Your Virtual Race Blog

What is the Favourite Movie challenge?  This is a virtual running challenge that was designed and created by Your Virtual Race. This event allows participants to run or walk for their favourite movie and then upload their results to our virtual leader board. It...

YVR 01 2020How to set your running goals and succeed.Goal setting for runners, a conversion with sports psychologist Patrick McCarthy. Patrick and I have designed a case study type blog to help me set some goals around running with Ciara. In this case study, Patrick...

YVR005 Overweight and Starting.. Not a Problem! Overweight or obese, SO WHAT! We get sick and tired of hearing people say they wish they could run but they are too big. Other favorite excuse are “AFTER I lose some weight I am going to join a gym.” Why wait? Years ago...

YVR004 Why you need to take our 5k class Taking up running can seem like a scary prospect, especially if you feel out of shape or unfit. But did you know that regular running can help reduce the risk of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and...

YVR003 The Big 5 5 great things about being a beginner 1. Every day brings a rapid improvement in your fitness, even if it doesn’t feel like it. Once you’re a seasoned runner, you’ll think back fondly on a time when it was possible to run faster and farther every day....

YVR002 LOOKING LIKE A BEGINNER Back in 1992 when i done my very first run, that out-of-breath feeling of 7 laps of the football field in galway is still seared in my memory. The cotton shirt that rubbed in the wrong places and the shorts that I quickly realized were...

YVR001 Starting Pitfalls Ok so you have joined the 5k class and you’re about to become a runner , You got the new running shoes and clothes, looked at local running routes and trails. Now lets have a look at some of the issues that confront all beginners Your research...