We release an annual RaceTrends Report each winter to provide a thorough assessment of the state of the endurance and fundraising events industry. Today, we have a brief update looking at 2026 midyear race trends to help event organizers better understand the current state…
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RunSignup puts out a comprehensive annual RaceTrends report looking at the state of the endurance industry. However, one of the largest gaps in that report is the state of Ultramarathons. While data exists, our bulk reporting cannot differentiate between long-term virtual challenges…
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There were two announcements yesterday that most event directors probably ignored. These two announcements mean that the history of vendor failure in event technology is likely to continue, and potentially accelerate. This is bad news for event directors. They pick a technology…
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A guest column by Phil Dumontet, CEO of Laurel. This corrects our misunderstanding of the underlying technology being LoRa instead of the Bluetooth technology they actually use. It also discusses the advancements Laurel has made since their debut in January, 2025 at…
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The Quick Summary: Our employee owned company shares our high level numbers and thoughts on the market and technology advances on a quarterly and yearly basis – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Q2 Numbers Another solid quarter overall as we overachieved on our registration, transaction and profitability…
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Our annual 2025 Race Trends Report is here, breaking down the participation numbers and industry trends from 2025 to help race directors and timers make better predictions and more successful decisions in 2026. The headline from this year continued, but slowing growth,…
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We’re very pleased to announce that Matthew Smeltzer, founder of Competitive Timing, is the winner of the 2026 Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award! We presented this honor at this week’s Timer Education Summit in Tampa, Florida, and we couldn’t be…
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This is a guest blog from Tina Muir, the founder of Racing for Sustainability. Putting on a race means balancing countless moving parts — budgets, logistics, participant experience, community impact, all while trying to do the right thing for the cities we…
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We assembled a preliminary list of the 2025 Top 100 Largest Races in the US that were timed. We have been compiling this list for a couple of years (see 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024). A few notes: 2025 Top 100…
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There has been wide speculation on the growth of endurance events since Covid. RunSignup keeps track of Year over Year comparisons of the same events (eg. events that happened in both 2024 and 2025 on our platform). This gives us the ability…
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