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When the opportunity to sign up for a Friends themed virtual race, I didn’t hesitate signing up! Funny, I had actually started following the race account on social prior to Bibrave offering the opportunity. I was THAT excited. But what set the FRIENDSGIVING virtual race apart from any other race I could have signed up for, was not only the Friends theme, but the fact I could sign up for just 1 mile. We had the option of 1 mile, 5K, or 10K.
Since I signed up prior to starting my postpartum running journey, I knew 1 mile was a safe distance to commit to. If anything, I could run/walk it and know that wouldn’t be too much on my body as I already had been doing 1 mile walks.
Communication was great throughout the whole process. As we all have probably heard, supply chain issues are definitely a thing and it had an impact on our race. The medals unfortunately hadn’t arrived yet. The race made a choice to go ahead and send out our swag bags regardless, which I was so happy they did, so I could rock my cozy sweatshirt all day long.
I knew I was going to be running my 1 mile super early, because I was hosting our family Thanksgiving. While laying in bed, I could just hear the rain pounding on the roof and siding and at that moment, made the call to run the 1 mile on the treadmill. Not sure if anyone else is like this, but treadmill running is much more difficult to me than running on the road. So, I already knew I wasn’t going to be able to run the entire mile like I would have if on the road. But, the point was to complete it and have fun, and that’s exactly what I did! I ran the mile with a couple walk breaks and then was able to go inside, shower and prepare for the fun filled day with food and family.
I would definitely recommend this virtual series to anyone who loves Friends! I can’t wait for our medals to arrive and to add it to my collection.
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