Recent Blogs


Delete Sub-Accounts in Profile

Participants can now Delete Sub-Accounts in addition to Making it their own account and transferring to another account. Sub-Accounts get automatically created when a participant signs up themselves and others. For example a wife signs up her husband and daughter for a race…

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Claim Accounts in Profile

Sometimes new users get created even though there is already a user in RunSignUp with a profile. For example, someone might have imported my registration in a race rather than me signing into RunSignUp and signing myself up for a race. This…

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Maine Coast Offers RaceJoy for a Second Year!

The Shipyard Maine Coast Marathon will be held this weekend, Friday, May 13th through Sunday, May 15th, at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. The race offers a variety of course options, including a marathon, a half marathon, a half marathon relay…

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“Runcation” with a Destination Race Experience

With so many races to choose from, runners often select races that can offer something truly personal to add to the race day experience not only for themselves, but also for their supporting family and friends – like planning a vacation around…

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RedLine13 – RunSignUp’s Technology Spin off

A couple of years ago Rich Friedman, Stephen Sigwart and I (Bob Bickel) spun off a technology company called RedLine13 from RunSignUp. We felt we had developed a couple of cool pieces of technology that a broader community would be interested in…

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Case Study: DG Racing and 100% Paperless Registration

We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users.  This DG Racing Case Study focuses on a paperless registration process.  View the PDF Version of the DG Racing Case…

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ImageMagic Security Hole Fixed

A security hole was reported in ImageMagic, a tool that many websites including RunSignUp use for image resizing and processing. We learned of this issue yesterday and have updated the site with fixes last night. We did not detect any breaches as a result of…

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Participant Management for Linked Registrations

If a participant signed themselves up with others, it is now easier for them to quickly find those other registrations from their own Registration page. Clicking the link will bring up a list and quick links to each individual registration. This makes…

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Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon Offers Two Forms of Runner Tracking

The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and Mini Marathon had two forms of runner tracking available at this Saturday’s event: race-timed progress alerts delivered via text messages and live continuous tracking and GPS alerts with RaceJoy’s GPS tracking.  Participants and spectators paid 99 cents for…

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