How To Use Virtual Baton App

USING VIRTUAL BATON APP – TEAM CHALLENGE

During a team challenge distance completed by anyone on your team at any time gets added to the team total!

You will use use Virtual Baton App to stay connected, manage your team, add distance, and track your progress on the leaderboard and map!

There are two ways to add distance to your team:

Virtual Baton App is currently compatible with:

We recommend connecting a fitness app for the best experience.

How to use Virtual Baton App to add distance to your team

*Optional*

On the Account page, connect to your fitness app account (e.g. MapMyRun).

Test your connection with the Refresh button. Clicking Refresh will display your last activity.

We recommend enabling both email and push notifications so that you get alerted when the challenge begins, along with other important updates.

When your team is ready to begin running tap Start Race. This will start your team’s clock.

Any distance added after you start your team clock counts towards your total.

Run, then upload your run to your fitness app.

Open Virtual Baton App and tap Add Distance – Fitness App to add distance from your any new activities to your team total.

If no new distance appears. Wait 30 – 60 seconds then try again.

If you are not using a fitness app or want to add steps tap Add Distance Manually to manually add distance.

Use the private team chat to bombard your team members with motivational emjois to keep the stoke level high!

Look at your team’s position on the map and use Google Street View to check out your surroundings!

If you have questions or need support email us at races@runguides.com