Virtual marathon
It’s possible to participate in the Rimi Riga Marathon virtually by completing your distance on May 16th – 18th and recording your time with a personal smartwatch or device using the activity tracking platform “Strava.”
Participants of the virtual marathon will receive official finisher medals via mail to any location worldwide.
How to submit a virtual run?
Registered participants can complete their virtual participation by recording their run with a personal smartwatch or device using the Strava activity tracking app.
To submit your virtual run performance, join the “Rimi Riga Marathon” club on the Strava app. Once you’ve joined the marathon club, complete the distance you registered for and share your run by adding it to the Rimi Riga Marathon club. (If you’re doing this for the first time, see the instructions below.)
ADD RECORD TO STRAVA CLUB
Share activities and routes in the club by tapping the share icon and selecting the club where you want to publish your run. You’ll have the option to add a title and description before publishing on the screen.
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Please note that activities will be subject to your privacy settings.
Results
The period during which registered participants are given the opportunity to complete their distance virtually and submit it:
May 16 (00:00) – May 18 (23:59)
The given virtual marathon period is applicable according to the Eastern European Time Zone (GMT+3).
After the event, the results of all registered virtual runners will be included in the official Rimi Riga Marathon virtual distances results list.
For those who don’t wish to participate the virtual marathon this way – feel free to send your run to: marathon@necom.lv
Medal
All registered virtual marathon participants will receive their finisher medal at the DPD Pickup point (in Latvia) or postal address (outside Latvia) indicated in the registration profile.
In case of questions contact us via: marathon@necom.lv
