Do you like FREE things and do you like to run RACES? Then you need to check out the National Running Challenge!

The National Running Challenge is a challenge for runners who run races. Each challenge series runs for several months.  All you have to do is after each race, enter your stats to earn points. Your finishing time does not matter! The longer the race, the more points you get. However, there needs to be an official results page.

The Fall series is now over and believe it or not, I won my Age Group!

If you are leading  in the standings, whether it is overall or age group, you may win prizes! The prizes can be anything from gift cards to running related items!

My prize is worth a big $5 but at least I won something. (The number of winners and prize values in your age group is dependent on the total number of participants in your age group.)

So you may win a prize even if you are not fast.  That is cool!

The Spring series goes from January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014. The prize pool has gone up from $575 to $1150. You can also find and register for races through Active.com from this site.

So if you sign up, be sure to put me down as your referral, Darlene Cardillo! (That’ll give me 5 more points!)

Happy Running!  Did you sign up?