit the t-shirts from a couple of years ago. They were incredible soft, colorful, and had great graphics.