The 401st Marathon – VIRTUAL CHALLENGE

Hey all

So I have been trying to think of a suitable 10k route for
us to use as a social run on the 8th October for a virtual 401st
that isn’t constricted by differing paces and have come up with the following
idea.

Do Bracknell parkrun as normal at 9am, have a break for cake
and coffee (in true Ben Smith style) and then repeat the three lap course after
the official parkrun is over.

This will mean that it doesn’t matter what your pace is we
can still all do it together J

It’s not officially linked to parkrun and it’s purely a
social run but I wanted to offer club members and their friends and families
the opportunity to ‘Run with Ben’ for the 401st marathon. I’ll take
some pictures and send them to Ben and the 401 team (I have invited Ben to join
us but I’m thinking he might fancy his first Saturday off running for over a
year!!!)

In usual parkrun style you can run, walk, jog, crawl, push a
buggy, bring a dog, wear fancy dress whatever you like. All you have to do if
you want to get the 401st marathon bling is to register for the
virtual event with etchrock and then log your run on the site afterwards – your
medal and goodie bag will then come in the post!

See below the link to the etchrock site to register for the
virtual challenge

http://etchrock.com/challenge/buy-ticket/marathon-401

Anyone can register to run the virtual challenge  – adults, children even dogs!  and everyone who registers and completes
either 10k, half marathon or full marathon between 2nd and 9th
October will get a medal

Regsitration costs £26.20 and all profits go straight to
Stonewall and Kidscape

So there’s three things you need to do:

1: Register

2: Turn up on the day (bring cake!)

3: Log your run and get your medal

Excited to get together with everyone and celebrate Ben’s
awesome achievement

Niki

 

Mme Sec  ;-)