Another way virtual races motivate people

Our race mileage feeds are full of interesting stories (jumping over a rattle snake) and locations (Central Park Reservoir today.) Then someone zooms back and talks about why they enjoy Racery, and our hearts go pitter patter. 🙂 Here’s the direct link to that comment.  Glad to be part of your …

Microsoft’s new virtual training program for swimmers

Not quite our cup of tea (and tough to understand even with the video) but Microsoft’s new virtual training program for swimmers is worth looking at. The software seems to focus on using cyber swimmers to help motivate a swimmer to set and keep a certain pace. Maybe like the …

Easily access your current virtual races

We’ve just updated the racer bio pages to include links to any current and upcoming races that a racer is participating in. So if you’re a runner or cyclist or walker or rower who is participating in one of our virtual challenges, this is your new hub!  Look in the …

Boosting interactions in virtual races for charities

The virtual race for the TechGirlz charity shows off two recent improvements in the Racery activity feed. Below, you’ll see how the bigger avatars help emphasize human participation and socializing. And you’ll notice that the ‘activity feed,’ where racers can track each other’s real time mileage logs, now include real …

How hard is it to enter a virtual race?

Whether you run, swim, cycle, row or walk, entering one of our virtual races is faster than lacing up your shoes, ordering a beer, or brushing your teeth. Here’s a new video that shows how to enter a virtual race and then log your first miles. The only thing missing …