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.