Reflections on Virtual Running

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This last week has seen the instigation of a Virtual National Road Relay Championships. It was setup by James McCrae, with the  hope that it would encourage some keen competition for runners in this time of coronavirus lockdown. Rules included:

Run through the innovative OpenTrack platform, athletes will run a 5km leg in their local area, measured by their GPS watch. They will then upload this to the central results platform, which will update over the five days, allowing athletes and team...