Helpful Links
Supplies for your race
- Rainbow Racing - Highly
recommended, has many categories of race supplies (bib numbers, bike
numbers, helmet numbers, safety pins, safety
equipment, signage, spray chalk, wrist bands, etc.). Order your race
bibs early!
Call them today at 1-800-962-1011.
- APS,
Ltd. - Good source for swim buoys and water-related items
(for triathlons, lake
swims, etc.).
- Chicago Athlete - Magazine for
Upper Midwest athletes. Get your events on their calendar!
- Electric
City Printing - Another
source for bib numbers and race signage. They have the capability to
print the names of your race entrants directly onto bib numbers.
- Running Network - A nationwide
network of magazines devoted to athletes. Get your events on their
calendar!
- Running Times - Offers plenty
of resources for race directors and runners.
Get your events on their calendar!
- Runners World - Well-known
running magazine. Sign up with
their race affiliate program, get free giveaways for your event. Get
your events on their calendar!
- TimeMachine - Home of what we
think is the world's best printing timer. We use it, love it, sell it,
support it and highly recommend it. If you use a chip timing system,
you need one or more TimeMachines as independent backup at your
finish lines. We usually have several used ones for sale late in the
year, on a first-paid, first-sold basis.
- TriFind - Has a huge number
of triathlon and multisport events listed. Get your events on their
calendar!
- Voss Signs - Signs, signage,
orange cone toppers, traffic paddles, posts, etc.
Race Promotion - Calendars, Clubs
Reach over 5 million athletes without spending a nickel for postage!
Online Registration Companies - If
you want to attract lots of people to your event, using one or more of
these services is a must, even if you already offer online registration
through your own race website. Millions of people already sign up and
search for races online, and it usually costs your race not one penny.
Plus, you'll reach athletes from other parts of the world that will be
traveling to your community on business or pleasure, and are looking
for a race to do as part of their visit. You save postage, printing,
time, hassle, etc.
We've found that races with relatively few athletes under age 30 are
almost always not using an
online registration service. The youth of today lives online!
They shop online. They search for races online. They communicate online.
They register online!
Tip: Once your races are set up
for online registration, be sure to change all of your race business
cards, voice mail messages, race website and race calendar entries to
mention it.
Keep Current With Event Management
News/Issues
Miscellaneous Links
- Computer Geeks - Nice place for
good quality, reasonably priced devices, peripherals and cables for
computers.
- Google
- Our all-time favorite search engine. Search the web, newspapers, newsgroups and shopping sites.
Fast, flexible, amazing! Alan uses it an average of several times per
day.
- Firefox/Mozilla
- Say good bye to Internet Explorer, and hello to a more capable, more
secure browser like Mozilla or Firefox. Works on current and on many
older versions of Windows, Mac OS or Linux. Blocks popups, advertising,
etc.
- Midphase
- Our web hosting provider as of November, 2004. Maybe they can help
with your business website hosting needs.
- National Masters News - Devoted
to coverage of events, races and issues important to the older athlete.
- Old Faithful - America's best
known geyser. Yellowstone Park is an amazing site, and well worth
visiting. Plan to spend at least a week, even in winter.
- PC Connection - Great place for
buying/researching computers, printers, PDAs, scanners, memory, DVD
burners, monitors, laptop accessories, electronics, networking gear,
cables, peripherals, digital cameras, etc.
- RRCA
- The Road Running Clubs of America has long been helping running clubs
get established and improve their operations. Over 600 clubs in the USA
belong.
- Running USA - Devoted to
growing the sport of running and increasing involvement of youth in
running in the USA.
- USA
Triathlon - The national governing body for many triathlons in the
United States.
- Yahoo! - Alan's regular home
page. Lots of useful tools, many community forums, special event
calendars, etc. Great place to go when you're bored and want to spend a
few months just browsing...
Please report any problems with
these links, or recommend additional ones:
Alan J. Avery
Elvish Consulting
1408 Noble Ave
Springfield, IL 62704-3450
Phone: 217.698.8600
email: alan@timingiseverything.com
alternate email: ajavery@yahoo.com