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• Can anyone tell me how to go about getting our 5K race certified?

  Posted: Oct. 19, 2025

• I have an event that I need volunteers to be able to communicate where there isn’t service. Have you used satellite messenger devices and what is your feedback?

  Posted: Oct. 19, 2025

• How do you all keep your water cold, and what size cups do you use at your water stations?

  Posted: Oct. 16, 2025

• We get contracted as race directors to help other organizations, most of them nonprofits. Curious to hear what others charge for this service?

  Posted: Oct. 10, 2025

• How do you handle race day registration? I closed registration the day before the race last year and everyone is telling me to leave it open through packet pick up on race day.

  Posted: Oct. 9, 2025

• What race/event online management tools do RD's use to manage their races?

  Posted: Oct. 9, 2025

• Who would you talk to for participant entry fee refund insurance?

  Posted: Oct. 9, 2025

• Do you allow someone to pick up bibs for/check in someone else?

  Posted: Oct. 8, 2025

• Would you recommend The Running Event to a second-year race director?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2025

• Will the shutdown affect your race? Just saw a triathlon cancelled in Vegas.

  Posted: Oct. 2, 2025

• We're planning on providing gear check bags at early packet pickup. Any ideas on how to control or message that onsite?

  Posted: Oct. 1, 2025

• What is industry standard/best practice with regards to refund policies on cancellations?

  Posted: Sept. 27, 2025

• Does anyone know of an existing program that can simulate participant flow through a run course?

  Posted: Sept. 27, 2025

• We're 8 days out from our race and our registration numbers are horrible. Is there anything more that can be done at this point to encourage people to register?

  Posted: Sept. 26, 2025

• Periodic price check: what are you charging for 5k, 10k and half races with great swag?

  Posted: Sept. 25, 2025

• A runner asked if he could push his son in a jogger while attempting a sub-18min 5K. This pace raises some safety concerns. Has anyone allowed this before?

  Posted: Sept. 25, 2025

• How do you figure how many porta potties you need for a race?

  Posted: Sept. 24, 2025

• I'm finding my Facebook ads are not driving sign-ups this year. Anyone else experiencing this?

  Posted: Sept. 23, 2025

• Has anyone used a broker to sell races in the United States? Any idea of cost or how it works?

  Posted: Sept. 23, 2025

• What are best practices to follow when we run out of medals at the end of a race?

  Posted: Sept. 22, 2025