As we have built Traingo, one of our biggest challenges (and one of the goals we have been most passionate about) is trying to capture the connection and the feel of the racing community.

In the athletic community, individuals identify with accomplishments, and events like racing so easily blend with human accomplishment that all sorts of support groups, from small families to companies to large social clubs spring up around individuals or groups of individuals. Just as important as the groups that form are the goals and accomplishments these groups gather around.

So, with our desire for Traingo to assist in growing these small communities, one of the ways we want to accomplish this is by creating ways for users to create and share goals with others in Traingo. As our users accomplish their goals, they can establish respect (or “street cred”) within the community and from that, value and context is given to the information that they enter and share. More importantly, they can celebrate their accomplishments with their friends.

The hope is that by providing this venue, athletes will be driven to accomplish new and exciting goals…goals that go beyond the often standard and mundane runs, rides and swims that try to carry us in-between races.