{"id":442,"date":"2020-06-26T20:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/?p=442"},"modified":"2022-08-24T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:28:22","slug":"from-0-to-9500-runners-with-coronamilen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/virtual-races\/from-0-to-9500-runners-with-coronamilen\/","title":{"rendered":"From 0 to 9500 Runners With Coronamilen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronamilen is the largest race in Sweden this year with its 9500 participants. We are still wondering, how could a Virtual Race go from nothing, an entirely new concept, to so many racers in just three weeks? We had the honor to interview Marcus Andersson, the creator of Coronamilen, and ask him how he did it.<\/p>\n

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Access the interview in written format at RaceID.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to the interview plus the following Q&A:\u00a0https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/racesverige\/racepodden-webinar-virtual-races-and-coronamilen<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the Webinar on Youtube:<\/p>\n

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About Coronamilen (The Corona Mile)<\/h2>\n

The race was launched in the middle of March this year, and people could register to do their Virtual Race by themselves, between the time period 2 May to 15 May. The registration was kept open while the race started. The participation fee was 300 SEK (30 EUR) and for this you got a T-shirt, medal and sponsor goodie bag. All the proceeds went to a charity organization to help people affected by the Corona pandemic. The race received a total of 9500 participants in this short time, and was able to finally donate almost 120,000 EUR to the charity organization thanks to everyone that ran their 10K.<\/p>\n

Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n

Below I\u2019ve summarised the most important reasons why the race became so popular from our conversation with Marcus:<\/p>\n