Sunday, May 3, 2020

Alumni virtual 4-mile challenge

This Pandemic Papers series has brought alumni – already a strong group – together in ways that probably wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t have this unique time. Sometimes, unintended consequences bring about positives. Call them silver linings among the proverbial dark clouds of our days. One group of alums, from the mid to late 2000s (does that decade have a “name”? … the “oughts”?), has been doing weekly challenges during the quarantine. Their next one, a pre-Mother’s Day 4-miler, they would like to open up to the entire Marist Running world – past, present, future. Prinz (class of 2006) emailed me about it as asked me to plug it on the blog. Of course! The six guys doing the weekly challenges are CT, Hopkins, Harris, Schab, Rolek and Prinz.

Here are the details, from Prinz: Run a 4-miler anytime from on Friday May 8th, 2020 or Saturday May 9th, 2020. Cut off for submitting results is 5 p.m. EST on May 9th. Let's just have some fun. None of this is official. I'll believe any time you submit. Treadmill, GPS watch, or app for measurement. Stay safe. Follow all local and state rules with outdoor activities. Thanks!

Here’s a direct link to the challenge. Go for it!
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4 comments:

  1. tom wMay 4, 2020 at 6:45 PM

    Love this. I don't have Prinz's contact info, but any chance you could ask him to add another field to the form so we can add in notes about our race? Would be cool if there was space to share splits, video, notes on our virtual race, or context (e.g. this is my first "race" in 13 years).


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  2. seanMay 4, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    Hi Tom--great idea. I've added that section.
    Have a good one!
    - Prinz

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  3. ConorMay 5, 2020 at 9:19 PM

    Well shit, self prescribed a 20 minute tempo yesterday at 5:38 pace... THEN read this post! Forever Foxes have a group on Strava, if the slightly old(er than me) men mentioned above would be inclined!

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  4. tom wMay 6, 2020 at 4:57 PM

    Forgive my ignorance but what's Strava?

    #old

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