Create Your Race with Race Entry

Creating your race is easy with Race Entry – from a race map maker and online registration to effective marketing and management tools – you’ll have everything you need to successfully create a race.

Use a customizable race map maker to create your race route and show elevation. Once created, it’s easy to share your race map online to market your race course to athletes. After all, the course is one key factor in making a unique race.

Build Your Race Route with Free Race Map Maker

Whatever your new race route looks like, our race map maker handles multiple races and race courses:

• Point-to-Point Route
• Out-and-Back Course
• Street Route
• Off-Road Course
• Triathlon Route
• Marathon Course
• Half Marathon Route
• 10K & 5K Routes
• Virtual Race Course
• Ultra Race Routes

Once you’ve signed into your account or created a new one, you’ll start by naming your map. If your race has multiple distances, name each map for the distance it represents.

Next, you will create your route. Add your starting point and click to map the route all the way to your finish line. The race map maker will automatically put the route in the nearest main road. Or, you can turn on Off-Road Mode if your race goes through a park or along trails. If you’re organizing a triathlon, Off-Road Mode lets you map the swimming section of your course.

Race Entry’s race map maker also makes it easy to map out and back courses. Once you’ve mapped half of your full course, select “Out and Back” to finish your course without needing to trace your race route again.

You can also turn on distance markers when you're adding your race route. All maps automatically include elevation so participants can understand how challenging your course is.

Customize Your Race Map

Mark important spots along your course for a detailed map:

• aid stations
• water
• restrooms
• scenic views
• live music
• parking

You can also add letters and numbers if there are spots that you’d like to offer more details about in your map key.

Share Your Race Map

Once you’ve finished customization, you can adjust it further before sharing it on your website.

• Show or hide your race route elevation.
• Adjust map size. (People can always zoom out or in on these interactive maps.)
• Pick colors for elevation and route.

Once you’ve completed your final adjustments, you can copy and paste the embed code to add to your website.

You can always update and edit your race map from your account. If your race map is attached to a race registration form, you’ll find it from the sidebar menu under “Event Administration.”

Track & Time Participants

Your race map isn’t just part of your planning and marketing. It also factors into how you time your race. With Race Entry’s tools, you can track participants and work with any timer you’d like.

Participant Tracking in the Experience App

Race Entry’s experience app allows you to track where an athlete is on your course for the entire race. With this app, participants and their supporters can see where they are on the course.

For an in-person race, participants have the option to send an email or text with their personal tracking information along with a pin. This pin is for the runner’s security, so the runner’s location is protected and only seen by those with access. 

You can also allow your participants to sign up for text alerts when they cross certain points along your course. Participants can opt to receive those notifications themselves or to a friend or family member.

For virtual races, the runner tracking allows you to track your progress on the course while being anywhere. Virtual races often have you run your own course, while using the app you would be able to see where you are as if you were running on their course.

When a race has a challenge that spans over multiple days, you can see exactly how far you have gone on their map. You could even have it sent to family members so they can see your progress too.

Race Timing Integrations

Race Entry offers integrations with most timing systems, including

• Chronotrack
• Race Result
• RaceDay Scoring
• The Race Director
• RunScore
• Agee Race Timing

Whatever timing software your timer uses, they can easily integrate with Race Entry’s results software. If you’re looking for timing solutions, check out race timing technologies and race timers by state.

Offer Personalized, Live Race Results

Publish race results in real time with Race Entry’s software. Your participants can see their time and where they rank among their competitors as soon as your timer pushes results.

You can host results for free on Race Entry’s website and even embed them on your own site. Results are searchable, so people can find their results online.

Race Entry also offers each participant a personalized page with:

• Downloadable certificate
• Photos of them along your race course (matched with AI-powered bib matching)
• Video of their finish line moment

These personalized results pages are easy to share on social media and enhance your participant race day experience.

Upgrade Your Race Management & Growth Tools

Beyond a custom race map maker, Race Entry offers race management and growth tools to make organizing a race easier for race directors:

• Checklist Project Manager
• Financial & Registration Data Reports
• Sponsor Sales, Management, & Fulfillment
• Vendor Booth Sales
• Peer-to-peer Fundraising
• Online Silent Auction

Race Entry’s tools really shine with its ability to help you grow your race and get more participants signed up:

• Custom Referral Program
• Social Media Share & Save Discount
• Automated Abandoned Cart Email Reminders
• Email List Builder
• Customizable Marketing Page (Landing Page)
• Group Discounts & Bundles
• Club Discounts & Corporate Discounts
• Free Race Website Building & Hosting
• Free Email Marketing
• Custom Loyalty Program

With this complete suite of race director tools, you’ll put your idea into reality while growing your race and simplifying race management.