I often get inquiries from various groups about them wanting to put on a new road race. The first question they typically ask me is, “how much does it cost to put on a road race?”
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Every now and then it feels good to be recognized when people know who you are, what you do and what you have done. Then there are times when it might be better not to be recognized at all, or as I like to call it “being incognito."
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When managing our races, we tend to focus a lot on the elite leaders in the race: we make sure they go in the right direction, they follow our lead vehicles, and they're cheered on by thousands of spectators. However, what about the last runner(s)?
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Imagine not having to close online registration until the start gun fires. Imagine only needing five volunteers to manage number pickup for 10,000 people. Imagine ZERO data entry for your timer!
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But who wouldn’t want an endless roll of duct tape, really?
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I am a race director, but I was a runner before I was a race director, so I’m not totally the enemy. Frankly, I think of myself as a runner first and then a race director.
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Dave McGillivray writes about what it's like to run races he directs.
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Race management should do everything they can to prevent a security breach.
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It is the responsibility of the participant to monitor their own individual health.
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Simultaneously conducting multiple distance races along the same course can create problems.
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The race director explains how the last week leading up to the race is for him.
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I recently ran a 10K in Houston. My chip time was fastest in the masters division, but another woman had a faster gun time. She was deemed the masters winner. I won the 45 to 49 division with a gun and chip time faster than the other competitors.
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I have a question regarding qualifying for Boston when there's a course error.
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A friend has been claiming she ran a particular marathon. The problem is: I'm fairly certain she didn't actually run it, certainly not the whole thing.
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I've wondered from time to time: How is a run of 10 people different from a race of 10 people, as far as tracking results go, or official results and rankings?
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Last month, I registered for a marathon in December. Two weeks ago, the race director emailed the registrants saying that the race was cancelled. Can a race director legally and legitimately do that?
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My question is: How common is requiring a doctor's letter confirming fitness to participate, in races in the U.S. or elsewhere? Does it make sense? Is it something new, likely to become a trend?
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What motivates you to do what you do? Why take on the stress of directing a race?
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Why are courses marked in miles instead of kilometers? Aside from marathons and halfs, many race distances are promoted in kilometers (5-K, 10-K, 15-K, et cetera). I train, as most runners do, on a 400-meter track, and all my training is done in kilometers. What’s with the hang-up on English measurements?
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Rules and policies — the U.S. government has the Bill of Rights, the Catholic religion has the Ten Commandments, but what does the sport of road racing have? Not a whole lot, really.
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