[On the fifth anniversary of the Mockingbird Virtual Run, David "ZZYZX" Steinberg, aka The Timer, looks back on the origins of his impetus for creating the Mockingbird Run series , the advent of the coronovirus shutdown, and the first Mockingbird Virtual Run, which was five years ago today.]

In 2012, I had a bit of a health scare. I was diagnosed with type II diabetes. That was a wake up call for me, an announcement that it was time for me to get into shape. The one bit of advice that my doctor gave me is that I had to exercise for 30 minutes a day at an intensity such that I couldn't speak in a conversational tone of voice.

This started out as walking but then had to move to some running stretches and then I became a runner. My speed increased. My distances increased. For years, this became my morning hobby.

This was an aspect of tour for me. I would run in the morning of show days, occasionally doing races. I found a group in Colorado that organized races and I tried to get with them to do a charity run for the Mockingbird Foundation for Dick's one year. We never could get it organized but the idea stuck with me.

Fast-forward to 2020...

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