Val, you've done some virtual 5k before right? My boyfriend and I signed up for one, but I was wondering do you know if we can do them whenever we want, or do we have to do it tomorrow? I don't get how these things work!
Hey! There are different kinds. Most you can do whenever you want, and however you want (ie: walk, run, bike, crawl, swim), and even in as many segments as you want over several days/weeks, but there are some that are set for a specific date, so you need to check the website and see if it says if there is a specified date. Like i said, usually there isn’t, but sometimes there is.
You need to also tell it how you will be tracking the run, if you haven’t already. I link mine to Runkeeper, but there are several different aps you can link to, or you can even enter it manually. On YES.FIT, the site I use most, this step is the one I forget to do most of the time -- I forget to link a specific race to my ap and tell it I’m starting (I just assume it knows I’m starting, but it doesn’t).