Before COVID-19, social distancing, smothering face masks and every single race getting cancelled, I had never given running a virtual race a single thought. In fact, the whole idea of it seemed ridiculous to me, but after every single race got cancelled, this turned into my only option. I started researching virtual races, got excited about running a virtual race and then I fizzled out. There was no hook, motivation, accuracy or endorphin rush from the virtual races. Here are my thoughts on why I don’t think virtual races will ever replace the physical race…