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Having canceled or postponed their events, some marathons, like the Ottawa Marathon, have offered the runners who had registered for their races an opportunity to run it virtually wherever they will be; record their runs on the available online running applications and forward their results to the race organizers.
In such times as these when there are no races around, most of the runners will find themselves easily postponing their daily runs, perhaps deciding to pause running for a while, or even eventually ending up stopping running completely in the end.
However, when one is preparing for a virtual race, they may be compelled to keep training towards their race goals.
Below are some of the pros and cons to the virtual races:
However, when one is preparing for a virtual race, they may be compelled to keep training towards their race goals.
Below are some of the pros and cons to the virtual races: