4 Minutes of Down Time
Unfortunately, our 5 year, 9 month and 1 day of 100% uptime with zero time down even for maintenance of the GiveSignup | RunSignup system came to an end at 4:16 Eastern time on June 28, 2021. It lasted for 4 minutes…
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June 23, 2026
RaceJoy Course Maps on Website V2
RaceJoy Maps
We have added a RaceJoy Course Map Component as yet another option on Website V2. If your event has RaceJoy enabled via one of our Timer Partners, this is a great interactive map that can have a ton of features built in...June 22, 2026
2026 Midyear Race Trends Update
We release an annual RaceTrends Report each winter to provide a thorough assessment of the state of the endurance and fundraising events industry. Today, we have a brief update looking at 2026 midyear race trends to help event organizers better understand the current state...June 19, 2026
Founder’s Corner – 2026 Company Meeting and RunSignup University
We have just finished up a very fun (and exhausting) week in the beautiful, peaceful city of St. Paul, Minnesota at the friendly and diverse Saint Paul College. 2026 Company Meeting This was the first time we had brought all 81 of...Read More about Founder’s Corner – 2026 Company Meeting and RunSignup University
June 12, 2026
Running for a Cause: Charity Race Guidelines for Race Directors
Many races are organized around a charitable mission — raising money for a local nonprofit, honoring a cause, or giving back to the community. It’s one of the most motivating reasons runners sign up. But following charity race guidelines before you publish...Read More about Running for a Cause: Charity Race Guidelines for Race Directors
June 12, 2026
Video Banners for Websites
We have released the capability to have video banners on websites. Here are some examples: Vimeo Video Hosting We support Vimeo for your video hosting. Vimeo is the largest and most well know video host with tons of features and very good...Recent Blogs
Welcome, Chris May!
We are excited to welcome Chris May to the RunSignup and RaceDay team! He is joining our customer support team and will be helping to expand our support team bandwidth. Chris grew up on a family-owned golf course and campground, where he…
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Welcome Summer Interns 2021!
Welcome Summer Interns 2021 This year, we are welcoming eight interns from across the country who will be joining us for what is shaping up to be a busy season. The company’s robust internship program includes positions in multiple departments with the…
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RaceDay Scoring for Teams: Training Series for Timers
Version 3.0 Overview l Relay Teams l Aggregate Teams Timers are invited to get up to speed on the new 3.0 TEAM release of RaceDay Scoring by watching the series of timer training webinars below. Topics include a general overview of version 3.0, Relay Teams, and…
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Expo Mode Rebranded to On Site Registration and improved!
Since we have retired the SignUp App and Registration API in January of 2021 we have moved our development focus for RaceDay Registration from the SignUp App and Kiosk Mode to Expo Mode. We recently put out an update that rebranded Expo…
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Ending Simple Private Email Option, and sunsetting some referral tracking codes
We will be removing the feature to have simple private email labeling that uses your “Reply to” address as your “From” address since Google has recently begun blocking all emails set up this way to Gmail accounts. We had introduced a simplified version…
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0-60 for the Endurance and Nonprofit Event Community
It seemed like the whole country went from 60 mph to 0 in March, 2020 for our endurance and nonprofit customers putting on events. Here we are in early June, 2021 and it feels like we are going from 0 back to…
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Observations from a Post Pandemic Race
The Scott Coffee Run was this past weekend. As followers of us know, this was the race that inspired the creation of RunSignup in 2010. Bob is a race director for the race and saw the need for better technology at races. We wanted…
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RaceJoy Product Update for Certified Timers
We’ve introduced new product improvements RaceJoy Certified Timers will find valuable – from map building backend setup advancements to improving the participant experience with registration integration for virtual events. Bib Integration for Virtual Events Participants no longer need to know their bib…
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USATriathlon Membership System Goes Live June 2, 2021
UPDATE: The new USAT API is now live and we are processing all requests with the new system around noon Thursday June 3, 2021. USATriathlon will be going live with a new membership validation, selling and waiver system on June 2, 2021. USAT…
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