Endurance athletes in action
BRANDS

THE ENDURANCE ATHLETE INTENT NETWORK

Reach endurance athletes based on real-time behavior.

ESMG turns live behavioral signals from leading endurance platforms into continuously refreshed audiences brands can activate in the advertising platforms they already use.

HOW ESMG WORKS

The Athlete Intent Engine

ESMG's Athlete Intent Engine captures real-time behavioral signals across endurance platforms and turns them into continuously refreshed audiences brands can activate in their existing advertising campaigns.

Athlete Activity

Intent Signals

Audience Creation

Brand Activation

The Solution

BUIlt from Real ENDURANCE activity

ESMG turns real-time athlete behavior across leading endurance platforms into continuously refreshed audiences brands can activate in their existing campaigns.


Athlete Intent Moments
  • Race registration & discovery
  • Training & plan research
  • Gear & nutrition consideration
  • Race week & event prep
  • Results & post-race engagement
Endurance Publisher Network
  • Sportstats
  • RunGuides
  • LetsRun
Audience Activation
  • Continuously refreshed audiences
  • Audience intelligence & segmentation
  • Meta audience activation
  • Server-side signal processing
  • Campaign & conversion measurement
The Audience

Endurance Athletes Are High-Value Consumers

All endurance athletes (from beginner to professional) are invested in preparation, performance, and recovery. The endurance lifestyle requires consistent spending on the products and brands that help them train harder, stay healthy, avoid injury, and perform at a higher level.

Did you know 66% of endurance athletes register for races 30 to 120 days before race day?  This creates an extended period of active purchasing behavior across footwear, wearables, hydration, nutrition, recovery products, travel, and training tools.

ESMG captures verified athlete intent across race discovery, registration, live tracking, results engagement, endurance media consumption, podcast audiences, and community discussion platforms — enabling brands to activate high-intent audience campaigns when athlete engagement, purchasing consideration, and conversion potential are at their peak.

Trend report: https://findarace.com/directors-blog/trends-report-2025

$1,700

AVG ANNUAL ATHLETE SPEND 

4.0% CTR

EARLY ESMG CAMPAIGN  TEST

66%

REGISTER EARLY 30-120 DAYS 

31-120

DAY PURCHASING  WINDOW

Brand OPPORTUNITIES

Activate Athletes During High Intent Moments

ESMG captures verified athlete intent across race discovery, event registration, training, gear research, live tracking, and results engagement — creating powerful audience signals brands can activate through retargeting and audience intelligence.

Footwear Activation
30-120 Days case study

Footwear Activation 30-120 Days

TRAINING CYCLE + RACE PREPARATION

Reach athletes during active training cycles when footwear research, purchasing intent, and race preparation activity are accelerating.

30–120Days REGISTRATION WINDOW
HighIntent PURCHASING CYCLE
RacePreparation ACTIVE TRAINING
Audience Signals ConversionScale
Nutrition and Recovery Activation case study

Nutrition and Recovery Activation

PERFORMANCE + PREVENTION + RECOVERY 

Activate campaigns during critical fueling, hydration, recovery, and injury prevention windows surrounding race preparation and race week.

RecoveryLIFECYCLE STAGE
FuelingPERFORMANCE SUPPORT
RaceWeek HIGH ENGAGEMENT
High IntentTiming WindowsLoyalty
Apparel & Wearables Activation case study

Apparel & Wearables Activation

EVENT WEEK + LIVE ATHLETE ENGAGEMENT

Reach athletes during race week, live tracking, and event engagement moments when brand visibility and product consideration peak.

LiveTracking REAL TIME ENGAGEMENT
EventWeek HIGH VISIBILITY
CommunityENDURANCE AUDIENCE
AwarenessImpactLifecycle Stages
Privacy & Trust

Built For The Privacy-First Era

Our infrastructure is engineered to protect both publishers and athletes. We leverage advanced server-side technology to maintain high-performance targeting while upholding the strictest data security standards.

Publishers Own Their Data
Each publisher in our network retains full ownership and control. We facilitate connection without compromising the integrity of individual media properties.
Anonymized Insights
Cross-network intelligence is strictly aggregated and anonymized. We deliver performance metrics without ever exposing identifiable athlete profiles.
Privacy-First Compliance
ESMG is built around first party athlete intent signals, server-side event collection, and privacy conscious audience infrastructure designed for the evolving post-cookie advertising landscape.