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Off and Running

When I first married Heather, I found out how wild the world of socks could be.

Heather and her sister, you see, had a tradition of getting each other weird socks for Flag Day and the habit kind of exploded from there. These days, if you search the family laundry basket, you can find alien abduction socks, Little Prince socks, Harry Potter socks and more. (The one thing you won’t necessarily find are matching socks – some struggles are universal).

If you also like to “sock it to the world,” then lace up your running shoes. Because if you move fast, there may be some NextLight socks waiting for you.

Yes, really.

This year, NextLight is a sponsRunning silhouetteor of the Shoes & Brews 2020 CollaBEERation 5k run. Originally planned for April, the event turned out to be one of many that couldn’t outrun COVID-19, so it was rescheduled and retooled. Now it’s back as a “virtual run” where you’re not limited to a formal race course but can pick your favorite route or trail to run on the race weekend of Aug. 1 and 2.

The “swag bag” contains a lot of goodies, including NextLight socks for the first 500 racers that sign up. If you’re not quite fast enough to claim them, have no fear; we have fanny packs available, too – but as customers of one of the fastest internet services in the nation, you should be used to outracing the rest of the pack, right?

More details can be found on the event website, including how to get the official race packet beginning July 29.  So get ready … get set … well, you get the idea.

I’m sure you’ll knock everyone’s socks off.