Black Friday is but two days away and I am happy to share that FitFam will follow in the footsteps of our fellow Seattle company, REI, to #OptOutside.
With our mission being “To empower people to live a more healthy and active lifestyle”, it was a no-brainer that we wanted to be involved in the #OptOutside campaign as soon as it was announced. #movethemission Continue reading
As you may have seen, we recently announced an upcoming rebrand for Gametiime. Well, great news: today, that rebrand is here…
We are incredibly excited to launch FitFam — a platform for you to enjoy branded virtual events nationwide with thousands also seeking to achieve their impossible.
You can learn more and check out what we’ve built so far at https://fitfam.com.
We have never been more motivated to #movethemission — to inspire people to live a healthy and active lifestyle. And, there is much more to come in the future.
All previous features you’ve come to know and love on Gametiime are still available — including our race finder, groups, profiles, and followership of inspiring runners.
And, we’ve proud to introduce an innovative and unique offering of virtual event experiences that we would love for you to try. Registration for our flagship event, the FitFam Challenge, is already open and we hope you’ll be a part of it.
You can also read about our vision and journey in this in-depth article:
http://www.sporttechie.com/2015/11/10/launch-fitfam-newest-name-sport-event-organization.
Here forward, you’ll receive communicate from FitFam. And, you can continue to connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Thank you for your support and I’d love to hear any of your feedback or questions on our next big step forward! We can’t wait to #movethemission in an even bigger way and we look forward to you joining us in the next part of our journey.
Jon
Co-Founder & CEO | FitFam
Be your best in 2016. Learn about the first of many virtual events from us…
Firstly, thank you for your support of our journey and being part of the Gametiime Community. Over the past few years, we have created a tool to help thousands of runners of all ages and abilities to explore the world of racing and connect as a community — to go further, be stronger, and commit to being your best.
Our mission to empower a healthier and more active world has always been at the forefront of what we do, and always will be. It’s why do we what we do.
This is a big week for us at Gametiime and we look forward to you joining us. In the next 24 hours (and forward), we will be launching a new brand that we believe better and further allows us to empower you. And, our new featured offering will introduce an innovative, engaging way to connect runners seeking to achieve their impossible.
Worry not, Gametiime features you’ve come to know and love will still be available — including our race finder, groups, profiles, and followership of runners who inspire you.
We can’t wait to tell you more about what’s to come. We’ve shared an incredible journey with you thus far, and we look forward to our next path to #movethemission.
Jon
Co-Founder & CEO | Gametiime
Over the course of building the Gametiime community, we have heard numerous requests for an improved mobile experience for discovering and saving races on Gametiime.com.
Today, we are pleased to announce that Gametiime.com has evolved to now feature a fresh, easier-to-use mobile interface. All of the same features you have grown to love — like searching for events in your city or a date range, saving races to your user profile, claiming virtual race medals, and more — are now available through an improved, responsive layout.
Whether you’re using a smart phone or tablet, we’ve improved your Gametiime viewing experience. Please give it a try on your mobile device and let us know us what you think!
We recently announced the launch of our newest event, the Doggy Dashers Virtual Run & Walk — a nationwide event to benefit animal rescue through charity partner Northwest Boxer Rescue.
With the participant community already representing 20 states, we thought it’d be fun to interview a registrant and hear what’s got her most excited about the event. Keep reading to hear why Emily’s so stoked to be signed up for Doggy Dashers! Continue reading
Gametiime’s second virtual event, The Puppy Run, recently came to a successful conclusion. With nearly 700 runners (including adults, kids, and plenty of four-legged friends), it was another swag-filled, social running experience enjoyed by runners in 44 states across the country.
If you’re not yet familiar with a virtual run, it’s an event allowing runners to run locally but connect nationally (and perhaps even globally in the future). By signing up, registrants become part of an online participant community — centered around the event’s theme and charitable beneficiary. They run where and when they would like (within a given timeframe), share results, photos, and stories of their adventures, and receive exclusive merchandise in the mail to remember the experience.
For The Puppy Run, we introduced some brand-new additions to our offering, including:
As mentioned in our previous post, our very first virtual run, the Pi Day 5K, was a big success! Before the event, we had a guess that our growing running community and other runners around the country would be jazzed up about three things:
Over 750 runners later, it was clearly true — the Pi Day 5K was a sweet, mathematical hit. Over the weekend of 3/12 to 3/15, runners across all but 5 states (as well as 3 Canadian provinces) submitted hundreds of photos on Instagram, finishing times for their well-earned miles, and received coveted Pi Day 5K swag and prizes.
We’ve recently started working on a stealth project for the Gametiime running community. While still aiming to give people a better way to live out their running journey in a more socially-connected and meaningful way, this project was built to do so in a different manner than the social race directory we’ve built to empower people to find and save races around the US.
Our hunch told us runners needed it so we quickly got to work.
In just a few weeks, we launched our first virtual run. We called it the Pi Day 5K, in playful celebration of the mathematical number and scheduled for (most appropriately) 3/14/15.
We recently featured the Blooms to Brews Marathon, Half Marathon, & 4-Person Relay. Today, we’d like to give you an event preview in pictures and announce Blooms to Brews is generously giving out another two free entries! Click to win a free registration!
Are you interested in a flat, fast that features scenic views along the Columbia River, majestic country farmland, and acres of beautifully-colored tulips that lead to the final two miles of a crowd-cheering race finish? So are we! We had an opportunity to interview Elba Benzler of Get Bold Events about the Blooms to Brews Marathon, Four-Person Marathon Relay, Half Marathon, & 10K. Read more about this picturesque Boston Marathon qualifier and be sure to put your name in for a free entry when our drawing is announced soon!
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