Recent Blogs


“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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RunSignup and Google Analytics (Part Three)

At this point, you’re almost a Google Analytics and RunSignup expert. You’ve read about the basics of RunSignUp and Google Analytics, and you’ve configured your website and RunSignUp to support cross domain tracking. However, rather than linking to RunSignup for registration, you are taking advantage of…

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RunSignup and Google Analytics (Part Two)

So you’ve read about RunSignUp and Google Analytics and you realize how helpful it can be to track the web traffic related to your event. You’ve added your Google Analytics information to your RunSignUp race but you’ve got your own race website and are…

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Bib Exchange Kiosk

We have released a Bib Exchange Kiosk to help races facilitate onsite person-to-person transfers at a race expo. The kiosk bib exchange allows race volunteers to search for and initiate a registration transfer quickly without needing participants to go to their email…

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RaceTec Timing & Results Integration

RaceTec is an advanced race scoring and results platform developed by Graeme Vincent. It is widely used around the world for large and small races across many race types. It is known for many advanced features and instant web-based results. RaceTec has done…

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