Nike Women's Half Marathon/Marathon Registration

We noticed a lot of new faces on our Fitness Mama facebook page!  Welcome!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

So we announced earlier this week that Fitness Mama would form a group to enter into the Nike Women's race.  We were so excited at the response!  Some of you guys are seasoned runners.  Some are new to running.  Some have never ran a race.  But you all have questions!  Below are some of the questions that were messaged to us.  We don't know all the answers but hopefully the below will help a little.

When is the NWM?  Where is it?  
The Nike Women's marathon is on October 20th, 2013.  The race takes place in SF.

How do I register?  What do you mean its a lottery?  How much is registration?
Registering is a process.  Nike accepts registrations for a small window of time (like two weeks).  Once you register though it does not mean you automatically can run on race day.  There is a lottery draw.  Don't ask why because we don't know why either.  This is just the way Nike does it.  :)

We are going to complete a group registration.  What this means is that we will register as a group so if our group gets chosen, then we all are in.  If our group does NOT get picked, then none of us run the race (and I will be very, very depressed).

Fitness Mama will obtain a GROUP NAME and PASSWORD.  You will need both of these to register with our group.  So wait until we release these to you before you register.

You must give Nike a credit card number when you register.  It will not get charged unless we are picked in the lottery.  If we are picked, Nike will automatically charge the cards.  The price of the race has not yet been put up.

Need more info?  Click here for Nike Group Registration info.

I've never run before, is there enough time to train?
YES!  There is enough time to train.  There are a lot of training programs out there that will help you and we can talk more about this later.  Fitness Mama will also support everyone as much as we can on this road to race day!  We can put together training schedules and group runs every few weeks until October 20th.  In the mean time, it couldn't hurt to lace up those running shoes and take a walk NOW right?  Start working your way towards running around your own block.  This will give you an extra head start on everyone.

We think a good question to ask yourself though is do you have time to commit to training?  There is definitely time from now to October to slowly and safely get you ready to complete a half marathon without injuries.  BUT you will have to commit to this goal and put in the time it takes to reaching it.

Sweet Tiffany necklace that we got at last year's NWM

So the registration process opens up on June 3rd...next Monday!  Look for updates from us on the FB page to get that Group ID/password.  Once you've registered, all there is left to do is wait to see if we got it!

And what if our group doesn't get in? 

It would be a very sad day indeed.  BUT it would be such a waste to just throw away all of this enthusiasm just because we didn't get into one race.  There are PLENTY of races we can choose instead of this one.  So we'll definitely all move forward with one race or another....TOGETHER!