We all know that a simple step challenge can be incredibly motivating — employees see each others’ progress and are inspired to try harder. But whether you tally steps using an Excel spreadsheet or a whiteboard, most step challenges are time-consuming for the participants and for the person who has to key …
How do you organize an affordable company-wide fitness event when you’ve got offices in Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Kansas? This year ShowingTime, a Chicago-based company that provides analytics and scheduling solutions to multiple listing services and brokers in the residential real estate industry, invited all of its employees to a …
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 …
Born with Spina Bifida, wheelchair-athlete Chris Fletcher used to be on a team of wheelchair racers, but as scheduling challenges got in the way, he started searching for other creative ways to compete. “Most of the apps out there seem to either be geared on the one end toward those …
In a recent Harvard Health article, Dr. Clare Safran-Norton, a physical therapist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, reminded us that cycling is a perfect aerobic activity no matter your age because “it’s fun [and] socially oriented.” But getting a solid cycling group together in your area could pose a challenge …
After David Rubush polished off Racery’s 113-mile virtual race touring Wales in just five days, we decided to give him a call. Rubush, who is an assistant professor of chemistry and coaches men’s cross country at Benedictine University in Chicago, said he’s been a runner since junior high. Rubush can …
