Responding to popular demand… starting today, racers will be able to upload mileage directly through their race’s map. Accessed via the ‘log miles’ tab, the…
You don’t get what you pay for: extrinsic rewards create an unhealthy relationship with health
Though teachers and parents do it every day, there’s lots of evidence paying kids to learn/read/study is a waste of time. As Alfie Kohn, educational...
Celebrating a virtual race with real beers, midway through the Triangle Tech Challenge
With two teams past the midpoint of the Triangle Tech Challenge, which covers 1,077 miles around North Carolina, two dozen racers got together last night...
A jailbreak from my skull
This morning I woke up off-kilter — more than fuzzy-headed, less than full-on depressed, definitely sour. I shuffled around the dim house. Rather than focusing…
Where does Racery come from?
ExitEvent’s article about Racery, written by Laura Braverman, has a nice summary of Racery’s origin story, which grounds and the fact that our former colleague...
Celebrating Triangle Tech with a real race on a digital route
Remember when Team IBM had its own jerseys and Triangle tech behemoths took corporate competition to the streets by contending in road races? To celebrate…
People who run together run farther
The secret to running farther may not be some highfalutin training program, but the simple act of joining a running group. We’ve just finished crunching…
Running store takes local runners on a race across Alaska
For Peter Ripmaster, the decision to use Racery was easy. Ripmaster, the owner of the Black Mountain Running Company, was burning out trying to juggle…
Race on the Appalachian Trail becomes a months-long reunion
Looking back, Ed McDaniel was in for a bunch of surprises when he signed up to race 466 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway in…
Racing 105 miles, runners virtually tour North Carolina farms
This spring, customers and staff of North Carolina’s Weaver Street Market food co-op covered 105 miles on a virtual route connecting ten local farms and…