Community Discussions

Latest discussions

• How do you determine if you need to have insurance or a waiver? Wanting to organize a neighborhood 5k.

  Posted: July 14, 2023

• Are any of you currently offering successful sponsorships in the realm of social media?

  Posted: July 14, 2023

• Does anyone have a post race survey for runners before I reinvent the wheel?

  Posted: July 14, 2023

• Can you share some examples of your sponsorship tiers amount and benefits?

  Posted: July 14, 2023

• We are looking at revamping our sponsorships for our 5k/10k. How do you break down sponsors for your races?

  Posted: July 14, 2023

• Is there a formula or trick to figuring out how many gallons of electrolytes are needed for a race? And also how many gallons of water?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• How do you all handle your prize money if you have a non-binary select for gender?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Looking for some “fresh” ideas to market our Fall races? Facebook ads, ambassador program, emails to past participants, what else?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Does anyone else have a pre-during-post race checklist?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• We don’t really have a good idea how much we should be asking for in sponsorships. Does anyone have any advice or can you point me to resources on what we should be asking for and offering in return?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Thoughts on having your race during school holidays and on bank holiday weekends? And evening races?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Does anyone have any podcast, book, or website recommendations on advertising your race?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Does anyone limit the amount of sponsors you accept?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• Has anybody tried organizing an event held within a state park? If so, are there many hoops you need to jump through?

  Posted: July 7, 2023

• What should the average race director of a 1000-2000 person race make?

  Posted: June 30, 2023

• Looking to start using reusable bibs. What has worked for you?

  Posted: June 30, 2023

• Decided to try to set up a marathon in May next year. Any ideas how I can guesstimate participants and a budget?

  Posted: June 30, 2023

• Looking for a way to automate finish line pictures. It's a 5K/1 mile fun run on Thanksgiving morning.

  Posted: June 30, 2023

• What are some good books for race directors? Not necessarily specific to running races but in that realm.

  Posted: June 30, 2023

• Suggestion for a "Kodak moment" spot? We have a blow up turkey that people like taking a picture by. Looking for something in addition to that.

  Posted: June 30, 2023