Nike Human Race: Crossing the Finish Line

Crossing the Finish Line on October 24, 2009. How bittersweet.

Sure, exciting......



And then again, maybe I'm not so sure of this excitement!

Don't get me wrong: I.LOVE.RUNNING. I.LOVE.NIKE+. I LOVE. with PASSION.

But crossing the finish line for me meant that a small chapter in my life was coming to an end. So much time spent (August-October) learning, recruiting, running, motivating, inspiring, meeting and encouraging the Pied Pipers was coming to an end. I had some major "day-after" blues on Sunday.

Crossing the Finish Line for me was never about "hurrying up to get it over with" (although I'm currently working to shave time off my 10K!) because I knew that when it was over, it might truly be over if I let it.

In the days since Sunday, though, I've decided that it will only "be over" if I "let it be over."

And I've decided that no matter what I won't "let it be over." I'm not finished - I don't think the Pipers are finished - with what we started! And what we started was a TEAM - a PACK - a PASSIONATE VIRTUAL RUNNING EMPIRE, if you will!

I believe that where we begin to go from here is to recruit and gather more people who want to join us! Very shortly, this Nike+ Human Race 2009 Blog will probably fade away - after all, it's almost 2010 - and we'll have a NEW Human Race to look forward to. But as soon as I launch our "new place," I will be sure to post it up HERE! I will post it on Facebook. I will post it on Twitter. I will post it everywhere I can think possible.

And then......IT'S ON!!!!!!

Until then, feel free to leave messages here! Let us all know what you are up to, who you've recruited to join the Pipers, what you are running (or why you're not running!) and probably most importantly.....awesome new "food finds:)"

Cheers!

Let the Nike+ Pied Piper Spirit Continue

JUST BECAUSE the Nike+ 10K Human Race is almost over, doesn't mean the Pied Pipers have to say "good bye." I've never been good at "good bye" anyways:)

I'm now taking suggestions for a "New Project" that we could do "Virtually" together! Here are the things to think about and to respond to:

• What would be fun?
  
• What are you all training for that being a part of the Pied Pipers would still benefit you?
• How could a virtual team get you from point A. to point B.?
  
• What does your ideal virtual team look like?
• What could we do better? Different? The same?
  
• How could we keep it creative and continuously interesting?
• How long should we do this for?
• Who would we want to recruit?
• How would we recruit new people?
• What else????

If you are interested, please post your comments on this Blog so we can all see and respond and collaborate on!

Let's Be Nike+ Friends

The Pied Pipers are doing such a great job of recruiting as many people as possible for the Nike+ 10.24.2009 10K Human Race!

We are trying to build a Pied Piper Empire.

"Enticing others to Lead!"

One Social Media Site we can ALL utilize, since we ALL have a Nike+ Device is the Nike+ Friends Site.

1. Invite your Nike friends to join Nike+.
2. Find Friends who already use Nike+. (Perhaps you've seen someone in a lot of challenges with you that you'd like to be friends with?)
   

Then, BE A SOCIAL BUTTERLY - VIRTUALLY! Connect with them. Invite them to our Pied Piper Team. Invite them to our Pied Piper ONLY Challenges! Have fun!

I am encouraging ALL PIED PIPERS to build your network of Nike+ Friends by 10 people between now and the Human Race on 10.24.2009. Invite them to join our team!

And as always....Happy Running!

ANNOUNCEMENT: BRAND NEW Pied Piper's ONLY Nike+ Challenge

We are on a Quest to be 1,200+ PIED PIPERS Strong!

In honor of this, today I am beginning a new Challenge to encourage everyone to join our team! This Challenge will run from Thursday, October 1 - Thursday, October 15th.

Challenge: Here's your chance to win a "Nike+ Replacement Sensor + Official 2009 Human Race T-Shirt." You already run a ton; here's to encourage you to run even more AND to Run with Us! Join the Human Race http://bit.ly/UZ1xd and then the Pied Pipers http://bit.ly/152Z2N! NEW Pipers to log at least 37 miles will be entered into drawing. Winner will be notified on 10.16.2009.

Click HERE to go directly to Challenge!