Almost 250 selfies and a lot of encouraging messages, that this was something that running community needed. We have so far 1.500 registrations and more than 1.000 unique participants. Actually, it is still going as participants can register and submit their results till this Sunday. We have tried to point out that the run is real, the effort is real and the only virtual part is the race concept (no common start, course, conditions, etc) How did it go? What were the results? We also promoted the message of “Run Responsibly”. We asked runners to challenge their friends through social media. We tried to promote the advantages of a virtual run (free choice of where and when someone can make his effort, the option to improve his performance, and the feeling that the whole world is a course where you can compete). What did you change about the event to encourage Virtual Running? ↑ We added multiple different selfie overlays for people to use and share their selfie via social media after they finished their race. For the results presentation and race certificate we use sporthive and event cms. For the collection of results we use Crowd Signal platform.
#Running challenge app with friends registration#
We have to take into account that at the time that we initiated this project we had restrictions in going out and run at any time and place, no ban though, but I’m sure that this situation led more people to register.įor the registration we use our own platform,. Another idea was to use some ambassadors for the event (well known athletes, celebrities etc). We promoted it through our own media and communication channels, mainly our website and social media (FB, Instagram) and although it was during the Easter the reaction of people was very optimistic. But I’m sure that the above could help in better promoting the event.
#Running challenge app with friends free#
We decided to keep it simple (no connection with some charity, no medals or race t-shirts) and free of charge, because we didn’t have time to organize all these. We didn’t have much time to prepare it and we took some ideas from other virtual runs. So when Boris (our MYLAPS account manager) came up with the news that, MYLAPS is providing this option, we thought “now is the time”. Virtual runs was something that we have been discussing in our team the last couple of years but we never really took action to go on with it as we were too busy with the real events.
You created the Stop Coronavirus All About Running App, how did you set it up? The government’s position is that no sport or cultural events will be allowed during the summer. A lot of them are postponed for the autumn period, but there are some as well that have been cancelled. How many events got affected in your region/business?ġ00% of all events, not only ours, but throughout the country were affected since March 8 th. Next to that we are also an advertising company with more than 100 clients, and all the sport brands among them. Our company, All About Running, is providing services for runners in terms of news, training, timing and organizing. Can you tell us a bit more about your business? We also provide training services to companies or individual athletes. Then our website came along, and 3 years later we started organizing events like Sports Expo, road races, etc. At that time this event had no more than 2.500 runners and today we have reached almost 50.000! Running was not very popular in Greece at that time so after my participation in Athens Olympics, in 2005 I started the publication of Runner Magazine, the first running magazine in Greece. In 2002, I and my partners started our cooperation with ChampionChip for the timing needs of Athens Marathon. So I can say that I have almost 30 years of experience. I’ve participated in all major track and field events (Olympics, World, European, Mediterranean and Balkan championships) and many city marathons around the world. I’ve been in running since 1988 as a runner and since 1993 as a marathon runner. How long have you been in the running/events industry?
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