Sports Backers Blog
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Sports Backers Announces New Organizational Structure and Staff Positions
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Meshingomesia Track Club First Across the Finish Line in the Great American 5000
Tuesday, June 30th
The Meshingomesia Track Club (MTC), with its roots near Indianapolis and participants from Indiana, Colorado, California, New Hampshire, California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Arkansan, North Carolina, and Ohio, became the first team in the Great American 5000 to cross the finish line on Monday, June 29. The 24-member team finished more than 550 miles ahead of the next…
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New ‘Great American Ride’ virtual event challenges cyclists to ride 3,700-mile route across America
Thursday, June 18th
Route for the event aligns with the iconic Great American Rail-Trail™ between Washington State and Washington, D.C. Richmond, VA – In the new ‘Great American Ride’ from Sports Backers, participants in teams of four, eight, or 12 will attempt a virtual ride across America, including already completed segments of the developing 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail…
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Sports Backers Announce Run Bike Relay to Take Place In Person July 17-18
Wednesday, June 17th
Richmond, VA – Sports Backers invites participants to run and bike into summer with the Run Bike Relay overnight endurance event taking place from Friday, July 17 to Saturday, July 18. The 51-mile relay will take athletes on a running and biking journey through some of the area’s best-known and most challenging terrain, including Forest…
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Great American 5000 Rundown
Wednesday, June 17th
July 8, 2020 Greetings team captains, and welcome to the latest edition of the Great American 5000 Rundown! We aim to fill you in on all the exciting things happening while you're making your way across America, so please share with your teammates! Since our last update, we celebrated Independence Day here in the U.S.…
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2020 Virginia Credit Union Moonlight Ride to Take Place as Virtual Event
Monday, June 15th
RICHMOND, VA – The 2020 Virginia Credit Union Moonlight Ride, originally scheduled for August 15, will take place as a virtual event, with registration now open at www.sportsbackers.org. Once registered, participants can complete their virtual ride anytime between August 15-August 31. Distance options for the virtual ride include three-mile, eight-mile, and 28-mile categories, and the…
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'All Streets RVA' Aims to Collectively Map Out Conditions of All 1,900 Miles of City Streets in Richmond
Monday, June 8th
Richmond, VA – The new ‘All Streets RVA’ event from Sports Backers aims to inspire a collective mission to accomplish the biggest biking, walking, and running effort the city of Richmond has ever seen while collecting feedback on the conditions of all 1,900 miles of city streets. The feedback and data collected will help inform…
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Sports Backers Kick Off Marathon Training Team on June 6th with Virtual Sessions
Thursday, June 4th
Richmond, VA - The Sports Backers Marathon Training Team kicks off on Saturday, June 6, and Sunday, June 7, celebrating its 19th year of preparing participants for the VCU Health Richmond Marathon on November 14. In accordance with COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, training sessions will be held virtually through the end of June, with…
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Walker Wallace, Mary Caroline Heinen Earn Top RTD/Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete Awards
Tuesday, June 2nd
Richmond, VA – The Richmond Region’s finest high school scholar-athletes were rewarded for their hard work last night at the Times-Dispatch/Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete Awards ceremony which was presented virtually during a livestream on Richmond.com. Top honors and $5,750 scholarships went to Walker Wallace of St. Christopher’s and Mary Caroline Heinen of Maggie Walker. The $3,500…
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Sports Backers Announce New 'Firecracker 4-Miler' Virtual Event in Celebration of Independence Day
Wednesday, May 27th
Richmond, VA – To celebrate the Fourth of July holiday in a fun and active way, Sports Backers is announcing the new Firecracker 4-Miler, a virtual event that includes a variety of Independence Day-themed participant items and aims to make social distancing feel not quite as isolating. Registration is now open at www.sportsbackers.org. To take…