Buy Walking VideosRace Across USA: SLC Down, Headed Toward Omaha!
Cruising past Salt Lake City, Utah on the Race Across the USA! Despite the glitch in the Nike+ Website, we gathered enough miles to get us past Salt Lake and on to Omaha, Nebraska! Imagine yourself running past the mountainy forests of Wyoming and the vast sea of farmland that is Nebraska!
These are the cities we are going to see along the way:
- Los Angeles, California – Starting Point
- Sacramento, California – 384 miles
- Salt Lake City, Utah – 1,036 miles
- Omaha, Nebraska – 1,971 miles
- Chicago, Illinois – 2,439 miles
- New York, New York – 3,227 miles
You can see the full route in detail here:
Don’t forget that there are prizes for the top 10 finishers:
- 1st place – Most miles run – Four DVD set of Starling Fitness walking videos: Swami’s Beach, Sugarhouse, Moab and the as yet unreleased San Antonio Riverwalk.
- 2nd and 3rd place – Choice of three Starling Fitness DVDs.
- 4th and 5th place – Choice of two Starling Fitness DVDs.
- 6th through 10th place – Choice of one Starling Fitness DVD
Because of the glitch, the Top Ten have changed drastically. This race is still very much up for grabs. The current Top Ten are here:
There is still time to join up! To enter, you have to have a Nike+ and link it up to their online system. You cannot leave a message here to be sent an invitation. You must click on this link and ask to be added to the Race Across the USA on the Nike+ website:
You will be invited to a Speed race of 3327 miles. We’ll add the miles of everyone together. I will check the mileage every day. As soon as I notice that we have achieved the goal of 3,227 miles, I will stop the race and prizes will be announced. The Race Across the USA started March 1st, so come walk across the USA with us!
Since Nike’s system isn’t set up for a cooperative event like this, you will need to check here at Starling Fitness for progress and winners.
We reserve the right to limit participation in the challenge due to our time constraints or the limits of Nike’s system.
This event is not sponsored by Nike or Apple. Starling Fitness will choose the winners based on total mileage. Our decisions are final.
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March 11th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
So you are going to stop 100 miles early. How come? I think we should wait until the race is complete.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Brandon,
I don’t know what you mean about stopping the race 100 miles early. As soon as we all reach the 3227 miles (including the 917 miles we ran on the first attempt), I will stop the race.
I’m not going to wait until each individual person has run 3227 miles until I complete it. This is a cooperative event, but Nike’s website isn’t really set up for that kind of thing, so we’re pushing the boundaries of the technology.
Does that answer your question?
Laura Moncur