A road race is lots of fun — a sweaty athletic challenge mixed with a boisterous block party, a feel-good mingling of bodies and souls. Unfortunately, though, road races are bad news for the environment. Whether the event is a 5k or a marathon, road races create huge environmental burdens, …
Want to supercharge your next virtual race? Invite racers to compete on teams! Some tips on optimal team configurations: Feeling inspired? Go test a free virtual race for teams!
Virtual races only become real when enough racers believe in the race. Otherwise, virtual races are just “glorified time trials,” as Martin Fitz Huber put it in Outside Online. Based on thousands of suggestions from racers and race sponsors since 2014, we’ve built out nine features that make virtual races …
We frequently get questions about best practices for virtual races. One question is particularly common: how much lead time is needed between announcing a virtual race and actually starting the race? That depends. At the one extreme, a group of tech-savvy athletes who know each other well and frequently communicate …
