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Virtual Racing

Title (Dublin Core)

Virtual Racing

Description (Dublin Core)

As a runner, a personal loss for me was my racing season. Though I’m not an elite runner, competitive running is a very important part of my life. In April, I discovered a virtual 19K, which I entered and completed, and thought the coronavirus medal was an interesting artifact of this experience. In May, as racially motivated murders became part of the public consciousness, I was happy to see one of the organizations I race with (Rock It Racing) was hosting a virtual “Rock it for Justice” race. No awards were given, participants were asked to wear black while running and all donations (including from purchasing shirts) were given to the Equal Justice Initiative. I signed myself and my 3rd grader up, and it was a great conversation starter for talking about issues of race inequity and incarceration with my daughter. On a lighter note, the AP Read (for scoring AP exams) was done entirely virtually this year. A “lazy marathon” was held for Readers who ran, biked, or swam certain distances during the 9 day read. It took me 2 days to hit 26.2 miles!

Date (Dublin Core)

June 29, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Kathryn Jue

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Kathryn Jue

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Recreation & Leisure
English Sports

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

marathon
#blacklivesmatter
runner
virtual racing
running
Equal Justice Initiative
donation

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

virtual racing
marathon
runner
#blacklivesmatter
Black Voices

Collection (Dublin Core)

Social Justice

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/29/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/30/2020
11/16/2020
02/26/2021
04/20/2022

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This item was submitted on June 29, 2020 by Kathryn Jue using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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