Virtual races now with Google street view

Last week we rolled out Racery’s new street view functionality. This cool functionality works for both our paid and free virtual races. Please give it a try and let us know what you think! As of now, you can get a view of your exact location on the virtual race route …

Easily access your current virtual races

We’ve just updated the racer bio pages to include links to any current and upcoming races that a racer is participating in. So if you’re a runner or cyclist or walker or rower who is participating in one of our virtual challenges, this is your new hub!  Look in the …

Boosting interactions in virtual races for charities

The virtual race for the TechGirlz charity shows off two recent improvements in the Racery activity feed. Below, you’ll see how the bigger avatars help emphasize human participation and socializing. And you’ll notice that the ‘activity feed,’ where racers can track each other’s real time mileage logs, now include real …

How hard is it to enter a virtual race?

Whether you run, swim, cycle, row or walk, entering one of our virtual races is faster than lacing up your shoes, ordering a beer, or brushing your teeth. Here’s a new video that shows how to enter a virtual race and then log your first miles. The only thing missing …

How to learn what people want (but don’t yet know they want)

“A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them,” Steve Jobs famously said about the importance of not depending on customers for new product cues. Obviously, most of the time, people do know what they want — a bigger pair of pants, a hotter bowl …