I’m not a runner, but even I think this race is cool.
The Anything Is Possible 5K takes place at 1:50 AM on the night daylight savings time ends. And the reason anyone would run at this ungodly hour is this: the clock resets mid-race. So you finish before you begin.
…Then you drink beer and eat pancakes.
When I worked with 5-hour Energy, we sponsored the AIP and it was my favorite race of the year. I even ran it twice. And the atmosphere is unlike any other 5K you’ll find. Especially the part where tyou run through a big, blinking “time warp.”
Finishing with a negative time is pretty sweet. Plus, you get pajama pants rather than another ol’ t-shirt to put in your drawer.
It started here in Atlanta but I believe they’ve branched out to other markets. Check out the site if you want to run.
If you recall, I struggled with the last event list I did for a Food Truck Festival. So if I’m going to try again, I may as well make it a fun one.
Here are 100 lines about the Anything Is Possible 5K
| 1 | An easy way to turn your personal running record into a negative time |
| 2 | Would you believe it! I never ran a 5K before and still set a record |
| 3 | I just beat my personal 5K best by an hour, and finished before I began |
| 4 | Race through a time warp and finish before you begin |
| 5 | You’re not going to spend your extra hour sleeping, are you? |
| 6 | Don’t register for another 5K until you see the experience this race offers |
| 7 | An easy way to make 5k’s more fun, is to add a little time travel |
| 8 | Turn a negative into a positive—and run through time in reverse |
| 9 | What would become of your personal record if you ran during a time change? |
| 10 | Come for the pancakes. Stay for the time travel. |
| 11 | The biggest daylight saving party in Atlanta just happens to have a 5K in front of it |
| 12 | Don’t just beat the clock. Pound it into submission until it gives you an hour back |
| 13 | How to travel through time (and run your best race time ever) |
| 14 | There’s only one race per year that let’s you run backward through time—and this is it |
| 15 | Lace up your shoes and blow through daylight savings like a champ |
| 16 | Once you race through a time warp, running will never be the same |
| 17 | Don’t run another 5K until you learn the secret to traveling through time, backward |
| 18 | Remember when Superman made the world spin backwards? Now you can run & reverse time too |
| 19 | Run on daylight savings, and have an extra to celebrate when you’re done |
| 20 | When’s the last time you finished a race before you began? |
| 21 | Race against the clock—and win |
| 22 | Most 5K’s give you a shirt and a banana. But this isn’t most 5K’s. |
| 23 | You’ve probably heard about this race from your friends—and now it’s time to join the party |
| 24 | Now! You can learn to run fast enough to reverse time |
| 25 | The lazy runner’s race for setting a personal best (no matter how slow you run) |
| 26 | Run into daylight savings |
| 27 | The party of the year just happens to have a 5K before it |
| 28 | Who else wants to run through time with me? |
| 29 | Run through time |
| 30 | Discover the secret to running through time (and celebrate with pancakes & beer) |
| 31 | How to run through time without a DeLorean |
| 32 | The only 5K you’ll be telling your friends about for years |
| 33 | How many other runners can say they finished a race with a negative time |
| 34 | At 2:00 AM, you’ll have an opportunity to race through time |
| 35 | How to finish a race before you begin |
| 36 | To the 5K runner who wants to try something new |
| 37 | The only 5k that lets you travel through time |
| 38 | Discover the hidden benefit of running at 2 AM on this November day (and get free pancakes) |
| 39 | How to make daylight savings time something to look forward to each year |
| 40 | While the world sleeps around you, you’ll be running through time, backward |
| 41 | You’ll run fast enough to finish before you start (and have a great story to tell) |
| 42 | We only ask you to run at 2 AM once a year—and we wouldn’t do it if it weren’t fun |
| 43 | See if you can be the fastest time traveler in your age bracket |
| 44 | It’s not so much a 5K as it a chance to run through time and party with 200 friends |
| 45 | Run the race that can only happen once per year |
| 46 | Race through time without needing a DeLorean |
| 47 | Announcing a new 5K for casual runners who want an excuse to party past midnight |
