Text Messaging Now Available for Races

We have added the capability for races to do text messaging with their participants. This can be useful for emergency situations such as delaying the race due to lightning. This feature is not meant to be used for marketing purposes! This option is…

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Rotpac Racing Case Study

We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignup users.  This Rotpac Racing Case Study focuses on how a Timer can work with their Race Directors to create the…

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CSV Conversion Utility – Useful for ElfScore Users

We have put up a generic CSV conversion utility – https://runsignup.com/Utilities/ElfScoreConversion. As the URL implies, these conversions are particularly useful for timers using the ElfScore scoring platform to easily import runner registration information. This joins our other CSV Merge Utility. It that helps convert the…

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Barcodes

We include a registration # barcode on the confirmation page, the confirmation email and now you have the ability to include the barcode in any email you send your runners. What is the Barcode?The barcode is the registration ID number. Each person who registers…

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Race Director Go

In addition to the big news that The Race Director has joined forces with RunSignUp, we are also excited to introduce a new offering for Race Director timers – Race Director Go, or RD Go. RD Go allows any Race Director (RD) timer to simply…

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Guest Blog – Video Results

Steve Stone of Best Times Event Timing is kind enough to share his experience in setting up for video results. Camera PositioningI think we have final found a good GoPro camera position for filming finish line videos. From the attached picture, you can see…

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Lessons learned from GoPro Video Results

This Thanksgiving Ron Synup took his GoPro to the Lansing Turkey Trot and filmed the finish line. This is using RunSignup’s Video Results capability. The top lessons learned: He learned a lot doing this process.  The filming was fun and easy…the learning came heavily on the…

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Custom Results API – Notifications

We are expanding the Custom Results API to include a mechanism for providing notifications. The concept is that a list of participants can be uploaded to RunSignup a week or two before a race and participants and their friends and families can…

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RunSignUp Integration with Agee Timing Software

Agee Race Timing Software has partnered with RunSignup to provide a comprehensive integration with their Race Timing Software. Brian Agee has put together a complete manual for the integration here.  A few highlights: Race Setup If you have existing races on RunSignup and want to…

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