Weekly Announcement - 7/7 - Rebel Runs (and races), Beta Testing, 1st Community Office Hours, and more etc..
Hello! And Happy Endorphins Monday!
It is time to get serious lol. July 4th is behind us. You can leave the glizzy's and adult gatorades in the rear view mirror. It is time to diallll ittttt innnnn if you're training for a fall race this season! And if you're not training for a race, we don't discriminate, you are welcome to dial it in too!
Welcome to all several hundred new members of our community from across the world. A fun fact, ~66% of our members DO NOT live in an Endorphins city. This may come as a surprise to some considering we host 1500+ free community events a year. But when you think about it, Endorphins can mean many things to many people. Whether you attend one of our local community events across the US, wear Endorphins apparel on race day, or train with us using our community developed training platform... you are all part of our global community. What ties us together is our mission, which is to spread positivity and happiness!
Each week we send out a weekly announcement to make sure all members are on the same page and moving in the same direction!
In this update:
- Road To Marathon - DC orientation is this Saturday (see you there!)
- beta testing opportunity / app upgrades (requested by you and members of the community)
- 12 rebel events this month across the country (its giving global running day all over again!)
- First Community Office Hours - fun new thing (link to RSVP)
- July challenges and giveaways (lets rock)
Road To Marathon Series - DC Orientation
The second and third wave of acceptances have been sent out! We have started sending out acceptance emails to participants of The Road To Marathon Series powered by New Balance. This program is designed for anyone training for a half or full marathon this summer or fall.
If you are running a summer half or full marathon. You can apply here.
If you live in DC!!! Our Road To Orientation is this weekend. The event RSVP can be found here. The link is only accessible to program members.
Beta Testing / App Upgrades - lets gooo!
We send out a lot of forms... if you've been around for the past few years... you likely know that we take immense pride in ensuring our community grows with each and every members best interest in mind. We send out forms, to collect feedback which our team and city leads take into deep consideration before making major decisions. This ensures that we remain community first. And it honestly makes sure we are always doing our best to represent our community in everything that we do.
Its crazy... but in 2022 Endorphins didn't exist. And after multiple years of working with you, our members, city leads, and coaches, we have developed a training platform that is extremely advanced. It uses machine learning to look at your activities and match them to your prescribed workouts to give you a Flash Score. Over time your plan will adjust based on your Flash Scores and how closely you execute your prescribed workouts!
Probably the coolest part is that is has been built by engineers from within the community! Doubling down on our commitment on being a community first organization.
We asked members of our community how we can improve our training. Here are the 3 most requested features that are now in testing:
Long Run Workouts – add tempo and speed workouts into long runs.
Custom Training Volume & Ranges – Fine tune plan mileage based on desired mileage ranges.
Build Progressions – select between a gradual, standard or a fast plan build to allow for the progression that makes the most sense
All three of these features have been built and now are in testing! Before we can release them to all 30,000 members, we need your help testing and providing feedback. If you'd like to be added to the beta testing group, fill out this form and we will not only add you as a beta tester, but you will also be added to a private group within the app to beta test future product updates before they are released to the rest of the community! If selected, you will receive an email from us later in the week with next steps!
Rebel V5 Runs - 12 Cities
This month our friends at New Balance are releasing The FuelCell Rebel v5 which are ideal for the miles where you want to feel fast! To celebrate we are doing what we do best... hosting 12 runs across the US. All have some cool perks, giveaways, and surprises. Find your cities event below and RSVP so we can have appropriate headcounts!
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We have been tossing giveaways into the middle of the announcements to see who is ACTUALLY reading them. Want to make sure this giveaway goes out to some of our most engaged members!
Toss a comment in the chat to be entered to win a pair of the brand new Rebel V5's!
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RSVP to a rebel event here:
Pittsburgh - July 3rd - 6:30pm
Philly - July 9th - 10:00pm (race, registration required)
NYC - July 12th - 8:00am (race, registration required)
LA - July 20th - time tbd
First Community Office Hours!
On Monday July 14th, we will be hosting our first ever community office hours.
The purpose of this call is to help provide more information about our community as well as learn more about how we can continue to support you and our members.
This call is totally optional and will be held on July 14th at 7pm ET. If you'd like to join you can RSVP here.
July Challenges + Giveaways
Take a look at the challenges tab in the app, you will see new challenges from Gainful, Masa, New Balance, Shokz, and Knockaround! Thank you to all the brands that are contributing product to giveaways via our challenges. We appreciate your support of our members and our community!
Only the best,
Tyler