Virtual Race

by Meagan Caicedo — Our Impact This week we begin by highlighting the work we’ve done for economic inequality. Dark Lord Waldemart (2006): This campaign focuses on fair treatment for workers, partnering with Wal*Mart Watch, and released a video series! You can find part one here. Hunger is not a game (2012): Part of the Imagine…

The COVID-19 pandemic might have put a long pause on marathons and races, but that didn’t stop people from competing in events even if they had to be virtual. …

by V Rosales — Virtual Race Did you know that Fandom Forward is hosting a Virtual Race in partnership with the Super Carlin Bros on August 28th?! “You can move your body 10k meters (10 kilometers, 6.2 miles) on August 28th, by running, walking, hiking, or however you move! OR You can move your mind for…

Since the start of the COVID pandemic, our company has hosted 3 virtual races via the WELLTEQ platform. For those unfamiliar with how these virtual races work, a participant usually installs a cellphone app, such as the WELLTEQ app, then connects his/ her fitness watch (such as Garmin). Aside from…

Top 7 Advantages of Virtual Races During a Pandemic Michael Capiraso, the former CEO of New York Road Runners (NYYR), recommends virtual races as an alternative to real-world runs. Virtual events have provided people worldwide with a way to connect, even during a pandemic. While many runners struggled to cope with forced isolation because of lockdowns and social-distancing rules…

A Journey of Mental and Physical Challenges — After Andrew and his support team descended from Needle Hill and about to climb up Grassy Hill, he knew he only had 12km to go. At this point his body was on the brink of total exhaustion and about to shut down. Looking at the foggy path in front of…

Last year, races across the U.S. and around the world were either cancelled altogether or shifted to a virtual race format, making 2020 the year without races. While the running community started 2021 hopeful for a return to in-person events, here in the U.S. …

But now I miss everyone — My reasons for running are not anything like those of Alan Sillitoe’s character Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Although used as a metaphor in both the short story and the film, running for me has never been a societal escape or a means to defeat misery…

Designing Virtual Races feature on adidas Runtastic 2020, the year that COVID-19 shook the very foundations of established concepts leading to unpredictable behaviors and some new trends are still, to say the least, very hard to measure. But some were clear as water. …