Volunteers are the backbone of any race. The success of a good event depends heavily on the time, energy and talent they contribute long before the event begins and even after the last participant crosses the finish line. Continue reading
You and your team have worked hard to put together your best race event yet. All your ducks are in a row, and you’re having a record year with sponsorships. The next step? Getting people signed up! Continue reading
Do you ever read stories about other races and wonder, “How’d they get the reporter to write about them?” The key to many of these editorial mentions is having a great story worth writing about. And every race has a great story, you just have to dig deep enough and find it! Continue reading
Race-for-a-Cause Idea: Reason2Race
Most races are born out of a goal to raise funds for an important cause. Those that start purely for the sport now have the option to add a fundraising element to their events, too! Continue reading
How to Have the Best Packet Pickup Ever
Packet pickup is an exciting event for both race participants and race directors. It heralds in the excitement of event day days before and gets everyone amped up for the day that they’ve all been preparing for. Make sure your packet pickup goes without a hitch with this checklist of tips. Continue reading
How to Schedule Your Social Media Posts *TEMPLATE*
As a race director, do you often keep a running list of all of the cool things you would like to share on social media about your race…in your head? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. With everything that you have to keep up with on a daily basis, it can be hard to take a second to come up with a good message and post when the moment strikes. Continue reading
10 Ways to Make Your Race More Eco-Friendly
“Going green” is no longer a trend for race events, it’s the preferred way to operate. Whether you have 300 or 30,000 participants, you and your team can do a number of things to ensure that your impact on the environment is as minimal as possible. Here are ten ways that you can recycle, reuse and reduce across all areas of your race. Continue reading
Sponsorship 101: A How-To Guide for Race Directors
If you could bring in extra revenue to your race, would you do it? Each year, organizations spend millions of dollars on race event sponsorships across the country. And they don’t show signs of stopping! Continue reading
4 Team Tools Race Directors Shouldn’t Live Without
Asana
If you’re looking for an easy-to-use platform to manage projects and tasks for your race, then check out Asana. As one of the best online project management tools out there (former Facebook team members are behind it!), Asana let’s you organize your team into “Projects”, then “Tasks” then “Subtasks”. Check them off as you go, communicate directly within the platform or in the handy app. The best part: It’s free up to a certain number of users! Here are a few ways you can use Asana in your real estate business. Continue reading
North Korea: A Social Experiment
Special guest post by Wendy Ulrich.
Destination runs/races are always exciting. Having the opportunity to see a city on foot and running through areas that are often unseen as a typical tourist is an unbeatable experience. However, how far are we willing to go? Many things factor into this decision. Safety should usually be the first in that decision, but sometimes it’s worth it to throw caution to the wind. Continue reading