Update: I’m NOT running the 10K Nike Human Race
Update: I just found out that my pre-registration was cancelled due to the fact that 10,000 people have already signed up to run the race in Istanbul. Apparently there is a cap on how many people can participate. Boooooooo! Maybe they should have told me this when I registered! Anyway, guess this just means I will be running on the treadmill that day.
In non-lazy days of summer news, it looks like I’m going to run a 10K at the end of the month! The race is the Nike Plus Human Race – it’s basically the world’s largest organized race taking place in 25 cities worldwide on 8.31.08. They anticipate over a million people either running in one of the organized races or at home online which could make this the single largest sporting event in history. Pretty amazing. Istanbul and New York are two of the competing cities, so if anyone wants to run against me, let me know!
Here in Istanbul, I’ll be running across one of the two bridges that cross the Bosphorous in Istanbul (the Bogazici Bridge) – probably my only opportunity ever to cross the bridge by foot as this is not like the Brooklyn Bridge where cars and pedestrians use it. Anyway, I’ve only ever run a 5K before just this past May in the Revlon Run/Walk (my first ever race) so this 10K should prove to be challenging. Updates on my training later…
http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp?sitesrc=persist_tout
afragogrunner replied:
I was thinking about doing the Human Race. Maybe I should register and try to compete against you, since your looking for a competitor. It’s not too late to register seeing as though the race is two weeks away?
August 16, 2008 at 9:01 pm. Permalink.
chrissycandid replied:
sure. who are you and which city are you in? you can still register. just go online – the link is in my original post.
August 16, 2008 at 9:26 pm. Permalink.
afragogrunner replied:
My name is Andriana and I live in the city of chicago.
August 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm. Permalink.
afragogrunner replied:
Okay I just registered for the race. Quick question though- are there no race t-shirts because there was no option for shirt size?
August 17, 2008 at 3:55 pm. Permalink.
chrissycandid replied:
awesome! I registered with Istanbul and they gave a t-shirt option, so I assume there would be one for all cities? When you finish the registration in person (I think you have 7 days from pre-registering online) I would just ask them. 13 more days!! Where does the race take place in Chi?
August 18, 2008 at 8:29 am. Permalink.
Moira replied:
I’m running 8/31 in Newberry Park, California. Select Roadrunner Sports stores are mapping out a 10k race near their store that you can do for FREE. You don’t get a t-shirt but you can always buy one on Nike.com.
August 21, 2008 at 11:46 pm. Permalink.