Anyone here in the Hogwarts Running Club? or any virtual running clubs?

[Salli]

I just found out about it and signed up to run the Patronus 5k. I want to run them ALL though. I'm surprised I hadn't ever heard about it! This virtual running thing rocks because my schedule is so crazy. Anyone have any advice?

[True]

WHAT?! where is this! I love 5ks and i didnt even know there was a hp one xD uuugh

I just noticed it also said virtual. xD please share more information about this haha. I have no idea what it is!

[kaoskat]

I know SDS has done virtual walks.....

[melodys_angel]

Sounds interesting, but its the first ive heard of it

[Salli]

Sorry, got hit with flu for a couple of days. I'm back. I just finished running the Patronus 5k under the full moon and it was awesome! Okay so how it works is:

You register for whatever race (they also have themes like Dr. Who, Star Wars and LotRings in other clubs) online, pay the fee (this one was $25+about $3 in fees). Then you run/walk/treadmill/bike the distance (you can break it up too if you need to) whenever and wherever you want! Then you post your time on a thread and you get a SWEET medal when they ship out. 70% of the money from the Hogwarts Club goes straight to whatever charity they are donating to on each race. BONUS: If you use the app "Charity Miles", corporate sponsors donate $ per mile to a charity of your choice (from several offered).

The Patronus 5k is benfiting the Noah's Light Foundation (Pediatric Brain Cancer). They do 6 races a year, each for a different charity and with a different theme. There's a 'Timer Turner' event in October where you can register for and run any/all of the races held throughout 2015 if you want.

I joined the Facebook group (along with 800+ other Ravenclaws from around the world) and they are super supportive and fun! My best friend joined under the Gryffindors. There's over 2,500 people registered for the Patronus 5k so far. Anyway, I highly recommend it. I love running alone and whenever I want to. I bet there are tons if you google 'virtual races'. Geek'd Out is also doing a Time Travel event in October where you can run any of their races from throughout the year. They had a Dr. Who one and a Back-to-the-Future one, I don't remember the others. I am hoping they do a Firefly one and a SHerlock one sometime.

I have NEVER EVER been excited about running until now. Oh! And I forgot, there aren't membership fees or anything.

[Primrose]

This sounds like so much fun 

[Salli]

It really is!

[NovelNerd]

Oh wow this sounds like a lot of fun! I'm not in shape to run now but maybe when I am this is something I should try my hand at.

[rearing_palomino164]

That sounds really interesting! Ill look into it.

[Salli]

Oh wow this sounds like a lot of fun! I'm not in shape to run now but maybe when I am this is something I should try my hand at.

I weigh 270 lbs (I'm 5' 10") and am getting into shape. This has helped me keep walking and running every day. I even look for ways to tack on some more walking into my days. It makes me excited about distance instead of dreading it. Like if I finish a walk and it's at 2.75 miles, I'm like, "Oh, I'll go around the block again to round it out to three." I can't even tell you how NOT ME this behavior is. The community has all sorts in it, people like me, hard core runners, people recovering from major injuries etc. It's amazing! Don't let out-of-shapeness hold you back.

[ghouldilocks]

This sounds really cool and fun! I started exercising pretty regularly back in May, and have been mostly good about keeping it up. I haven't worked up to running yet, but have been moderately interested in fun themed things like this - I have a friend who does the Disney runs and they look really great! Could you maybe link to the website for this? I would have no idea how to search for this and end up finding the right thing