Guest Post by Panos Gonos, Founder of Race Directors HQ. Building a budget for your race may not be the most glamorous (nor the most fun) part of race directing. However, like with any other venture, having a reliable financial plan can…
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It is that time of year! The 2024 Timer Survey is now open for timers to help provide insight into the timing segment of the endurance industry. Now in its 6th year, RunSignup’s annual timer survey remains the only industry research specifically…
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In spite of requests, Let’s Do This (LDT) insists on scraping our list of races and publishing them on their website. They are a competitive registration platform to RunSignup, and seem to have several strategies that are likely not leading to success,…
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RunSignup is now requesting nominations for the 2025 Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award. In recognition of the remarkable efforts of race timers, this award honors those who have make a substantial and continued impact on the endurance race industry. Named…
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The biggest US running day of the year is coming up! In 2023, Thanksgiving Day races broke RunSignup records, with 920,761 participants across 833 races. Now, with about a month until Thanksgiving 2024, we took a look at the numbers to see…
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This is a guest blog from Cees van Dok, founder and creator of RaceClocker, a do-it-yourself tool for manual timing of sports races. RaceClocker has completed an integration allowing race directors to seamlessly import race data and start lists from RunSignup into…
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Timing races has evolved dramatically over the years. From the early days of stopwatches to the adoption of Time Machines, and eventually the emergence of chip timing, the industry continually seeks ways to more efficiently and accurately time and score mass participation…
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Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. Last week Eventbrite announced Q2 earnings, and put simply, they were a Train Wreck. That blog reviews the details of the mistakes that have decreased their ticket buyers by 16% in the past year. This has led to…
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EnMotive has announced the end of their registration business. As with previous registration vendors who have had to cease operations, RunSignup is here to help those customers who previously used EnMotive. Here is the letter that customers are receiving and has been…
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Races that used RunSignup in both 2023 and 2024 saw an overall registration count increase of 11% while transaction volume from registrations grew 15%. These are both the best monthly numbers we have seen in 2024, and move the average for 2024…
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