Thank You Again!
You, our customers, are amazing! You keep recommending us to your friends and we keep growing. On March 25 we will reach half the number of total registrations we did all of 2013. If we keep on a flat rate, it means…
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October 1, 2026
Photo-Based Timing FAQ
There has been a lot of content recently about Photo-Based Timing, from blogs, field tests, webinars, to folks out there using it and sharing their feedback. From all of these sources we’ve put together a Photo-Based Timing FAQ on the subject of...October 1, 2026
RunSignup Q3 2026 Update
The Quick Summary: Q2 Numbers Another solid quarter overall as we overachieved on our registration, transaction and profitability goals. This performance continues to make our employee owned company the safe choice, providing the best technology and support for our event customers now...September 30, 2026
RunSignup September 2026 Top 5 Highlights
At RunSignup, we believe in continuous improvement. That means 2,000+ software releases each year bringing new features and upgraded technology options. While that’s great for events, we know it can be a challenge to keep up with every new release! To help, we’re picking just...September 30, 2026
5 Ways to Increase Race Revenue (Without Raising Prices)
Prices are rising. In the endurance industry, we had 5 straight years of noticeably rising prices, with 10K’s seeing the most significant increase (21% over those years) – and the midyear trends for 2026 suggest that trend isn’t slowing down. As race...Read More about 5 Ways to Increase Race Revenue (Without Raising Prices)
September 28, 2026
RunSignUp Product Updates — Week of September 21–27, 2026
This week we shipped 56 releases, adding 27,019 lines of code and removing 10,420 lines as we continue to improve and simplify the platform. This was a busy week behind the scenes at RunSignUp. From new tools for managing volunteers to a...Read More about RunSignUp Product Updates — Week of September 21–27, 2026
Recent Blogs
TXT Notifications 2.0
Over the past several weeks we have been improving the TXT and Email Notifications capability of our Results. These improvements make it possible for most races to use RunSignUp Results and Notifications to give their runners near real time result notifications, and…
Read MoreCustom Results Notifications
Timers utilizing RunSignup Results Notification settings can now customize the text message results notification going to participants. The customization of the Email Notification is in Beta and requires Timers to email info@runsignup.com to customize this. Users can select different fields they would…
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Custom Club URL
Going Live with a Sell Out Race
The Space Coast Marathon opened up registration this morning on RunSignUp. This is a sell out race, and what was interesting is the way they handled registration. Like the Spring Lake 5, they wanted to give a first chance to last year’s participants….
Read MoreRunSignUp User Conference July 18-19
We have the dates set for the first annual RunSignUp User Conference – July 18-19 in Philadelphia! We will begin with a reception on Friday night at a special Philadelphia landmark, and then have a full day of session on Saturday in…
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Anonymous User Setting
50 Milliseconds faster
We upgraded to the new m3.large instances type on our Amazon Web Servers at 4:15 PM today. Our average response time fell from about 100 milliseconds of time spent in the web server to about 50 milliseconds. If you can catch that…
Read MoreCustom URL’s Extended
Custom URL’s allow you to specify your own web address without having to have your own website – like http://www.runsignup.com/MyRace. We now give you a way to go to specific pages beyond your custom URL. This gives you a nice short address to…
Read MoreCreate Race API
We recently added a Create Race API for a technology partner / OEM. We are not making this publicly available at this time, but it is something that may be useful for some advanced technology partners. It also represents the first step…
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