Community Discussions

Latest discussions

• What is your experience with no shows for events that are sold out with a wait list?

  Posted: March 13, 2025

• What are your solutions to providing 1,500-ish gallons of water for a 2-day event?

  Posted: March 12, 2025

• If your race was cancelled due to severe weather and a racer can't make the rescheduled date, do you give them a refund?

  Posted: March 10, 2025

• If you were to use Meta ads, when would you start for a 10k?

  Posted: March 10, 2025

• How do you handle emails from people telling you they will take longer than the cut off/what happens if they don’t finish at the cut off points?

  Posted: March 7, 2025

• I'm looking for recommendations for a set up for a photo backdrop along with recommendations for custom backdrops.

  Posted: March 7, 2025

• Has anyone found a good inexpensive brand of inverted aerosol marking chalk for marking a sidewalk course?

  Posted: March 6, 2025

• Anyone have a great Spotify "finish line" playlist recommendation?

  Posted: March 6, 2025

• How do you manage a scenario where your results system lets you down and you receive lots of emails asking to amend results?

  Posted: March 6, 2025

• In your experience, if you could add a virtual option for no additional cost, would you?

  Posted: March 4, 2025

• I'm curious to see if anyone who uses a state park as a location for an event is starting to plan for disruptions caused by the current political climate In the US.

  Posted: March 4, 2025

• Has anyone ever had the "Saturday vs Sunday" event conversation with themselves? I am very close to moving my 5k from a Saturday to a Sunday.

  Posted: March 3, 2025

• Thoughts on a cut-off date for switching to a virtual race from a live race? The weather was brutal on race day, so numerous people switched to virtual the morning of the race.

  Posted: March 3, 2025

• Should we order all our shirts in advance? What percentage of each size would you order?

  Posted: Feb. 27, 2025

• Our starting line is about 0.3 miles from a narrow trail. Is 0.3 miles enough distance for runners to spread out a little so this turn does not get clogged up? About 150 runners.

  Posted: Feb. 27, 2025

• What percentage of registered and paid runners don’t show up on the actual day of the event to participate?

  Posted: Feb. 25, 2025

• Besides social media and email marketing, what has been the most effective advertising methods for your races?

  Posted: Feb. 24, 2025

• Are sponsorship levels (e.g. diamond, gold, silver etc) a good idea?

  Posted: Feb. 23, 2025

• Would anyone happen to have a sample waiver for a running/ambassador team?

  Posted: Feb. 23, 2025

• Why don’t RDs automatically enable non-binary registrations when often times it’s just a button/click on the back end?

  Posted: Feb. 21, 2025