Just in case you haven’t heard about this yet, Nike is sponsoring a 10K race they are calling the ‘Nike Human Race’. The race is scheduled for August 31, 2008.
What’s a bit unusual about this race is that it will be held in 25 cities around the globe – or you can choose to participate by running with the Nike+ system and uploading your ‘race’ results after you run on race day. If you run your race virtually with the Nike+ system there is no fee, except of course for the cost of a Nike+ system if you don’t already have one. There is a $35 fee for participating by entering the event in one of the race cities, which seems like a pretty good deal to me considering some of the race fees I’ve been seeing lately.
And it gets even better – race proceeds, and any pledges or donations earned by the runners, will benefit three different charities:
- The Lance Armstrong Foundation
- The UN Refugee Agency
- The World Wildlife Fund
Nike has also pledged to give $1 million to these charities.
Want more information? Click here, but be warned: music will play automatically when the page opens, so you may not want to do this if you’re surfing at work, at least without muting first.
You can buy a Nike+ Sportband for $59. The Nike+ iPod Sport Kit is less expensive at $29, but it requires an iPod Nano
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In Canada the fee is $50 even tho our dollar is basically on par with the US Dollar. This is a pretty outrageous amount to charge for a 10K – and I can’t seem to get to the bottom of where all that money goes to. Nike says “a portion” goes to charity…but how much that portion amounts to is anyone’s guess. As far as I can see I can’t figure out why that fee is so high – most 10K’s around here are $20-$25….
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Sorry, Nicole – the prices do seem out of whack for Canada. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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