Virtual Race TXT Service

Virtual races are growing in popularity – either as stand alone events or as a way for remote participants to feel like part of a race. The new Virtual TXT service helps to bring more connectivity with your virtual participants. There are…

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Discontinuing Chrome App Check-In

As we announced a while back, Google has decided to end of life their Chrome applications. Races used the RunSignup.com/CheckIn link to get to this app (or downloaded it as a Chrome app) to get to this version. Effective January 1 it will no longer…

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Rhode Races & Events Offers Picturesque Running

Rhode Races & Events hosts a series of five race experiences in scenic view locations in the Rhode Island area. This event series provide a backdrop of water views framed by race management perfection. Each event offers a half marathon and three events…

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Mobile Google Search Improvements

We have added some new tagging to help Google recognize races on RunSignup so they display high in search results. One of the things we added helps add an image to search results displayed on mobile phones, as you can see above…

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Geek Corner – GPS Positioning Algorithms

RaceJoy is the leading mobile app for races for GPS tracking, social interaction, safety and monitoring because of the advanced technology that no one normally sees. One of the really difficult problems to solve is identifying where someone is on a course…

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Repeat Participant Data in Participant Reports

We have added a way to view the repeat participant counts in your participant reports. To view this information, you must first unhide the fields in the report options. You can do this by going to Participants>>View Participants. Select the Report Options…

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Why Roger Likes RaceDay Scoring

Roger Bradshaw created The Race Director, one of the two leading products (along with RunScore) used by timers to score races. It is used by about 30% of the timers in the US to score literally hundreds of races each weekend, and last year…

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RaceJoy Blazed through the Hell of a Half

This past weekend, participants of the Hell of a Half Marathon and their supporting family and friends were treated to RaceJoy’s live phone tracking and cheer sending as part of their infernal race day experience. The race is aptly named due to the challenging course marked…

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Multi-Race Bundles – Questions, Add-Ons and more Integration

We have expanded Multi-Race Bundles to include some more features to make signup even simpler: These are in addition to what has been released for several weeks that include full flexibility to include any number of races, consolidated Giveaways and USATriathlon membership integration. For…

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