If you’re looking for an awesome tool for mapping out a running or cycling route, we recommend OnTheGoMap. It took just a few clicks to create this map of one of favorite local trails, including the optional elevation plot. And here’s a link to the same map. We’ve compared it to …
We take distances for granted. They’re marked on highway signs that whiz by at 70 miles an hour — 205 miles to Asheville, 83 miles to Kansas City. And, as adults, we run shorter distances and know what that feels like — 5k, 10k, 13.1 miles. Some people even know …
A virtual race is an awesome way to motivate a high school or college cross country or track team, whether in season or out of season! Just add up all the miles you think a strong runner will accumulate during a season of training. Add 30% to that tally to …
We’ve had a bunch of different types of runners use Racery to train for races of various lengths. Go to this page of virtual race routes gauged to different skill levels to see what training races we’ve currently got lined up. Entering one of these races means you’ll be able to …
Is The Martian, the hit movie about an astronaut stranded on Mars, actually an allegory of life in a tech startup? There is not much biographical narrative online about Andy Weir, who wrote the book the movie is based on, but we do know Weir has worked as an Android developer at a number …
Just as DVR busts TV out of its scheduling shackles — “hey, now you can watch any show at any time!” — Racery liberates races from a specific time or location. In practical terms, our virtual races incorporate miles run (or swum, walked, cycled, rowed) anywhere at any time of …
