Unless you host something like the New York City Marathon, chances are you want more people at your event. And with race participation numbers getting back to pre COVID levels in 2023, there’s a lot of opportunity to attract new people to…
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 our perspective and is sometimes biting to competitors, but tries to be honest). This began because we as a business need to take a hard look at how we are doing against a competitive landscape and figured as long as we were doing the analysis, we would share it.
Today, technology advancements now means any sized race can offer many of the same race day features that even the largest races, like the NYC Marathon, offers. All races can now offer real time tracking, split alerts based on timing equipment on the course, officially scored finish times within seconds of participants’ finishing, txt notifications, online photos, and more. In addition, newer technology innovations like dynamic bib assignment are bring a host of advantages such as reduced cost, greater efficiencies, and more revenue by allowing registration to remain open even after the gun goes off. But much of this is kind of a mystery to race directors, and this blog aims to help race directors understand all that is available to them so that they can deliver the quality of a big race experience regardless of the event size and budget.
The Trail Running Film Festival brings a night of independent trail running films and community to running stores across the US and the world. In addition to helping a growing number of ultras and trail races with registration on RunSignup, running stores…
Peer to Peer fundraising events can now create Umbrella Fundraising Teams. Umbrella Fundraising Teams group fundraising teams into super teams. Umbrella Fundraising Team pages feature dynamic counts for number of teams, number of team members, and total donation amount raised by included…
Now Released: NEW Memberships Platform While our legacy Clubs platform is currently still available, big things are coming with the NEW Memberships Platform. Membership Organization Update (June 2025) Membership Updates (November 2025) Membership Organizations: New Product for Running Clubs (and More) Watch…
Out of creative juice or just looking to punch up your communications? We’ve done a little AI testing to see how it can help you build copy for your email and websites. What Can AI Do for Your Race? Before you turn…
Each year RunSignup puts together an annual Race Trends Report presenting findings from data collected on our platform throughout the year. Since we play host to tens of thousands of events, we’re uniquely positioned to find insights that may elude others. The…
RunSignup has become the technology home for many Ultra and Trail races, with a growing number moving to our platform. This blog reviews some of the top reasons Ultras and Trail races use RunSignup and example data and races. Free Website –…
Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. I was at the annual RunningUSA Conference last week and a number of customers said something along the lines of “I can’t believe how much new stuff you are coming out with!”. I thought it might be worthwhile…