Race on the Appalachian Trail becomes a months-long reunion

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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 January. First, McDaniel didn’t really understand what kind of race he’d entered. McDaniel is a psychologist at the Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center, where he’d …

Racing 105 miles, runners virtually tour North Carolina farms

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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 artisans that the co-op buys from. In all, 74 runners logged more than 6,000 miles, with 49 finishing the course by June 1. Local runner …

Duke nurses race to China (without leaving Durham, NC)

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Since early April, students, staff and faculty at the Duke University School of Nursing have been battling in a 9,000 mile virtual race from Durham, North Carolina to Wuhan, China. On the map tracing the race’s progress, the competitors are in Canada nearing the Arctic Circle. But, while the exertion …

Ripmaster: Taking on Alaska.

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Peter Ripmaster lives in Fairview, NC and is the owner of Black Mountain Running Co. in Black Mountain, NC. A 50 marathons in 50 states finisher, Peter has now been running ultra races for years of all distances from 50k to 350 miles. Next February 2016, Peter will attempt to …

What’s Racery

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We surveyed some of you, and 140 of you responded! We asked you how you  would describe RunWithMe and we loved your responses so much, we made a word cloud out of them!!! Top words? Virtual, Fun, Motivating (motivation, motivator!)

 

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Racery looking for a Virtual Race Manager

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Do you love helping people accomplish great things? We’re hiring a customer service people to help racers in Racery, a website where runners use real miles to compete in virtual long-distance races. To succeed, you’ll need: great communication skills a huge desire to see our racers and sponsors succeed a …