Community Discussions

Latest discussions

• Suggestions for finding reliable race day staff, particularly on a holiday?

  Posted: Nov. 4, 2022

• How do you guys keep water cool without putting it on ice at the water stops on a warmer day?

  Posted: Nov. 4, 2022

• What do you find to be the ideal start time for a 5K?

  Posted: Nov. 4, 2022

• I got an email today that the presenting sponsor for a race won't be renewing their sponsorship. Any tips on how best to follow up at this point?

  Posted: Nov. 4, 2022

• Any logistical tips for managing race day registrations and pick up?

  Posted: Oct. 20, 2022

• Has anyone built out an ambassador program?

  Posted: Oct. 20, 2022

• Are you seeing late registrations heading into the event? eg. the week before? day before?

  Posted: Oct. 20, 2022

• How many people would you try to recruit for a 5k in a park

  Posted: Oct. 14, 2022

• I am seeing a drastic participation drop for some of the races in my area. Am I looking at a statistical abnormality or does this match your observations?

  Posted: Oct. 13, 2022

• How many weeks before the race when you start seeing increase in sign ups for your races?

  Posted: Oct. 13, 2022

• How long do you wait before starting the ceremony award? Specially on those events where they are a bunch of walkers?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• We are considering moving to a model where we do not charge any registration fee, but move to donation based system (give what you can). Has anyone tried this?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• I'm curious as to how many directors put on their race as part of fundraiser for their place of work?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• Wondering what everyone budgets, per athlete, for post race food?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• Curious who else has a pre-race ritual/lucky charm/superstition, that absolutely cannot be missed, otherwise the entire event will be a disaster?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• Any race directors made the plunge into solar?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• How do you get a business to sponsor an item like a bag, hat, etc?

  Posted: Oct. 7, 2022

• How’s everybody looking on registrations for fall so far?

  Posted: Sept. 30, 2022

• We are a rain or shine event as long as there are no high winds and lightning. If it is pouring down rain, is that still acceptable?

  Posted: Sept. 30, 2022

• How much do you charge to organize a race of 250-300 with timing and all work up?

  Posted: Sept. 30, 2022