Employees ‘get together’ in a virtual fitness challenge, turning a wellness program into a community

Racery recently helped Fitness & Wellness Professional Services successfully launch a number of fitness-focused communities for its clients. In each case, the community grew from a Racery-hosted online challenge that was tracked on a virtual route. “The community Racery creates is infectious,” says Jay Groves, the Executive Director of Population …

Virtual racer participants report better fitness and connectedness

We recently surveyed racers in the Triangle Tech Challenge, a multi-week virtual race between 43 teams from tech companies in North Carolina. Survey respondents said the race had significant positive effects on both individual habits and people’s social networks. Individual results Racers reported broad positive effects of the virtual race …