Run This

For race directors

Polls

Ask your athletes a question — shirt color, snack flavor, course preference — right on your event page. You see exactly who answered what, and can export the responses.

Creating a poll

Open Polls in your event's dashboard and click Add poll. A poll is a question with 2–10 options, plus a few switches:

  • Allow more than one option — voters can pick several instead of exactly one.
  • Allow an "Other" write-in — an "Other…" button appears under the options; tapping it reveals a free-text field. Every written answer shows up on your response report.
  • Show results to voters — on by default. When on, voters see the percentage breakdown after they submit. Turn it off for questions where a running tally might sway answers — you still see everything either way.
  • Registered athletes only — restricts voting to people registered for this event. Until your registration is live, this blocks all voting, so leave it off for open polls.
  • Closes at (optional) — after this date the poll becomes read-only.

You can run up to 10 active polls at once. Closed polls don't count toward the cap, so letting one close (or deleting it) frees a slot.

Editing options after votes exist

Vote counts are tied to the options as they were when people voted. If you change the options on a poll that already has votes, saving resets its counts so the data stays consistent — the editor warns you before it happens. There's also a separate reset button on each poll if you want a clean slate on purpose.

What athletes see

Polls live on your public event page. Instead of a stack of poll cards, athletes see one card — "There's a poll for you" — with an Open polls button that walks them through their unanswered polls one at a time (a "1 of N" counter with back/next arrows). Each poll needs an explicit Submit; after submitting, the results appear in place when you've made them public, then they move to the next one and finish on a thank-you screen.

  • Voting requires signing in; visitors get a sign-in prompt.
  • Polls someone already answered are skipped — the card flips to a "You've voted" state with a way to review their answers.
  • Voters can change their vote while a poll is open.
  • Athletes are told up front that responses aren't anonymous.
  • When there's nothing a viewer can act on — every poll closed, or all restricted to registrants they're not — the polls section simply doesn't appear.

Seeing the responses

  1. Open the response report

    Click the bar-chart button on any poll in your dashboard.

  2. Read the breakdown

    Each option shows a horizontal bar with its count and percentage, computed from the actual votes.

  3. Expand an option

    Click it to see exactly who picked it — name and profile photo. "Other" write-ins are listed in their own section with each author.

  4. Export CSV

    Downloads one row per voter: name, username, their choices, and any write-in text.

Deleting a poll

Deleting a poll removes it from your event page and permanently deletes every response — who voted, what they picked, and any write-ins. The confirmation tells you how many votes are about to go. If you only want a fresh start on the same question, use the reset-counts button instead; if you just want it off the page, set a close date and let it close.