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• What brand or type of pen do you recommend that won't bleed through the Tyvek bibs?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• I'm considering challenge coins instead of medals for my ultra this year. Anyone done this before? How was it received?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• How many square feet per person do you use to calculate your line-up area for the start?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• For those of you who hand out finisher medals to everyone, what do you pass out for awards medals?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• Trying to figure out what are the best options for a start/finish line? What do you use and what is the easiest to set up/take down?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• Ηow do you start your races? Countdown, cannon, horn?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• Ιf we try to go paperless and opt out of doing postcards or flyers, is that going to significantly reduce the amount of participants we get?

  Posted: Nov. 17, 2023

• I am looking at buying a sound system as I have been borrowing a friend's. What do I need?

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• For RDs that supply Nuun at your races, do you get positive feedback about it from runners?

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• How are we going about getting coffee to our Turkey Trots? Every coffee place in town is closed for Thanksgiving.

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• When doing a loop, do you opt for a slightly shorter or slightly longer course?

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• Do we give a thank you gift to our sponsors? It's a fundraiser for a nonprofit.

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• Would you chip time a 1 mile(ish) run, or just market it as a "fun run"?

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• Does anyone try really hard to reduce single use plastic bottles at their race? What solutions have you found?

  Posted: Nov. 10, 2023

• What tool do you use to create a course map for your website/social media?

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

• Does anyone have an event that requires runners to carry a hydration pack or hand-held water bottle?

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

• As a race director what is that phrase you say before gun start?

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

• How do I create a MOT (Mode Of Transportation) for a 5k race?

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

• Are color runs still a thing?

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

• Is there a rule of thumb of what to charge sponsors given the size of a race? We don't want to shoot our foot by asking more than the exposure is worth to a sponsor.

  Posted: Nov. 3, 2023