{"id":2358,"date":"2022-06-15T07:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T05:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2022-08-24T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:50:50","slug":"participant-preferences-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/race-optimization\/participant-preferences-report\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Questions Race Organizers Should Know the Answer To – Participant Preferences Report 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were curious to know which aspects make a race popular and not, from a participant\u2019s perspective. Especially now when racers are gaining momentum again after the pandemic, it is interesting to know what race participants in different sports and countries prefer. Hence, we asked a random selection of the participants in the RaceID<\/a><\/strong> Community, and got 624 answers to our questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Findings – What Participants Want In a Race\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  • What drives racers to sign up? We found that motivations such as \u201cThe Race Experience<\/strong>\u201d, \u201cThe People you travel with\u201d and \u201ca motivation to exercise\u201d were the leading reasons athletes sign up to races.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • How can you incentivize racers to sign up early<\/strong> to your race? <\/span><\/li>\n
  • It turns out, the most efficient way to get racers to sign up early, is to offer a good Early Bird discount. A close second was to have a clear policy and to offer an injury-and-sickness insurance at checkout.<\/li>\n
  • How important are prizes and prize money? Most likely mostly top athletes, believe prizes are a large contributing factor when choosing which race to sign up for. Think about this when you plan, and try to get some good prize sponsors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Why do racers not come back to a race<\/strong> the following year? Few racers don’t come back due to economic reasons. Rather, wanting a variety from year to year or finding that the race was badly organized were the main factors for not returning.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • What do participants want to eat and drink during a race? Sports Drink, Water, Gels and Fruit were the top picks of fuel at Energy Stations, closely followed by bars, chewy candy and nuts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u2026 and much more in the report, which you can get a copy of for free<\/strong><\/span>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Get your copy of the 2022 Participant Preferences Report\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Fill out your details below to get your free copy of the survey report. Once you have submitted the form, we will email you a copy of the report right away (when you fill out your details, choose if you want to get the bi-weekly Newsletter for organizers or not):<\/span><\/p>\n