Recent Blogs


Welcome Darren Wamboldt

We are happy to welcome Darren Wamboldt to the RunSignUp Team! Darren joins Jeff Kiesel and Meredith Klein as part of our User Experience Manifesto. Darren has led the RaceIT User Experience effort for the past 5 years. Coupling his deep passion for UI design, his coding…

Read More

Shared Coupon Report Invite

Shared Coupon reports are an easy way to give sponsors or others easy access to see if their coupons have been used and by whom. We have added a simple invitation to make this even easier for race directors and the people…

Read More

Locked-In Pricing for Cap Priced Events

With our Participant Count price increases always has the downside of people being upset they did not get the price they wanted. The default way it works is the first X people who click Submit on the Checkout page to process their transaction. The…

Read More

RaceJoy Keeps Runners on Course

According to Burning River’s race director, Jim Christ; “If you are going to run 50 or 100 miles, it is a basic need for you and your support crew to know you are on course and your exact position. We are grateful…

Read More

Apple Changes the Rules for Event Apps

Apple has changed the rules for what passes as a valid app (Will Apple’s App Store New Guidelines Trouble Event Apps?) and has started removing hundreds of thousands of apps based on these new guidelines. What this means: If your race has a light weight…

Read More

Why Software Dies

This blog is the other half of the blog on When Software Dies. There are obviously many, many reasons why software dies. This blog hopefully helps a few creators avoid mistakes and a few users from making a poor choice that puts them…

Read More

When Software Dies

This past week RaceIT told customers that they would be closing down their servers later this year. I’ve (Bob) had a personal experience with this in the past, and thought I would write this blog to give the creator and user perspective….

Read More

USATriathlon Membership Number

We now show the USAT Membership number in several more convenient places. In particular, the Participant Management page for each individual now shows the number: In addition, you can build saved reports that include any of the USAT information:

Read More

New Results User Experience

We released this in a number of phases over the past month, but it is a good example of how we are committed to our User Experience Manifesto of making the best user experience for race directors and participants. The new main…

Read More