Adam Shelton: Timer Award Recipient
RunSignup is proud to announce Adam Shelton, a managing partner of Start 2 Finish, is the award recipient of the 2024 Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award.
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Category: Industry News
The State of the Industry: 2023 RaceTrends Report is Here!
Our annual RaceTrends Report is here, breaking down the participation numbers and industry trends from 2023 to help you make better predictions and more successful decisions in 2024. The headline from this year’s report is that race participation in 2023 was down…
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2023 Top 100 Largest Races
We assembled a preliminary list of the 2023 top 100 largest races that were timed. We have been accumulating this list for a couple of years (see 2018, 2019, and 2022). This year, we also added data around the largest individual distances….
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2023 Turkey Trots Shatter Records
The biggest US running day of the year impressed in 2023, with 920,761 people participating in 833 races across the country and raising more than $1.9 million dollars for charities. That represented record-shattering participation on the platform, with an increase of more…
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Founder’s Corner – 2024 Company Strategy
Last year I wrote about our Product Led Company Strategy and how we operate the company on a “Product Led Growth” strategy based on our Guiding Principles. We discussed our basic revenue stream based on payments. And we discussed our Employee Owned…
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Cal Tri Events Provides Free Youth Racing in 2024
Guest Blog by Thom Richmond, CEO of Cal Tri Events. Starting in 2024, young athletes, aged 7-17, can race for free at any race in the Cal Tri Events series. Young athletes can participate for free in a range of race formats: triathlon, triathlon…
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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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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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Registration Market Analysis September, 2023
We have been doing the US race registration market analysis every 6 months for many years. We include a ton of analytical data, and also include our analysis of happenings and directions in the market (of course that analysis is done from…
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How Do Runners Find Races?
It’s the biggest question for any race director: how do runners find my event? Some technology platforms like Eventbrite try to pitch themselves as event marketplaces that people come to seek out events. In reality, runners don’t need another marketplace for events….
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