{"id":473,"date":"2020-03-28T21:29:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T04:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/news\/target\/aravaipa-strong-valley-running-company-to-hold-virtual-race\/"},"modified":"2020-03-29T23:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T06:04:23","slug":"aravaipa-strong-valley-running-company-to-hold-virtual-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/aravaipa-strong-valley-running-company-to-hold-virtual-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Aravaipa Strong: Valley running company to hold virtual race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aravaipa Running<\/a> is used to putting on trail races for hundreds of people. Those races, typically ranging in distance from 5k to 50k, celebrate Arizona\u2019s natural beauty, as runners explore the state\u2019s deserts, mountains, canyons and forests. While the Phoenix-based company hopes to still make its next event a shared experience for runners, it will look a little different.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot get together. We cannot put on physical events,\u201d says Aravaipa president Hayley Pollack. \u201cBut we still want to get the broad, general community of runners together, to do what they love.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s called the \u201cAravaipa Strong Virtual Race<\/a>.\u201d During a time of social distancing, runners will sign up for a 5k, 10k, 1\/2 marathon, marathon or 50k as usual, but at a location and time of their choosing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that can be on a treadmill, it can be loops in your backyard, it can be loops in your neighborhood, or it can be at a mountain park or trail system near your house,\u201d says Aravaipa Owner & CEO Jamil Coury.<\/p>\n

Basically, runners get to make their own course. Runners also get to pick the day they run, anywhere from April 17-26. But like a more traditional race, there will be swag. Runners will be shipped a bib to wear, and will also receive a race t-shirt, sticker, and custom finisher\u2019s medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it could help people by keeping people connected, keeping people motivated with something to train for,\u201d says Coury. \u201cI know for myself, it\u2019s been a bit hard this last week; do I have to go out and do my run and train?\u201d<\/p>\n

Pollack adds, \u201cEven if they\u2019re not lining up next to somebody, I think it\u2019s important to have events where people can go out and have something to train for, and a goal. Just mentally, and emotionally, it\u2019s helpful when things are stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aravaipa Running\u2019s already postponed at least its next seven physical races. And it’s an events-based company. So the $49 registration cost will help support Aravaipa\u2019s team of employees. Additionally, 10% of proceeds will go to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.<\/p>\n

Originally published on www.azfamily.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aravaipa Running is used to putting on trail races for hundreds of people. Those races, typically ranging in distance from 5k to 50k, celebrate Arizona\u2019s natural beauty, as runners explore the state\u2019s deserts, mountains, canyons and forests. While the Phoenix-based company hopes to still make its next event a shared experience for runners, it will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}