What is a virtual race? We’re still learning.

From many angles, our recent TechGirlz Virtual Race was a big success. More than 200 runners on 72 teams ran 19,653 miles in 40 days. In the process of the dashing and dishing, racers raised more than $7,000 for TechGirlz, a charity that helps middle school girls learn to write …

Hotel hipness in Budapest

At the beginning of the last century, Budapest was one of Europe’s most vibrant cities. Being on the losing end of three wars (1, 2 and cold) set things back a bit, but the city’s innate drive has brought back buckets of fashionable fizz, as this round-up of 10 Budapest …

Another way virtual races motivate people

Our race mileage feeds are full of interesting stories (jumping over a rattle snake) and locations (Central Park Reservoir today.) Then someone zooms back and talks about why they enjoy Racery, and our hearts go pitter patter. 🙂 Here’s the direct link to that comment.  Glad to be part of your …

Microsoft’s new virtual training program for swimmers

Not quite our cup of tea (and tough to understand even with the video) but Microsoft’s new virtual training program for swimmers is worth looking at. The software seems to focus on using cyber swimmers to help motivate a swimmer to set and keep a certain pace. Maybe like the …