Want to reward racers for recruiting friends and colleagues to join your virtual race? Racery’s ambassador feature is for you. The feature: includes a personalized recruit racers link in the welcome email each racer receives after signing up suggests this link in the about section racers see after they’ve signed …
Virtual races only become real when enough racers believe in the race. Otherwise, virtual races are just “glorified time trials,” as Martin Fitz Huber put it in Outside Online. Based on thousands of suggestions from racers and race sponsors since 2014, we’ve built out nine features that make virtual races …
To help race organizers who want to host virtual 5ks, we’ve created Racery Sprint, the Virtual 5k Platform. If you’re looking to check a 5k box so you can ship some medals, we’re probably not for you. If you aim to give participants a rich experience—social and motivational—read on! Summary Sprint …
Trutela Insurance, based in San Antonio, Texas, has been running a virtual race in London since early April. One hundred percent of the company’s staff has entered the event, says marketing coordinator Shari O’Brien. “We take our rooftop garage 1/4 – 1/2 mile walks as a group during the work …
Fielding an inquiry from a group of horseback riders in Australia, we modified Racery’s race platform to include horse riding as an exercise mode. We asked organizer Bek Williamson about the race, and she sent this fascinating response: The Victorian Endurance Riders’ Association were looking for a way to motivate …
With group gatherings suddenly curtailed, many nonprofits, companies, and race directors are having to cancel their physical races. They’re increasingly looking to virtual races to create vibrant experiences that serve their communities. We’ve already seen a bunch of organizations turn to virtual races to fill-in for a previously planned physical …
