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Race Ticket Pricing: 5 Rules to Price Your Event Right For Organizers

Race Ticket Pricing: 5 Rules to Price Your Event Right

Set your race ticket price from your own costs, not last year's guesswork. Five simple rules on price windows,...

09 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
First Half Marathon: Pick Your Race and Start This Week Beginners

First Half Marathon: Pick Your Race and Start This Week

Planning your first 21K? Count back from race day, pick a January or February 2027 race, and follow a simple 1...

07 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Timing Certificates: What Race Organisers Must Do by 2027 For Organizers

Timing Certificates: What Race Organisers Must Do by 2027

India's big marathons now accept timing certificates only from races that meet published standards: an AIMS-me...

05 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Race Organiser Checklist: 8 Weeks to Race Day For Organizers

Race Organiser Checklist: 8 Weeks to Race Day

Most race-day problems start weeks earlier. A simple week-by-week checklist for Indian race directors, running...

02 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Tijara: 150 km, four boss levels, one tough crew Destination Races

Tijara: 150 km, four boss levels, one tough crew

Potholes, gravel, a temple lane too tight to ride and a sun set to grill. Here is how the Tijara crew turned a...

02 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Destination Races in India: 4 Trips to Plan Now Destination Races

Destination Races in India: 4 Trips to Plan Now

Four destination races in India for runners and cyclists, from Kochi in October to the Rann of Kutch in March,...

30 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
How to Fill Your Race: 6 Things Runners Check First For Organizers

How to Fill Your Race: 6 Things Runners Check First

Most events don't struggle because of the route or the date. They lose athletes at a confusing page or a slow...

28 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
India Race Calendar Oct to Dec 2026: 5 Events to Train For Race Calendar

India Race Calendar Oct to Dec 2026: 5 Events to Train For

Four Indian races worth training for between October and December 2026, from Delhi to Kolkata, plus the Mumbai...

25 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

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