# A Simpler Way to Handle Race Day Check-In (No Logins Required)

> Race day check-in doesn’t need to be complicated. Give your team instant access with a simple code so volunteers can start checking in runners right away.

- **Author:** Kelby Dover, Founder, Run This
- **Published:** 2026-04-08
- **Category:** Using Run This
- **Topics:** using-run-this
- **Reading time:** 3 min
- **Article:** https://runthis.run/articles/a-simpler-way-to-handle-race-day-check-in-no-logins-required

Race day moves fast. We built a new check-in experience so your whole team can get into check-in the moment they arrive, whether that's your co-director, a volunteer who signed up last week, or a friend who showed up to help.

How it works

Anyone on your team can access check-in in three steps. No account needed, no permissions to configure, no last-minute scrambling.

1

Go to runthis.run/check-in

Any phone, tablet, or laptop. Nothing to download.

2

Enter your event's secret code

Found in your event's edit dashboard. Directors can update it any time.

3

You're in

Full check-in access, instantly. Start searching, hand out bibs and getting folks checked in right away.

Built for volunteer teams

One code gets your whole team in. Text it the night before, write it on the whiteboard at the volunteer tent, or drop it in a group chat. Done.

Before this, getting a volunteer into check-in meant adding them to a volunteer group, assigning the right permissions, and hoping they completed the signup before race day. It worked, but it was a lot of steps for something that should be simple.

Now it's just a code. Share it with whoever needs it, and they are ready to go.

Private by design

Check-in is powerful. It should not be wide open. The secret code keeps your event's check-in on a need-to-know basis, so only the people you trust can get in.

Nobody stumbles in by accident. No random attendee can pull up participant data. Just your team, with instant access, because you shared the code with them.

**Directors stay in control.** The code lives in your event's edit dashboard and can be changed any time. Rotate it after an event, before a new one, or whenever your situation calls for it. It takes about five seconds.

Nothing changed for directors

If you are a director, your workflow is exactly the same. Check-in is still right there in your director dashboard, just like always. This update is purely about how everyone else on your team gets access. Less friction for them, no changes for you.

Get started

- [Go to check-in](https://runthis.run/check-in)

- [Race director info](https://runthis.run/for_organizers)

- [Create your event on Run This](https://runthis.run/create_event)

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Source: [https://runthis.run/articles/a-simpler-way-to-handle-race-day-check-in-no-logins-required](https://runthis.run/articles/a-simpler-way-to-handle-race-day-check-in-no-logins-required) — data from Run This (runthis.run).