Every year after the Publix Atlanta Half Marathon wraps up, the KPF office takes a couple days to sleep in and attack all the life stuff we put on hold getting ready for the most amazing weekend of the year. Once recovered, we come back ready to attack the race season!
2020 was going to be our most impactful season yet. We had new races and partnerships lined up. The Cupcake Road Race was the first on March 21st. Teams had been assigned and sent out. We were ready to roll!
We are all well aware of what happened next. Our 2020 programming never happened.
It has been a crushing blow to so many of us. Bowie (my husband) just the other night said he really, really missed our KPF family and races. Bowie is NOT a morning person (seriously!). So you know he’s being genuine when he says that! Afterall, he travels with me and we have to be the first ones there on race morning!
I’ve heard the same from so many of you. We are all missing the laughs and smiles and sweat from putting it out there racing for inclusion.
We need to rekindle that joy, rediscover those smiles!
The sad news is that KPF will not be doing any large in-person events for the remainder of 2020.
THE GOOD NEWS…..(Brent never lets me share the good news, I’m so excited!!!!!!) KPF has figured how to support our in-chair athletes and their volunteers who are comfortable participating together in upcoming virtual events!
KPF is a beneficiary of Miles for Bethany on October 31 and we are hosting The Kyle Pease Foundation Fall Virtual Marathon Weekend November 6-8.
KPF support is open to these events and others!
How’s it work? In-chair athletes can request virtual event support by completing this online form for each event. Push-assist volunteers will use the same form when partnering with an in-chair athlete. Each request will be evaluated on a case by case basis by the KPF Programming Staff.
So let’s get racing...virtually.... and SIGN UP for KPF’s Virtual Marathon Weekend to raise money to support and advocate for inclusion.
Together WE Wheel,
Shawna
P.S. If you don’t mind running slow, hit me up….I miss being out there too!