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iRun for Diabetes Virtual Half Marathon

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on June 22, 2013
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Today I did a virtual half marathon with many around the country for the iRun for Diabetes Virtual Race event.  I started out with three wonderful running partners, Amy Lundy, Tasha Ruth, & Joanna Gell.  We started out in Mt. Pleasant at St. Andrews Church in the Old Village.  We headed out and ran through the Old Village, and out to the Ben Sawyer Connector.

We took the bridge over to Sullivan’s Island, and made a quick stop at Dunleavy’s for a gel, at the 4 mile mark.  This was Tasha & Joanna’s turn around point as they were doing 8 miles.  It was a bitter sweet point, as this was the last I will see of Joanna for over a year.  She gets on a plane to move to Los Angeles to work at the Mattel Children’s Hospital.  It was a little sad, but so happen for her.  We are hoping to meet up again in September 2014 to do the Disneyland Half Marathon together.  Sorry for the digress….

So after they headed back, Amy and I continued on through Sullivan’s Island and on to Isle of Palms.  We ran all the way to the Isle of Palms Connector.  We stopped at the Subway there, and met up with a few from the TrySports Running Crew, which had fresh water.  It was a good rest at the 8 mile mark to pop another gel.  Then we were off again.

We head back toward Sullivan’s Island and retraced our track to Sullivan’s Island, back over the Ben Sawyer Bridge, back to the Old Village and finished up.  We took a few alternate routes, and thus ended up running a total of 14.5 miles.  I was a really great run.

Thanks to Amy for doing the entire distance with me, and thanks to Tasha & Joanna for doing the first portion.  It was a great run for a great cause.

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iRun Against Diabetes Weekend

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on June 18, 2013
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This weekend, June 21-24, 2013, is the iRun Against Diabetes Virtual Race Weekend. I have signed up to run the half marathon event on Saturday.  I have also agreed to walk the 5k with some coworkers on Friday, and also do the 5k with my wife at some point this weekend, probably with our dogs!  I hope you signed up to do this incredible events as well.  The registration was only $10, and all the proceeds go to diabetes research.

I have a few friends that are going to run parts of the half with me on Saturday, so I will always have someone running by my side.  I encourage you to get out and do it, and show your support.

After you finish the event, all you do is go online to the website and post your times with all the others across the country who participated.

If you signed up, you will be getting a lovely medal to remember the event.  Everyone that knows me, knows that I like the bling.  My coworker Michael got his medal in the mail yesterday.

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Good luck this weekend if you are doing one of the events.  If not, show your encouragement for all the others out there that are doing it, by posting in the comments.

Virtual Race: iRun Against Diabetes (June 21-24, 2013)

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on May 20, 2013
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On Saturday when I was running with my friend Maribel, she said she signed up to do a Virtual Race.  I had been hearing this term recently and asked her more about it.  A virtual race is a race you sign up for and run in your own town within a set time frame with others across the country.  When you finish you go on a website and post your finish times.  This sounded really neat, so I asked her more about the race she was going to do.

The race is iRun Against Diabetes.  This is a virtual 5K/10K/Half marathon race that you can choose to run on your own, with a group, as a team or as part of an organized race.  All you need to do is walk, run or crawl your way to the completion of 3.1, 6.2 or 13.1 miles.  After you have completed your distance, simply go this website and log in your time via the CONTACT page and you are done! It is THAT simple. Each race distance has a 4 day window of opportunity to run your distance.

​Time submissions will be posted on active.com.  If you do not wish to have your time posted on  active’s website, just have fun, run your challenge distance and wait for your medal in the mail.  You are supporting a great cause.  Remember, if you are already running a road race you do not have to run twice, just submit your time from your road race.

The race is over the weekend from Friday, June 21, 2013 – 01:00 AM until Monday, June 24, 2013 – 11:00 PM.  You have any time within this window to complete your race.

The race is only $10 no matter which event you do.  You can register here.

This sounds really neat, and I think I am going to sign up for the half marathon, and my wife is going to sign up for the 5k.  I encourage you to think about it and sign up.  Anyone can walk a 5k and it is for a good cause.

Now all my running partners know, I am all about the bling (medal!) when I sign up for races.  Well, we are in luck!  All registrants for 5K, 10K and half marathon challenge receive a finisher’s medal in the mail.  If you do not want to run/walk – please consider donating to the cause with a sleep-in donation.  Please see our DONATIONS page for details.

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There are more details on the website.  Check it out and consider it.  Please comment on this blog post if you sign up.  If we have enough people in the area sign up, we may try and put together a group outing for the various events.