| 48 | If you’ve been training for this 5K, you can ease up. You’re going to finish before you begin |
| 49 | Most 5K’s give you a shirt. Ours gives you pajamas and a chance to time travel |
| 50 | Run through time with 200 other nutjobs crazy enough to run at 2 AM |
| 51 | If you were thinking of sleeping through the time change, you’re going to want to see this |
| 52 | You get one hour back on daylight savings. Here’s how to make it unforgettable. |
| 53 | Set your new PR by running in reverse |
| 54 | I can show you how to run through time |
| 55 | You may not believe me, but running at 1:50 AM in November will be unforgettable for a good reason |
| 56 | The party starts before the race begins (which is an hour after your run it) |
| 57 | We’re positive you’ll run a negative time |
| 58 | You can only run through time once a year—and this is it. |
| 59 | Flip the tables on daylight savings—and run against the clock |
| 60 | We only recommend running at 2AM one day per year. And it’s coming up fast |
| 61 | Even if you’re not a runner, you have to admit this race is pretty cool |
| 62 | The annual 5K burns more time off your personal best than you could ever imagine |
| 63 | Almost everyone has a theory about time travel. This is your change to test it. |
| 64 | So, a time traveler enters a 5K… |
| 65 | Is it fooling nature to reverse time while running? |
| 66 | The daylight savings party (with a race taking place beforehand) |
| 67 | Helping runners break through time zones (and kick back the clock an hour) |
| 68 | The “I just ran through a time warp & finished before I began!” 5K |
| 69 | The 5k for people who don’t love running, but love to party |
| 70 | The best part about running through time? An extra hour to party |
| 71 | It’s like you’re running at 88 MPH |
| 72 | How to kick off daylight savings with pancakes, beer & 2 sore legs |
| 73 | What’s your best chance to travel through time? The answer might be this 5K |
| 74 | How to enjoy a 5K, grab a beer, and kick daylight savings time in the ass |
| 75 | Almost everyone has a running goal. Here’s how to obliterate it by an hour |
| 76 | You can run other 5K’s, but only ours will let you travel through time |
| 77 | I’m not a runner, but even I look forward to this race every year |
| 78 | The once-a-year 5K that’s as fun as it is ridiculous |
| 79 | We don’t ordinarily recommend running at 2AM—but on this day, we do |
| 80 | Before you waste away your extra hour in November, read this: |
| 81 | Free pancakes! (at 2 AM in November after a 5K race at a mall) |
| 82 | This is the 5K Einstein would have run to test his time theory |
| 83 | Prepare for the coolest race in the world |
| 84 | To all the runners who want to experience the coolest 5K imaginable |
| 85 | To the casual runner who wants to finish a race with a story to tell |
| 86 | Most 5k’s give you a shirt and sore calves. Ours give you pancakes, a party & a chance to travel through time |
| 87 | There aren’t many reasons to run at 2:00 AM. But this is one of them. |
| 88 | Anything is possible when you can run through time |
| 89 | You’ll never look at 5K’s quite the same after this |
| 90 | How to run through time (and set your personal best at 2 AM) |
| 91 | You weren’t planning on sleeping your extra hour away, were you? |
| 92 | Get your hour back—and make every second of it a party |
| 93 | You get an hour back in November. May as well set some personal records with it. |
| 94 | Support the troops while running through a time warp |
| 95 | Your favorite 5K is back—and we brought the time travel |
| 96 | Sleeping is overrated |
| 97 | So you want to be a time traveler? |
| 98 | At the stroke of 2 AM, you’ll have the most fun you’ve ever had running |
| 99 | There’s only one race in America that lets you finish before you begin–and this is it |
| 100 | Not only will your running time be negative, but we also have pancakes! |
Overall: Decent. Not great but better than the Food Truck festival. I think a few of these could work well on Facebook ads.
Lessons: I’m still not great at capturing mood and excitement in the lines. I’ll have to keep practicing.
- My favorite lines were the first I wrote—but several of the better ones (before I scrambled the list so I can judge it easier) came at the end. It pays to power through.
- Spellcheck keeps flagging me for “nutjobs” – but it’s just much more fun to write it that way
Time: 1 session, 50 minutes
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