FOR RDS
Dear Runners, we have a resource page for you - but we recommend you take a look at some of the articles below to understand what goes into a race and why this is such a difficult time for RD's.
- RunSignup "Looking Forward" Draft Guidelines for Races
- The Race Directors Hub Facebook Group - for discussions on everything
- Race Directors HQ - with the FB Group, general resources for all RD's (many focused on Coronavirus now)
- RunningUSA - Resources and statements from many race organizations
- Running USA - webinar recordings
- RunningUSA - Virtual Race Camp on Race Industry Business Survival during the Outbreak
- RunSignUp - on the effects of Coronavirus
- Tips for this 'off-season' from Race Directors HQ - also good in any off-season
- On Path Events "Cancelled Events" Data list - shows what different races are offering and when they postpone to.
- Endurance Sportswire - the news source for everything
- Endurance Sports Coalition - Heavy hitters in the industry banding together to hire lobbyists and lobby Congress for relief for Endurance.
- Letsrun.com and mybestruns.com - established forums for all things Running
- Let's Do This - Virtual Events Solution
- Race Directors HQ - How to Organize a Virtual Race
- From Endurance Sportswire - RunSignup Announces RaceDay Experience for Virtual Events
- Motigo - mobile / social app to connect runners to their supporters.
- RunBetter app that lets runners run your course from any treadmill.
- Offerz.me Virtual Race Bags - sister company of Pic2Go + RunPage, digital platforms that supplement the race experience.
This site also hosts many more virtual event examples, software platforms, and virtual resources on the more public Resources pages.
Articles / Blog Posts and good communications examples:
(You can also browse the "For Runners" section for a lot of examples)
Event professionals have been watching the protests to see what the effect on these outdoor gatherings would be. Slate talks…

More than a virtual run – a virtual race-day experience with video, live announcing, and interviews! Several other virtual runs…
From Runner’s World – tagline “Small events could be held this summer, but normalcy is likely a long way away.”

Organizing bodies take the first steps in establishing best practices for races to continue and scale back up during the…