Move as you normally do
Steps sync from the phone or wearable employees already have. Distance comes from step count, not GPS, so no routes to plan and no workouts to start.
Solutions · Virtual Marathon
A marathon your whole company can enter.
Vantage Fit turns everyday steps into marathon distance. No GPS routes, no wearables to buy, no running required. Employees pick a distance that fits them, and HR gets a finish-line report worth sharing.
No wearable or GPS required
Distances from 5K to a full marathon
Trusted by 100+ organizations
94% engagement · Embrace Pet Insurance marathon
42 km avg per employee · Carter Myers Automotive
Trusted by 100+ organizations in 50+ countries
TATA MOTORS
WIPRO
ACCENTURE
TEVA
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
HERSHEY
BRAZOSPORT ISD
The familiar story
A parking-lot 5K was never going to include everyone.
Only the runners show up
A traditional race draws the same athletic few. Everyone else watches from the sidelines, or doesn't come at all.
One city, one morning
Remote and global teams can't join an event that happens in one parking lot at 7 a.m.
Logistics eat the budget
Permits, route marshals, insurance, and t-shirts, all paid for before anyone takes a single step.
Over by 9 a.m.
A nice photo, a sweaty email thread, and no numbers leadership can actually use.
A virtual marathon keeps the shared-start-line energy and drops every barrier. Same event, every office, every fitness level.
How it works
Every step becomes distance.
Employees walk, run, or wheel as they normally do. Vantage Fit converts steps to kilometers on a live leaderboard.
Watch the distance add up
1,000 steps becomes a kilometer by default, on a ratio and in units (km or miles) you choose. A lunch walk counts as much as a morning run.
Cross your finish line
The leaderboard ranks total distance over the event. Progress is cumulative, so a rest day never resets anyone.
5Kthe first finish line
10Kthe classic
21.1Khalf marathon
42.2Kfull marathon
Customyou set the distance
Everyone picks the distance that motivates them. Bigger targets earn bigger rewards, scaled automatically.
Ways to run it
One format, three event styles.
24 hours
One-day virtual marathon
A single shared moment: everyone competes on the same day across distance tiers, and results land within 24 hours.
Best for: program launches and observance days
2–4 weeks
Multi-week E-Marathon
Distance accumulates over weeks, so "Walk Across America" style campaigns have room to breathe. The simplest setup in our challenge catalog.
Best for: health months and themed campaigns
Managed format
GPS race day
A real GPS-tracked marathon with live distance tracking for physical running events, configured with your account manager.
Best for: companies with an established running culture
The event playbook
When to put one on the calendar.
01 Program kickoff
Launch or relaunch your wellness program with a shared moment. The energy carries into the challenges that follow.
02 Observance days
World Health Day, World Heart Day, a company anniversary. The event maps to the date, and participation becomes a quotable metric.
03 Re-engagement spark
One day feels manageable in a way a 30-day program doesn't. A low-barrier event pulls dormant employees back in.
04 Regional head-to-head
Which office or region logs the most kilometers? Clean, fast, unambiguous bragging rights.
05 Energizer or finale
Punctuate a longer program when engagement dips, or close a quarter with a finish line.
+ Building a habit instead?
A one-day event is a punctuation moment, not a program. Pair it with a Streak or Custom challenge for the weeks that follow.
For HR & program managers
Launch in an afternoon. Recap it the next morning.
An event this size shouldn't need an events team. Configuration takes minutes; the dashboard carries the proof.
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The simplest setup we make
Name, dates, distance ratio, audience, publish. No weekly themes, no task lists, no scoring rules to configure.
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Promotion built in
Announce by email and in-app banner ahead of the event, then send a day-of push notification when the start line opens.
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One event, every time zone
Start and end times localize to each participant's midnight, so a one-day marathon is one true day everywhere. Rewards set in USD display in local currency.
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Leave with numbers
Watch check-ins and distance live, then share the recap: who joined, how far the company went, who crossed each finish line.
Results
Finish-line numbers from real events.
94%
Embrace Pet Insurance Insurance · Ohio
engagement across an 8-week company marathon, with 19.3M+ steps logged together.
42 km
Carter Myers Automotive Automotive · Virginia
average distance per employee in a 4-week walkathon. A full marathon each, from everyday steps.
89%
Cotiviti IT services · Utah
engagement in a week-long virtual walkathon: 19,400+ km covered by 540+ employees.
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Global Corporate Walkathon Hosted on Vantage Fit
countries in one month-long event, with 3,700+ participants across 74 teams.
Results from published Vantage Fit customer case studies. Engagement and distance figures are as reported by each program.
Enterprise trust
Global event. Local data.
A company-wide marathon touches every employee's phone, so security, privacy, and residency are part of the product, not an appendix.
Compliance
HIPAA-aligned and GDPR compliant, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001/27701 documentation available during evaluation.
Regional data residency
Employee data stays in its assigned region: US, EU, India, or UAE. Nothing moves across borders.
SSO & HRIS ready
SAML 2.0 single sign-on with Okta, Azure AD, OneLogin, or Ping. HRIS and SFTP provisioning keep rosters in sync.
Private by design
Admins see aggregate metrics, never individual health profiles. Leaderboard opt-out is built in, and data is never sold or shared for advertising.
FAQ
Questions HR teams ask.
Do employees have to run, or use GPS?
No. Everyday steps convert to distance automatically, so walking the dog, commuting, and lunch breaks all count. There are no routes to follow, no GPS workouts to start, and no running required. Distance is calculated from step count, not location tracking.
Do employees need a fitness tracker?
No. iPhones and Android phones count steps on their own through Apple Health and Google Fit, so anyone with a smartphone can join. Employees who have them can connect Fitbit or Garmin directly, and Apple Watch plus most popular bands sync through Apple Health. One primary device is active at a time, so steps never double-count.
One day or multi-week: which should we pick?
Pick a one-day marathon for a shared moment tied to a date, like a program launch or World Heart Day. Pick a multi-week E-Marathon (2 to 4 weeks works well) for distance campaigns and themed pushes. Many teams pair them: a one-day kickoff, then a multi-week main event.
Can our global offices join the same event?
Yes, that's the default. Start and end times localize to each participant's midnight, so a one-day marathon is one true calendar day in every time zone. Rewards configured in USD display in each employee's local currency with a country-relevant gift-card catalogue across 190+ countries.
How do the distance tiers work?
Employees choose the target that motivates them: 5K, 10K, half marathon, full marathon, or a custom distance you set. Rewards scale with the target automatically, so bigger efforts earn more and every fitness level has a real finish line.
What can we report afterward?
During the event, the admin dashboard tracks check-ins, distance covered, and finishers live. Afterward, export the leaderboard by tier, department, or country, a participation report with one row per enrolled employee, and a full points transaction ledger, all as CSVs.
Pick a date. We'll build your marathon.
Book a 30-minute walkthrough and we'll mock up a virtual marathon for your workforce: tiers, theme, and the reporting behind it.
Live in days
No wearables or GPS required
One event across every time zone
Rewards in local currency
Give every employee a finish line worth crossing.