Your race is coming up this Saturday. In the back of your mind you are wondering “When should I open next year’s race?” The answer, of course is when you are ready! This blog discusses some of the options, tradeoffs and various…
When severe weather conditions are possible in your area, the first step is building a contingency plan that can be activated as needed. 1. Decision: Do You Need to Cancel or Postpone Your Event? Your first step is to decide if you…
GiveSignup is excited to announce that donation transfers are available for peer to peer fundraising events. Donation transfers let event directors transfer donations between individuals, from teams to individuals, and across teams so that fundraisers can meet their minimums. This feature is…
When Julia Jorgensen, her husband, and a close friend, decided to open a triathlon store in their hometown (Velocity Multi-Sport and Cycling), they never imagined they’d become race directors. But sometimes life takes unexpected turns. After a successful launch in 2020, COVID-19…
RaceJoy Certified Timers who wish to offer chip timing alerts in RaceJoy have an easy setup process. Below are quick videos offering step-by-step instructions for setting up RaceJoy’s real-time chip timing alerts. This is the latest advancement in RunSignup’s RaceDay Real-Time technology suite…
Looking to level-up your customer service while scaling back on the time you spend answering emails? Join us for this on-demand webinar to cover how you can activate RunSignup’s built-in participant management tools to make your life easier – and create happier…
We continue to invest heavily in our Membership product with our continuous improvement process. For August, 2024, we released the following key features: Organization Support – Our Membership product now supports Organization member types in addition to individuals. This is very useful for certain…
In the world of small races, some may consider hiring a timer something of a luxury. A thing you do when you’re well-funded and well-attended. In some ways that line of thinking is understandable. But, in actuality, the truth is a bit…
It’s no secret that Thanksgiving day is the biggest running day of the year. And in the Philadelphia area, the Greater Philadelphia YMCA has traditionally hosted a local Gobble Wobble across several locations. In 2024, they’re continuing to refine their events, with…
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…