Astronaut Tim Peake participated in the London Marathon from the International Space Station last weekend, covering the official distance of 26.2 miles in three hours and 25 minutes. Since he was weightless, Peake used a harness to anchor himself to the treadmill. During the virtual race, the station covered 53,000 …
Wish you could do an epic wellness challenge with colleagues? Here are four reasons your colleagues will thank you (mille grazie!) for inviting everyone to Italy… on Racery’s virtual Rome wellness challenge that is. So share this article with your company’s wellness point-person pronto! 1) Cool sights. Each participant’s goal is to log each …
A new study suggests that words with front vowels are perceived to be closer, while back vowel words are further away. For example, you might say that a town called Fleen was closer than a town called Floon… that is if anyone asked. 🙂 Funnily enough, this means the vowel …
We all know that it’s a pain to stage a race. Sometimes there’s freak weather. Sometimes there’s a subway strike. Sometimes there are just lots and lots of things to worry about. Obviously you need to buy a LOAD of stuff, then make sure it’s positioned for the people who …
We’re continuing to increase the ways virtual racers can both measure themselves and connect with each other. First, each racer can now specify his/her age, sex and location on the bio page. Once we’ve got enough of this data, we’ll create division leaderboards and awards based on age and sex. …
This sounds almost like the punchline of a joke at the expense of tea totaling couch potatoes: runners have more neurons and can drink more beer. Two cool new studies suggest that the health benefits of running are more pronounced than many of us could have hoped for. Testing the …
