Quick Thought - Races and Phone Calendars

Quick Running Thought #1

With almost everybody having smartphones these days, I'm surprised more races haven't added links to add the race information to a runner's phone calendar. Many runners use their phones as their only calendar and can look at the calendar more often than having it written on a paper calendar. Having to add the race information manually can be a pain. There is information that could get mixed up or not even entered at all. The last thing a runner wants is to show up for a race late or completely forget about a race!

I would think a race would have a link to 'Add to Calendar' with the following information:

• Date
• Time (for the first race scheduled if there are many races scheduled for the day)
• Location address
• Link to the race website (if one exists)
• Information for where parking is available
• Option for alerts or notifications for when race is a week out or a few days away. This would help runners remember the race is coming up.

Having all this information added to a runner's phone calendar will help make their training and planning for race day much easier.