{"id":2913,"date":"2022-09-06T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2022-12-15T20:32:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:32:19","slug":"participant-motivations-report-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/surveys\/participant-motivations-report-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Participant Motivations in the Post-Pandemic &#038; Recession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a world still affected by the pandemic and a recession looming, we have seen a trend towards a general decline in participation in races across all geographic areas and sports during early 2022. We decided to find out if this really is the case when it comes to the honest opinions of race participants, and asked our community a series of questions comparing their motivation to do races before, during and after the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When participants themselves describe their race year, one can see certain trends in how they think. The pandemic and illness still are on participants&#8217; minds. Words like a slow start, ok results, sickness and less race appear, indicating that participants are not entirely back to &#8220;the before pandemic mindset&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news from his report is that the motivation for returning to the starting line remains high and racers have no plans of reducing the number of races they do each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Insights from The Participant Motivations Report 2022<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants rate their motivation to participate in races as high<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most are confident to participate in races again, as Covid is deemed to be over<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recession is likely to be impacting traveling habits, rather than participant reducing participation in local races<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants look for local races to save costs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/motivations-report.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"339\" \><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download the Participant Motivations Report 2022<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fill out your information below to get access to the full report with charts, insights and information. After filling out the form, you will get an email with a direct download link.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2.js?pre=1\"><\/script><br \>\n<script>\n  hbspt.forms.create({\n    region: \"na1\",\n    portalId: \"4431271\",\n    formId: \"1d001fcf-bc6a-4c9a-95a4-0992c02d92f2\"\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested in participant data? Check our extensive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/raceid.com\/organizer\/participant-preferences-report\/\"><b>participant preferences report <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from earlier this year. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world still affected by the pandemic and a recession looming, we have seen a trend towards a general decline in participation in races across all geographic areas and sports during early 2022. 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