Endurance athletes in action
BRANDS

WE HAVE THE ENDURANCE ATHLETES.

Endurance Sports Advertising Powered by Real Athlete Intent.

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: Real Signals. Real Audiences.

ESMG captures first-party behavioral and intent signals across leading endurance sports publishers. These signals help identify active athlete interests and engagement, creating continuously refreshed advertising audiences for brands and media buyers.

Athlete Activity

Intent Signals

Audience Creation

Brand Activation

The Solution

Endurance Athlete Audiences Built from Real Behavior

Go beyond broad sports-interest targeting. ESMG identifies endurance audiences through actual race research, training interests, gear exploration, event engagement and post-race activity across its publisher network.


Athlete Intent Moments
  • Race Discovery & Registration Intent
  • Training, Marathon & Triathlon Research
  • Footwear, Gear & Nutrition Research
  • Destination Race & Travel Interest
  • Race Week, Live Event Engagement, Race Results & Recovery
Endurance Publisher Network
  • Sportstats
  • RunGuides
  • LetsRun
Audience Activation
  • First-Party Athlete Intent Signals
  • Continuously Refreshed Audiences
  • Athlete Interest & Intent Segmentation
  • Meta Custom Audience Activation
  • Campaign Performance Measurement
The Audience

Reach Endurance Athletes Throughout Their Journey

Endurance athletes consistently research, train, compete and prepare for their next challenge. That journey creates valuable advertising opportunities across footwear, apparel, wearables, nutrition, recovery, travel and training services.

From researching a first half marathon to preparing for a destination triathlon, athletes generate intent signals throughout their journey. ESMG helps advertisers identify relevant audiences through race discovery, registration-related actions, training research, community discussions, live tracking and results engagement.

Reach endurance audiences based on what they're actively exploring—not simply whether an advertising platform classifies them as interested in sports.

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

Reach Endurance Athletes When Their Intent Matters Most

ESMG helps brands identify advertising opportunities throughout the athlete journey, from race discovery and training to equipment research, destination travel, event participation and post-race recovery.

Running Footwear & Gear Audiences case study

Running Footwear & Gear Audiences

TRAINING CYCLE + RACE PREPARATION

Reach runners and endurance athletes researching training, racing and performance gear throughout their preparation cycle.

30–120Days REGISTRATION WINDOW
HighIntent PURCHASING CYCLE
RacePreparation ACTIVE TRAINING
Audience Signals ConversionScale
Sports Nutrition & Recovery Audiences case study

Sports Nutrition & Recovery Audiences

PERFORMANCE + PREVENTION + RECOVERY 

Connect with endurance athletes exploring fueling, hydration, injury prevention and recovery around training and race events.

RecoveryLIFECYCLE STAGE
FuelingPERFORMANCE SUPPORT
RaceWeek HIGH ENGAGEMENT
High IntentTiming WindowsLoyalty
Performance Apparel & Wearable Audiences case study

Performance Apparel & Wearable Audiences

EVENT WEEK + LIVE ATHLETE ENGAGEMENT

Reach athletes engaged with endurance events, training, live tracking and performance content.

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

First-Party Athlete Signals. Privacy-Conscious Advertising.

ESMG uses first-party behavioral signals from its endurance publisher network and server-side infrastructure to support audience creation and advertising activation, subject to applicable consent and privacy controls.

Publishers Own Their Data
Publishers retain ownership and control of their first-party data. ESMG provides infrastructure for permitted audience intelligence and advertising activation.
Anonymized Insights
Behavioral signals are used to develop relevant audience segments without providing advertisers with identifiable athlete profiles.
Privacy-First Compliance
ESMG applies consent and privacy eligibility controls to support responsible audience activation across supported advertising platforms.