So lately, I've been kind of doing this thing where I organize live race day events for my friends and I do Virtual Races together. That is one of the beautiful things about Virtual Races, your race, your rules. So when I saw this cool event benefitting Girls on the Run, and some seriously awesome SWAG, I got my girl squad involved and set out to plan. About 15 of us registered for either the 5K or the 10K. I am still on injured reserve or I'd have done the Half (next year). You could even do double and triple play events to earn multiple medals.

For the race day event, I came up with some scenic routes in downtown Rock Hill and gathered supplies for a finish line party on our race day of April 10. The official race dates were the 10th and 11th. The weather was a bit damp, but another beauty of a Virtual is that you can play with the time. 2 ladies decided to do their races the day before to stay dry and 1 was out of the area so she did hers solo but posted on our FB event page. We had coffee, donut holes, Ultima, water and bananas to celebrate after. And since I was technically RD for my event and manning the finish line I went out the next morning to put in my 10K at my favorite local trail. Again, Virtual Races = Flexibility.

The SWAG we got was a tech shirt, bright medal with detachable charm, bondi band, reusable shopping bag, Ultima samples (8 I think), bib, and suntan lotion.

As far as the race management, they were super communicative and supportive. If you tagged them on social media, they always commented. They had a Facebook group for the event that encouraged lots of posting and even had photo tags to decorate your pictures. They held several giveaway events, one of which I won a visor. A friend of mine also won a visor as well so that was cool. One of the ladies was missing something out of her packet and sent them a message and it was immediately resolved. You could tell that they really cared about their racers. It was a great event and I'd for sure do it again.