Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Home for the Holidays Virtual 10K Results and Winners

First, we just want to thank Aaron, Stephanie's husband, for all his help on this Virtual 10K. He has spent hours making sure the technology behind the scenes and has gone flawless for this. We could not have done it without him!


Big hugs for Aaron! Love Stephanie


We are so  happy to report that the Home for the Holidays Virtual 10K was a big success!!  The three of us (Stephanie, Robin, and Ashley) had a blast putting it together and participating in this race.  We had an even better time listening to all of your stories and checking out your fun holiday costumes.  We definitely want to make this an annual event and hope that all of you will participate.

You can check out the full album of holiday pictures here.  There are some really amazing and creative pictures and costumes.  We loved them all.  So glad people really got into the spirit and made some time to run for fun during the holiday weekend. Ashley will continue updating the page as she receives more pictures. Feel free to tag yourself, share the page, or your story!

We received a ton of stories from people.  People from over 40 states and multiple countries participated in the event and told us all about how they went out in the snow or heat, rain or shine to run this race (if you ran from a different country, we really appreciate you running & are so sorry we can’t enter you in the sweepstakes).  While some ran solo, others were able to find camaraderie with their friends, family, or even their pets.  For some this was your first virtual race or even better your first 10K.   Regardless of the conditions, we were so happy to have you join in the fun and congratulations on finishing the Home for the Holidays Virtual 10K.

Many of you sent us your stories, we loved reading them and hearing all about your adventures.  If you sent us your stories in blog format, we have posted them below and we are always happy to add more:




Many more of you sent us snippets of your stories as well, bloggers and non-bloggers alike.  If you are not on this list, we are so sorry.  Please email us and we are happy to link to your post on your Virtual 10K recap.  Thank you again for sending us your stories.  We tried to find the best way to put them together.  This is the best way we found.  We had so many more stories as well but it was hard to put them all in, we apologize. They were all amazing.

Ok now to the stuff you have all been waiting for....

First off, results - check it out here.  They are really impressive! We cannot believe how speedy and determined you all are.  Congrats again. (Thanks again Aaron for posting all of our times!) Now Aaron is a computer genius but unfortunately this all was kind of done on the fly and we added in requests for hometowns and the like late. So if your specific demographics etc are not up there. We can't put them up there now. I am sorry, apparently something about Aaron and I still having to go to our day jobs? Again, I am really really sorry about this. Please forgive us!

Second, the costumes were amazing! It was hard to really make a choice. Thank you everyone for really getting into the spirit. We loved them all and wish everyone could win. We could not pick just one, so we picked two - we could not help ourselves. Congrats to:

Kelly won a Five Bamboo Crop Leggings

Harmony from Keep On Keeping On
Harmony won a Five Bamboo Hoodie

Finally, here are our winners.  There are a lot, so search carefully. We did not want to put up last names. We are hoping there are no duplicates. I will be emailing all of you to ensure that you are the correct winners. So look out for the email to come!

 Once again, we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and thank you so much again for participating. It was great to find all these new runners and bloggers and have a full new list of people to follow and read up on :)  Finally, if you are a winner, please let us know ASAP, so we can get your presents out to you.  Email 26.2runforfun@gmail.com. You have one week to collect on your winnings or we will have to choose a new winner. Please allow us some time, there are lots of winners, which is amazing but the prizes may take a little bit to get to all of you...

Early Registration Winner Brooks Running Shoes: Richelle H.



Healthy Happier Bear (Ashley): Luluemon Size 12 Run Swiftly t-shirt
Penny
Westford Mommy (Robin): $15 Itunes Gift Card
Michaela L
Run for Fun (Stephanie): Men's Dri-Fit I Heart My Crazy Bitch from Stephanie
Paul L
Run for Fun (Stephanie): Run for Fun Bondi Band from Stephanie
Pam H
Losing Weight in the City (Theodora Blanchfield): Assorted Gu Pack
Karen C
Cross Country Cajun: $25 gift card Fleet Feet Card
Elaine H
Sparkly Soul:  Headbands (1 wide, 1 thin in holiday colors)
Lindsay J
Choose Cherries: gift pack
Jill W
Nancy C
Road ID: 1 free Road ID
Mike J
Attune Foods: 6 Month Supply of Cereal
Nicole T
Skin Sake: 6 Tubes of Skin Sake (3 winners, 2 tubes per winner)
Ashley C
Skin Sake: 6 Tubes of Skin Sake (3 winners, 2 tubes per winner)
Janine R
Skin Sake: 6 Tubes of Skin Sake (3 winners, 2 tubes per winner)
Amber H
Pretzel Crisps: 2 Cases of Pretzel Crisps (2 winners, 1 case per winner)
Molly L
Pretzel Crisps: 2 Cases of Pretzel Crisps (2 winners, 1 case per winner)
Josephine R
Chobani: 12 Pack Variety Case of Chobani (5 winners)
Sheryl J
Chobani: 12 Pack Variety Case of Chobani (5 winners)
Jill R
Chobani: 12 Pack Variety Case of Chobani (5 winners)
Izzi S
Chobani: 12 Pack Variety Case of Chobani (5 winners)
Tiffany A
Chobani: 12 Pack Variety Case of Chobani (5 winners)
Amy B
Nuun: 4 pack of Nuun with Water Bottle (4 winners) 
Paula C
Nuun: 4 pack of Nuun with Water Bottle (4 winners) 
Carolyn J
Nuun: 4 pack of Nuun with Water Bottle (4 winners) 
Christine C
Nuun: 4 pack of Nuun with Water Bottle (4 winners) 
Kimra M
Popchips: Pack of Popchips
Erika H
Bekah W
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Aleece P
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Tracey T
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Ellen G
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Amanda M
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Melissa E
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Lyndsi S
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Jennifer A
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Jen T
Tommie Cooper Beanie
JoAnn N
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Elizabeth E
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Kim R
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Stephanie G
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Anne P
Tommie Cooper Beanie
Farron McIntee


Thank you to all our amazing sponsors!! Thank you again for participating and Happy Holidays!

From Ashley

From Robin and Stephanie




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