The time has come to set our clocks, mark our calendars, and tattoo hashtags on our bodies. The summer event that went from Boston in 2012, to San Francisco, Madison, & Boston in 2013, will now include all seventeen cities in the #NP17. Put lay the concept out as simple as possible: All cities will execute a Sunday summer race/run/destination party called #BetterThanBedtime that will lead participants to an unknown location to drink, party, and have an OK time.
The detailed concept is this: There is a destination party that none of your tribe members know of except the co-leaders. With respective meeting areas and we, as co-leaders, guide the giant group run across town to the hidden destination, usually a bar or drinking space, to socialize with all of these good people we may or may not have had enough time to get to know during our quick morning workouts. The run in each city will be between 5K and 5M give or take a few miles. The party should last between 2 and 20 hours give or take a few.
What makes this event special is that we’ll all be moving at the exact time in our cities as we head to these mystery destinations. With an exact run/start time, #BetterThanBedtime will have us all in motion, smiling and laughing, at the exact same time ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA.
East Coast time zone will meet at 5:00PM sharp to begin the run, Central “No Coast” Time will be 4:00PM, in the Mountains they’ll gather for a 3:00PM, and on the West Coast they’ll hug it out and run at 2:00PM. In 17 cities we’ll run as one… and nothing sad or commemorative, just good fun times to celebrate an amazing year of training and building community.
Better Than Bedtime 2014 theme: “NOAH’S ARK: They Came In 2’s”: If your religion tells you that this isn’t a story that should be taken lightly, plan to come with a twin dressed just like you. For everyone else, go big, and make this something amazing. Keep in mind, Noah had everything on that ship. Two giraffes, two sharks, two rabbits, two robots, two Bill Clinton’s, two giant popsicles, and the list goes on. Whatever your pair is, plan to arrive, run, and boogy with them at #BetterThanBedtime – The photos the next day will prove this as a good rule to try and stick with. After all, “They came in 2’s.”
We’ll leave you with a few images from last year to get you pumped and ready to board the ship…
I heard about the group but I’m still unsure where to meet on Sunday. I’m not from around here and don’t see where to meet on August 17th?