For athletes
The Home Screen widget
Put your next race on your phone: a countdown, the race's logo, the one fact that matters for your role, and a tap that opens the race in the Run This app. It comes with the Run This app on iPhone and Android.
What it shows
The small widget shows your soonest upcoming race: the race's own logo, how many days away it is, the race name, and the date. Under the countdown sits one short line with a small colored icon that says what the race is to you:
- Registered: your distance, and your wave once the director has set heats.
- Directing or timing: how many people are registered so far.
- Volunteering: your station.
- Saved: whether registration is open, or when it opens.
- Friends going: how many of the people you follow are in.
- Club run: the club, with the start time on the date line.
Races are always in date order, soonest first, whatever your role. The medium widget lists up to three races the same way, each with its own countdown. On race day the small widget turns mint and says Today, and a tap opens your check-in pass instead of the race page.
Adding it on iPhone
First open the Run This app and visit your Calendar once, so the widget has your races. Then:
- Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen.
- Tap Edit in the top left, then Add Widget.
- Search for Run This and tap it.
- Swipe to pick the small or the medium size, then tap Add Widget.
For the Lock Screen: touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, choose Lock Screen, tap the widget area under the clock, pick Run This, and tap the wide or the round one.
Adding it on Android
- Touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen.
- Tap Widgets.
- Search for Run This and tap it to open it.
- Tap the preview, then Add. You can also drag the preview onto the screen.
To see up to three races, touch and hold the widget, then drag its side handle until it spans the full width of the screen. Narrower sizes show one race.
Keeping it current
The countdown changes by itself at midnight. The races themselves refresh whenever the Run This app loads your calendar, so after you register, save a race, or sign up to volunteer, open the app once and the widget follows. Signed out, or with nothing coming up, the widget offers to find your next race.