How it works:
3 Easy Steps:
- Register any time through Saturday, May 9. Choose from 1 Mile (age 13 & under only), 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon.
- Run the distance you registered for any time between May 8 at 5 pm and May 10 at 11:59 pm. You may run outdoors or on a treadmill. Note: All current local municipality Stay at Home orders allow us to run outdoor (observing Social Distancing guidelines).
- Submit your Time.
- Use our free "IYR Virtual" mobile app which will track your run, notify you when you have completed your run distance, and automatically upload your time into the race results. (For iPhone, be sure to download version 1.3.0).
- You could also time your run on your own (with a watch, GPS or an app like MapMyRun or Strava) and then manually enter your time in the race results. Using the app just makes the process EASY!
Submit your run time:
Use the free
IYR Virtual app or record your run time and manually enter it in the race results for your distance.
Using the free IYR Virtual app:
Now just run. The app will notify you when you have completed your race distance and then automatically upload your time into the online race results.
If you prefer not to use the easy IYR Virutal app you can time your race and enter your results manually:
1.
CLICK HERE to go to the Stay Strong results page, then select the results for your distance (1 mile, 5K or 10K). The ItsYourRace results page for your distance will appear.
2. Find your name in the results for your distance. With you name you will see an "
Update Time" button. Click "UpdateTime".
3. If you are not currently logged into ItsYourRace, a login window will appear.
Log in using your ItsYourRace user id (probably your email address) and password. Can't remember ? Click "Forgot Your Password" to reset.
4.
Enter your time and click the "Save Your Time" button.
That's it!
OUR RACE CHARITY: THE MALAWI CHILDRENS' INITIATIVE
Our Mission is to improve the lives of Malawian Children through better healthcare, education, and nutrition. We do so by building bridges between our communities in the United States and Malawi.
Healthcare providers -whether doctors, nurses, midwives or clinical officers - work exceedingly hard and, despite their education, often struggle to make ends meet. MCI helps to provide salary support and educational opportunites for these essential staff so they can continue to provide compassionate care under difficult circumstances.
Malawi Children's Initiative pays school fees for impoverished children and adults. As detailed in the book, The boy who harnessed the wind, by William Kamkwamba, schools fees of as little as $10 a semester can be out of reach for many Malawians. Education opens many doors for young Malawians.
Malnutrition and starvation are common in Malawi. There is a time of year "the hungry season" when most farmers have finished last year's food and are awaiting the new harvest. Malawi Children'sInitiative provides meals and nutritional support to families of children on the pediatric wards of Kamuzu Central Hospital.
OUR ORIGIN STORY
The seed of Malawi Children’s Initiative was planted between 2011-2013 when the Fitzgerald family moved to Malawi to live and work. Daily, they witnessed extreme poverty, malnutrition, and illness, unlike anything they had ever seen. Working full time as physicians, caring for adults and children with HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and malnutrition, they were inspired by the day-to-day struggle to survive by their patients and the people they met on the streets. They also adopted 8-month-old twin boys who had recently been orphaned, bonding the Fitzgerald family forever to the people of Malawi. Malawi Children’s Initiative was formally established in 2017 as a way to increase awareness of the daily struggles faced by Malawians and to raise funds to alleviate some of the sufferings.
