Virtual 140.6 Ride-Run-Swim or 50 Mile Hike/Walk/Run
For Hunger Relief in Appalachia
Two Options: Triathlon (140.6) or Walk (50)
You don’t have to complete all the miles in one day
Take as long as you need as long as you finish by July 31, 2020
Your 5Ks, Half-Marathons, Triathlons, Group Rides, and Fun Walks have been cancelled or postponed, so join our virtual 140.6 mile ride-run-swim or 50 mile hike/walk/run, get a cool t-shirt, and support hunger relief in Appalachia through Scarlette Jasper’s Olive Branch Ministries. You don’t have to complete all of your miles in a day. Take as many days as you need as long as you finish by July 31, 2020. Register by June 15 to get the cool t-shirt. Register Here
All proceeds (our only overhead is the cost of the t-shirt and mailing) go directly to Olive Branch Ministries to be used in hunger relief in Appalachia for those hit hardest by the COVID 19 pandemic. More about where the proceeds go
Choose your event and complete the mileage on your own time and wherever you want, take as many days as you like, as long as you finish by July 31, 2020. Log your miles each week and submit them to tfhappalachia@cbf.net. Also learn about some of the work of Together for Hope Appalachia.
Ride, Run & Swim - 140.6 miles
(anywhere you like and take as many days as you need as long as you finish by July 31)
Ride - 112 miles (Virtually ride from the home of the First Baptist Church Middlesboro’s, Appalachian Immersion Experience, to First Baptist Church, Williamsburg’s, Together We Hope Ministries, to First Baptist Church Corbin’s, Community Missions, to the Emma Quire Mission Center in Owsley County in KY)
Run - 26.2 miles (Virtually run through Bridges for Hope sites in Bluefield, VA and WV, including Bluefield College, The Wade Center, Crea Company, IMPACT Mission Camps, and McDowell County Farms)
Swim - 2.4 miles (or Ride or Run) (Virtually swim in Stearns, KY, home of Extreme Build)
Or
50 Mile Hike, Walk, or Run
(in your neighborhood, on a trail, at the park or wherever you like and take as many days as you need as long as you finish by July 31)
(Virtually hike, walk, or run: through Bridges for Hope sites in Bluefield, VA and WV, including Bluefield College, IMPACT Mission Camps, The Wade Center, and Crea Company; around Booneville to the Emma Quire Mission Center in Owsley County, KY; from Stearns, KY, home of Extreme Build, to First Baptist Church, Williamsburg’s, Together We Hope Ministries, to First Baptist Church Corbin’s, Community Missions; and from First Baptist Church, Middlesboro, home of the Appalachian Immersion Experience, to the Tri-State Peak to celebrate your accomplishment with a beautiful view of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee)
What you need to know
What Does Virtual Mean?
You don’t actually walk, run, ride, or swim in the locations listed above. In a virtual run you complete the mileage in your hometown or the area of your choice. The miles can be completed on multiple days, whenever you want as long as you finish by July 31, 2020.
Cost: $30
T-Shirt Design
Check out our awesome t-shirt, designed and printed right here in Appalachia (Print My Threads), supporting the local economy. The shirt order will be placed on June 15 and mailed to you after June 22, after you complete your miles. Register by June 15 to get the t-shirt.
Heather Blue: Crew neck, short sleeves and designed with superior Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton that acts as the best blank canvas for printing. Features: Side-seamed. Retail fit. Unisex sizing. Shoulder taping.
Register
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Register by June 15 to get a t-shirt.
Log Your Miles
Give us the screen name you would like for us to use when we post your results. Share your results (date, mileage, event) once a week or as often as you like and we will post the results on our Participants’ Progress page. You will be sent a link to the form where you can submit your miles and a link to your spreadsheet.
Follow Your Progress and Results
If you choose, your progress and results will be posted here under whatever screen name you choose:
Progress & Results
Facebook
Virtual 140.6 Triathlon & 50 Mile Walk Facebook Group
Just for fun. Share your pictures, stories, & videos of your rides, runs, walks, & swims in our Facebook group. Let us see where you are running and walking, what kind of bike you ride, maybe screen shots of your route, distance, elevation, or paces. Talk about how you plan to complete your miles. Make your own finish line picture. Selfies welcomed here.
Are You Competitive?
This is not a race, but if you are competitive and want to make it a race, we will acknowledge those who complete all of the miles in the shortest time from the time you start.
We will also acknowledge participants in the hike/walk/run who log the most miles by July 31, 2020. Have fun with it.
Questions
tfhappalachia@cbf.net
More About Where the Proceeds Go
Hunger Relief in Appalachia through Olive Branch Ministries
Visit our Virtual Run & Ride & Walk locations (Together for Hope Friends and Partners)
Virtual Walk, Run, Ride, or Swim for Hunger Relief
Get some exercise motivation this summer while you help with hunger relief through Scarlette Jasper and Together for Hope Appalachia.
Don’t let the miles scare you. You can take as many days as you need to complete the miles as long as you finish by July 31. It’s virtual so you can walk, run, ride, or swim anywhere you like.
Two Options
(1) 50 Mile Hike, Walk, or Run
(2) 140.6 Mile Ride, Run, and Swim