Can Virtual Racing Ever Replace The Real Thing? We Found Out
Though most marathons and triathlons remain on hold, connective tech means you can still make this the year you crush a big race. Get after it
By KRISTIAN RHIM AND MARTY MUNSON 01/06/2021 (USA Duathlon) Steve Wallace/Creative Concepts Photography
Holden Comeau, a former pro triathlete, is 600m from the finish line of the Zwift National Championship race. He is in third place, pedalling steadily to maintain his lead against the 750 or so competitors behind him. He sees the two cyclists ahead start to pull away, but he waits until the 100m mark to make his move.
Cary Wing, who works in the fitness and lifestyle medicine industry, is using Richmond’s iconic road race, the Monument Avenue 10k, to reunite in-person with her daughter for the first time since the pandemic hit Virginia last spring.
Kevin Quinn of Loudonville persevered through a downpour to finish the 10-mile portion of the inaugural three-pronged Miles on the Mohawk running event Sunday.
The Philadelphia Distance Run Is Establishing a Nonbinary Division. Here’s Why That Matters
The PDR’s new organizers have put inclusion and equity at the core of the race.
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When runners sign up for a race, they expect to check one of two boxes. Competitors will race in one of two gender divisions, and winners will receive prize money from one of two pools. Race divisions split between the gender binary male or female is a norm that most runners expect, and few have challenged.
Yet in the fall of 2021, the Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) plans to do just that.