Challenge colleagues to a virtual race around Rome, Italy!

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 …

Netsertive wins Triangle Tech Challenge virtual race

After just 50 days, Netsertive crossed the finish line on our 1,077 mile relay race around North Carolina. When we laid out the race course, we thought it would take approximately 10 to 12 weeks for one of the 43 teams of four to cross the line. Having traded the …

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 …

How can a virtual race improve corporate wellness?

Companies are scrambling to boost employee health by any means available. In part, this is altruism — a sincere desire to improve staffers’ physiques and psyches. Beyond altruism, boosting employee health can also boost profits because many companies with more than 60 staff now self-insure, ie pay for employee health care costs. Many …