Virtual Strides Blog

Because we strive to (almost) always have all available race medals in stock and (almost) never have shipping delays, we make the medals for each of our virtual races long before we open registration for each event. That way, the minute registration is open for a given event, we already have medals available for those of you [Read More…]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2017 The world’s leading virtual race provider, Virtual Strides, has announced that effective immediately, VirtualStrides.com has begun offering in-person, motivational experts as an additional service to virtual race participants. This optional virtual race add-on has been designed for people who feel they need a little extra in-person encouragement to help get [Read More…]

tl;dr version: Virtual Strides now offers optional custom premium printed bibs. Yay! Full version: Long ago, we made the decision to not include printed bibs with our virtual race registrations. There were a number of reasons for this: Surveys we conducted early on indicated that most participants didn’t care about receiving printed bibs. Printing and mailing bibs costs money and [Read More…]

Thanks to constantly-improving smartphone technology, there are several apps available for both iPhones and Android phones that will help you track your running and walking by measuring your total time, distance, calories burned, and more. Most apps will produce maps of your route and some have social features as well, allowing you to connect with friends to keep each [Read More…]

Virtual Strides is a community of people who participate in virtual races all over the world. It’s not just about earning great medals while raising money for charity, but also motivating each other to reach our individual fitness goals. There’s lots of encouragement, support and congratulations. We recently put a call out to the Virtual Strides community [Read More…]

Hello, friends! I’m Mark, the Founder of Virtual Strides. I won’t always be the one writing our blog posts, but I wanted to be the first to welcome you to this new part of our website. So without further ado, welcome to the Virtual Strides blog! Why are we adding a blog? For a few reasons, [Read More…]