Virtual races during pandemic?

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SjohnA Mar 2020 9:18am, 19 Mar 2020 35 posts	0 SjohnA Since most, if not all races will be cancelled for a while, why not set up some virtual races in the race calendar for each distance every Sunday? Results should be for the race distance and not a flying 5k during a 4 miles run etc and include a GPS track. It would give us something to do each weekend for a bit Quite annoying that I am probably close to PB form for 10k to half marathon and have a lack of opportunities!!
fetcheveryone Mar 2020 11:02am, 19 Mar 2020 23,513 posts	0 fetcheveryone I'll see if I can work something out later today.
SjohnA Mar 2020 11:06am, 19 Mar 2020 36 posts	0 SjohnA Cheers fetch!
Velociraptor Mar 2020 11:19am, 19 Mar 2020 45,693 posts	0 Velociraptor This would be fantastic, and might also be a good Fetch recruiting strategy.
fetcheveryone Mar 2020 11:32am, 20 Mar 2020 23,526 posts	0 fetcheveryone Whilst I suss it out, make yourself some Fetch Miles to compete on: fetcheveryone.com/mile.php
PeteFastFeet May 2020 7:22pm, 26 May 2020 126 posts	0 PeteFastFeet Could we have the virtual races for future weeks in the plan....I need a bit of training to commit to the half marathon and strangely a virtual race is a motivator.
PeteFastFeet May 2020 4:01pm, 27 May 2020 127 posts	0 PeteFastFeet Fetch has added the virtual races to each weekend now, so we can pick a distance in the future and plan for it. Thanks Fetch. (organising 5 races a week takes some doing!)