Embrace New England's winter months with our Snow Spartans Series - with fun weekly themes! The Snow Spartans Series will keep you active, outside, and motivated with a supportive and encouraging group during the inevitably unpredictable northeast winter. The series is open to all levels of runners and walkers.
DATES: Tuesdays from 12/12/23 - 03/12/24
TIME: 6:00pm
COST: FREE!!!
LOCATION: Meet at 4RUN3, located at 78 Center Square in East Longmeadow
DISTANCE: You can run any distance you want, between 2 and 6 miles! It's up to you! (Routes will be available upon request and can also be accessed in the RunGo app.)
HOW & WHAT YOU CAN WIN:
- SNOW SPARTANS KING OR QUEEN!
- Earn points towards being crowned Snow Spartans King or Queen by attending Tuesday runs and participating in weekly themes!
- For every Tuesday night run you attend, you will receive ONE point.
- For every theme night you participate in, you will receive ONE point.
- The male & female with the most points at the end of the series will be CROWNED King & Queen!
- RAFFLE TICKETS
- Each time you come to run (or walk!), you will get ONE raffle ticket.
- If it's raining (or otherwise precipitating), you'll get TWO raffle tickets!
- If the "real feel" is in the single digits, you'll get THREE raffle tickets!
- If you participate in our weekly theme, you will receive ONE raffle ticket for that night!
- Listen closely through the series for extra raffle ticket incentives!
- Raffle tickets will be collected in a jar and we'll keep adding to it week after week! The more you come, the better your odds of winning!
- WEEKLY RAFFLE DRAWINGS
- Each week, before everyone heads out, we will draw a name from the raffle ticket jar and that person will win the raffle of the week! Some weeks we may even draw more than one!
- The weekly raffle tickets we draw will be discarded.
- Participants MUST BE PRESENT to win the weekly raffles.
- THE GRAND FINALE
- At our last Snow Spartans session, on 3/12/24, we will have a big party to celebrate the ending of winter and the beautiful beginning of spring!
- At the grand finale celebration, a Snow Spartans King & Queen will be crowned!
- At the grand finale celebration, we will draw MANY raffle tickets, giving away lots of fun prizes including:
- Running Shoes!
- 4RUN3 Gift Certificates!
- Training Program Vouchers!
- and more!
WEEKLY THEMES:
There will be weekly themes to participate in together each week! Certainly, the more engaged you are, the more fun it is for everyone! All registered participants will receive a list of fun weekly themes to participate in at the first run! List is linked below for easy reference.
OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:
- Please note that this is an unstructured, uncoached group.
- We will have some hard copy route options available for you, but you're welcome to choose from any of our RunGo routes (between 2 and 6 miles).
- RunGo routes can be found by searching in the RunGo app, beginning with "4RUN3", and then a whole bunch of route options will pop up.
- We will help you connect with others running your pace and distance. And then out the door you go!