Boring Adam's FYTO5k Virtual Race

Last year I ran in Boring Adam's Freeze Your Thorns Off 5k Virtual Race. I had a great time dragging my winter weight up and then down a 3 mile hill in tow of a little husky... she was probably my savior for breaking 20 minutes (on the downhill at least)! Video Evidence.

Now, the time has come around for the 2012 version and there is still time to register. Just go to The Boring Runner and leave a comment that you would like to run, because you do. It might just be the reason you get  out of bed for your run on Saturday morning...

After all, you don't want to wait another 12 months to Freeze Your Thorns Off, do you?

Good luck!

Freeze Your Thorns Off Virtual 5k Race Report

With Temperature near zero (that is not windchill...) this virtual race lived up to every bit of it hype. Now, for all the specifics click on the video, sit back and enjoy!!



(Virtual) Race Preview- FYTOV5K

It's not too late folks, there are plenty of great starting positions still available for the Freeze Your Thorns Off Virtual 5k sponsored by Adam over at The Boring Runner! The great thing about this event is, you can sleep in, run your regularly scheduled run and then be eligible for giveaways and see where you rank amongst your peers worldwide. Heck, you could even run just about any finishing time you want to, report... all that is getting in your way is a little thing called integrity. Though if that is your road, maybe you ought to get off this train right now.

Lilith is virtually always ready to run

Still here... I thought so. Now that all those "others" are gone it is time for the preview of what might or might not happen for my FYTO Virtual 5k.

Likely, I will run with the youngest of my pups, Lily, and probably on the trails around the house. While distances are not marked, I have a decent idea of how far is far and when is when... so the 5k distance is virtually all but assured to be accurate and... if not, it is super hilly anyway so a good workout will be had!

Another option is to head over to the Tanawha Trail on the backside of Grandfather Mtn to partake in a Wikispaces organized event of 13.1miles up to 50k... or whatever... where others will also be running my favorite trail in NWNC. Doubtful on this being a reality though as this would take most of the day- leaving Lynnea to fend for herself in the constant battle between sleep, changing diapers and feeding... I swear, for not being able to do anything, baby Sylas sure keeps us busy virtually every minute of the day.

So, check out Adam's virtual race website and join hundreds of other runners as we all test ourselves against ourselves within the framework of virtual camaraderie! It is the essence of running and it is free.

You may Freeze Your Thorns Off, but you won't regret it! Happy Running!