How to Renew Your Race
RunSignUp makes it simple to renew a race for new year. This allows you to quickly renew the race and update information such as dates and pricing.
Renew Race
If you have a race that is reoccurring in some way, such as one that takes place annually, it is beneficial for you and your runners to renew the race instead of copying a race or creating a new one.
Renewing a race will keep it located at the existing URL and will allow certain aspects such as your Race Store and Custom Questions to remain in place.The Race Results page will also grow cumulatively year after year. There are many other reporting features that will allow you to compare year over year as well.
Renew My Race!
To renew your race, start by going to the Race Dashboard of your past Races by logging on to RunSignUp > Profile > My Races
Once on your page of Races, you will scroll down and click to open the list of your past races
For the races you want to renew, you will click the arrow to the right to open the drop-down menu to choose the renew option which will take you to the form to renew your race
If your race has been over for at least four months, there will be a banner on your race dashboard that you can click on to renew your race as well. In this case, you will click the green Go to Renew Form button to get started.
After clicking the "Renew My Race" button you will be taken to the Renew Race Form. This will let you change the event names, types, and starting times for your race if necessary.
Renew Race form
The Renewal Settings will allow you to select options from the previous version of your race and copy those settings over to the new version of your race.
Renew Events information
This menu lists for you all the events for your Race. If you are looking to change the event name, start/end times, please fill this form out. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
Renew Race Settings
RunSignup is automatically setup to copy your race settings to your new year.
If you do not wish to copy your race settings you are able to change the toggle from Yes to No and select specific settings you wish to copy and which to not copy over.
NOTE: If you had donations in the previous version of your race it is recommended that you check the box to create a new donation period. This will reset the donation counter and separate this donation period information from the previous one.
Payment Account Information
If you will be using the same payment account as the previous year, you can select Yes, this is the correct account. If you will be changing payment accounts, you can select No, this is NOT the correct account. By doing this you will be prompted to create a new payment account for your race.
If you have any questions regarding your payment account, please contact finance@runsignup.com
RunSignUp Contract
Finally, the last step of the Renewal process is to look over our RunSignUp contract and agree to its terms. You can view our RunSignUp Race Contract here.
Renew Race Success
Once you have finished modifying the Event Information and Renewal Settings click on the button for Renew Race.
You will then receive a confirmation message letting you know that your race has been renewed.This puts you back into the Race Wizard where you can continue through for any other updates you may need.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
While the Renew Race feature will easily copy your info from last year's race to the current year, there are some things that you want to check to make sure everything is correct for your new race:
Plain Text - Any text in the Description or Custom Section will be copied exactly as written. Dates in plain text will not update like with the Registration Periods.
USAT - If you are renewing an event using USAT Event IDs then you will need to manually update the renewed race with the new USAT Event ID.