This year’s Lawyer’s Have Heart 10K fell on the same day as my son’s highschool graduation, so I never was planning to participate. Still, when my law firm decided to pay the entry fee for any employees, I decided to sign up to support the American Heart Association with my entry fee and my fundraising page.
The fact that we were going to have cool technical shirts for our “team” was a bonus.
I love this design!
Even the race t-shirt had an interesting design this year.
To earn my race bling, I wore my team t-shirt and went on my own 10K run on Friday (except I only ran 6.1 miles–oops!). My route was hillier than the Lawyers Have Heart course, but much shadier, and I ran at 6:00 am, so it was much cooler. I wasn’t trying to run at “race” pace, but I was pleased with my 57:22 time (avg 9:24 min/mile).
Does it count as a DNS (Did Not Start) if I knew when I signed up that I wouldn’t be running?
Have you ever signed up for a race just for the bling?
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Yes, I'd say it was a DNS.. though a pre-planned DNS. That was some nice bling, but no I have never signed up just to get the bling.
I don't think you need to call it a DNS since you knew you had other commitments. I'm not calling my Richmond marathon a DNS because I've had a change in plans. I think a traditional DNS is when you have intentions to do it but can't for some reason. Choice and able-ness are what defines it for me.
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