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Head StartRace Trends 2024RunSignup’s annual RaceTrends report is the closest thing we get in the endurance events industry to a market-wide survey of what is happening in events and event participation. And the latest RaceTrends report for 2024 is out, shedding a unique light into the long-term trends taking shape in the race management industry.So, how are we doing? Is the COVID-era hangover well and truly behind us? What do the numbers say for current and future participation growth in endurance events? And are the bullish pricing trends we saw in 2023 still holding up in 2024?With me to...
2025-02-191h 29
Head StartRace Trends 2023It’s that time of the year again. RunSignup’s annual RaceTrends report is out for 2023, and it’s larger and more comprehensive than ever before!Among the most notable trends highlighted in the report we see registrations for 2023 races up from 2022 and tantalisingly close to 2019 levels, entry fees continuing to climb across most race distances and event types, and encouraging trends in younger runner participation first seen in 2022 carrying through to 2023 numbers.With me today to go through the data, the trends and their implications, I’m delighted to welcome back to the podcast RunSignu...
2024-03-051h 05
Head StartRace Trends 2022When you want to know what’s happening and trending in the endurance events industry by the numbers, where do you turn to? Well, for me and many people I know, the definitive source of event data for the industry is, and has been for some time, RunSignup’s annual RaceTrends report. The report leverages RunSignup’s extensive registration data from tens of thousands of events to point to trends in overall event participation, event pricing, participant demographics, registration trends and a myriad other things. The most recent edition of the report was out a couple...
2023-02-201h 09
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionSpoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters (part 2)Ghosts from the fictional town of Spoon River dish dirt on the other inhabitants of the town. This renowned anthology demystifies America's rural life through tales of murder, rape, revenge, joy, love, war, crime, marriage, birth and so much more. Today's readers are:Dr. Siegfried Iseman--Bruno VannieuFiddler Jones--Donald GuadagniDora Williams--Johanna CollierMrs. Williams--Ellen FryerWendell P. Blood--Michael RhysRussian Sonia--Katherine QuevedoPauline Barrett--Luisa PiemonteseMrs. Charles Bliss--Marian HaraRev. Lemuel Wiley--Timothy GouldElsa Wortman--Janice RyanAmos Sibley--Timothy GouldMrs. Sibley--Marian HaraAmelia Garrick--Sarah...
2022-04-201h 01
Head StartRace Trends 2021When you want to know what’s happening and trending in the endurance events industry by the numbers, where do you turn to? Well, for me and many people I know, the definitive source of event data for the industry is, and has been for some time, GiveSignup|RunSignup’s annual RaceTrends report. The report leverages GiveSignup|RunSignup’s extensive registration data from almost 60,000 events to point to trends in event participation, event pricing, participant demographics, marketing effectiveness, technology adoption and a myriad other things. The most recent edition of the report was out just last w...
2022-02-071h 00
Head StartLooking Ahead to 2022If you’re listening to this episode as it comes out, it’s the middle of the holiday season and, hopefully, you’re recovering from some excessive meal or other - so, Merry Christmas to you!Today, we have a very special end-of-year episode for you where we’re going to be looking back at a fairly challenging 2021 but also looking ahead to a - hopefully - much brighter, more optimistic 2022. We’re going to be talking about your expectations for the new year, and also touching a bit on the ongoing supply chain issues which we’ll probably...
2021-12-2749 min
Head Start[Bonus] GiveSignup | RunSignup Winter SymposiumThe GiveSignup|RunSignup Symposium series has grown from modest beginnings of just a few dozen people to be the industry conference most race directors and timers will attend during the year. And this January 25-26, the Symposium series returns to Orlando Florida after a two-year hiatus for an awesome two days of education and networking, and all race directors, timers and nonprofit professionals are invited - not just GiveSignup|RunSignup customers.So, it’s great to have with me today, Johanna Goode, from GiveSignup|RunSignup who has the unenviable job of putting the whole thing to...
2021-11-1834 min
Nooit van gehoord?!Johanna Beyer - Nooit van gehoord?!Johanna Beyer (Leipzig, 1888- New York City, 1944)
De Duitse Johanna Beyer emigreerde in 1923 naar de USA. Over haar leven daar is bekend dat zij een enorme strijd moest leveren. Haar wilskracht overtrof het gebrek aan erkenning. En nu bijna een eeuw na haar dood is haar muziek springlevend.
Bees (jaartal onbekend) piano solo
uitvoerende: Peter Dumsday (piano)
label: New World Records 80678-2
tijdsduur: '54
Largo uit de String Quartet No. 2 (1936)
uitvoerenden: Miwako Abe, Aaron Barnden (violin), Erkki Veltheim (viola), Rosanne Hunt (cello)
label: New World Records 80678-2
tijdsduur: 3...
2021-09-1716 min
Head StartRace Trends: Summer 2021With races starting to come back, and at least a hint of normalcy slowly returning to the endurance events market, it’s a good time to take stock of where we currently are on the road to recovery. Are more participants signing up for races? Are they signing up later, as some race directors have suggested? Are in-person races making a strong comeback? And what about virtual races which dominated events for most of last year? We’ll be answering these questions and more today with the help of my guests, Johanna Goode and Bob Bick...
2021-07-1246 min