Recent Blogs


Request for Nominations for Timer of the Year Award

We are now accepting nominations for the Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award. In recognition of the remarkable efforts of race timers, this award honors those who have made a substantial and continued impact on the endurance race industry. Named after the industry’s pioneering figure, Alan Jones, RunSignup established the award to acknowledge and celebrate individuals who have contributed to the continuous improvement of the race experience for participants and spectators alike. The award will be presented during RunSigup’s upcoming 2024 Winter Timer Tour. 

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Apple Wallet Email Replacement Tag

RunSignup makes it easy for participants to add their tickets to Apple Wallet, with numerous benefits including less customer service, automated event reminder notifications via Apple Wallet settings, and an even speedier check-in process. We automatically show options to add to Apple Wallet…

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Race Roster High Pricing

As we discussed in our Market Analysis, Race Roster has raised prices quite a bit. Race Roster does not publish pricing (unlike RunSignup), but we went in and set up an event and tried different event pricing to try to understand their…

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Tickets App v1.1.28 is Now Available!

We’re happy to announce the latest version of the Tickets App, which focuses on improving the experience of users who offer Standalone Store Items, Store Item Fulfillment, and more! Feature Updates Standalone Store Purchases are now displayed in the list of Purchases…

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RaceDay Scoring v4.0.14 is Now Available!

Feature Updates Implemented Tier-2 Cross Country Scoring Please note that this feature is exclusively available for Cross Country. It enables you to automatically divide a team into two versions, “Tier 1” and “Tier 2”, based on the finish order of the members….

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Email Capture for Email V2

RunSignup’s popular Email Capture for event websites is now available in Email V2. This streamlines the emails you collect from your customizable website Email Capture with the rest of Email V2. If you have already been using Email Capture in old Email…

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Announcing 2024 Winter Timer Tour

We are very excited to announce our 2024 Winter Timer Tour where we will be taking Timer Tip Tuesday on the road. We will connect with timers across the country to provide an update on RunSignup’s RaceDay Suite of timer technology products and offer valuable insights to expand timer business related revenue. The four-city tour offers timers an opportunity to network among peers and have the chance to get one-on-one time with RunSignup’s RaceDay team.  

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RunSignup Q3 2023 Update

This was a very interesting quarter. We saw continued growth in our business. We saw “normal” returning to the endurance community, although with some final adjustments. Specifically, some of the growth we saw in the first two quarters of the year were…

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Welcome, Jesse Short

We are excited to announce our newest team member, Jesse Short. Jesse is joining RunSignup as a Marketing associate. He will be supporting the marketing team in writing out case studies and blog posts as well as assisting with various promotional activities….

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RaceDay Scoring v4.0.11 is Now Available!

Feature Updates Updated RaceDay Hub Announcer Kiosk Window to show settings immediately after launching. We’ve noticed that people often forget to adjust the Timing Locations displayed in the announcer window until after reads have already been displayed in the window. To address…

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