WHAT RUNS A RUN · AUGUST 5, 2024

A conversation with Gary McNamee, Founder & CEO of Outside Interactive

In the next episode of 26.2 Podcast on Traxamo, I sit down with Gary McNamee, Founder & CEO of Outside Interactive and chat about Simulator product which recreates the race day experience of running a race on equipments in your living rooms. Let’s say you are running the 2024 New York City Marathon virtually during November first week and you have a Peloton treadmill at home; using Outside Interactive’s Simulator, NYC Marathon organizers can bring you the race day experience - running the actual race course with it’s electrifying crowd support that pervades the whole city. And we are going to experience exactly the same on Aug 10 & 11th where people from all over the world can participate on a connected race on the actual Paris Olympic 2024 Marathon Course on Kino Maps platform. Here are some key focus areas of our conversation: ⛳ Founding journey of Outside Interactive ⛳ Building Virtual Runner/Simulator - Importance of listening to feedbacks and iterating ⛳ Heralding a new era of physically interactive television starting in Paris Olympics 2024 Marathon ⛳ What’s in Virtual Runner/Simulator for race directors, charity organizations, advertisers, health clubs, equipment manufacturers etc ⛳ Discipline, Patience and Humility - Gary’s serial entrepreneurial journey Podcast Outline: 0:05 Episode summary 2:17 Introduction 3:41 Founding story of Outside Interactive 14:29 What’s ahead for Outside Interactive 16:57 Adoption of Virtual Runner/Simulation by the running community 30:28 Outside interactive Simulator and equipment manufacturer 34:31 Discipline, Patience and Humility - Gary’s entrepreneurial journey 42.21 What’s ahead for Virtual racing? References : - Outside Interactive - https://outsideinteractive.com/ - Paris Olympics 2024 Connected race by Kino Maps - https://challenge.kinomap.com/en-marathon-pour-tous-connecte - Paris Olympics 2024 Marathon Pour Tous - https://marathonpourtous.paris2024.org/en/l-evenement/marathon-pour-tous - Beach to Beacon 10K, Cape Elizabeth, Maine - https://www.beach2beacon.org/ - Boston Local news channel covering Outside Interactive’s Virtual runner/Simulator product - https://www.wcvb.com/article/company-creates-way-for-runners-to-enjoy-races-virtually/12035120 Episode info: - Youtube - https://youtu.be/WqgH87zJAU0 - Apple Podcast link - https://apple.co/3WwfZIl - Spotify podcast link - https://bit.ly/3yqBCSt Transcript and Show notes: - https://www.traxamo.com/tech-in-26-2-gary-mcnamee Enjoy the episode #runners #podcast #endurance #racetech #parisolympics2024 #parisolympics