OnePlan, the digital event planning tool, has released a new suite, The Running Pack. According to the company, this ‘makes planning extraordinarily complex events simpler and safer.’
Launched at Running USA 2022 in Orlando, Florida, The Running Pack lets race organizers plan road, cross country, professional and amateur running events visually. It utilizes 2D and HD maps, with over 130 specialized objects to place over event maps. The platform also makes progress sharable in real time among various stakeholders.
OnePlan has made its suite of tools free for anyone planning a running event. The Running Pack joins OnePlan’s Cycling and Triathlon solutions. It was created after OnePlan’s tools have been used to plan over 5,000 events worldwide.
“You’d think there’d be nothing harder than managing a stadium of tens of thousands of fans watching a few hundred athletes,” said OnePlan CEO Paul Foster. “Now reverse that and spread tens of thousands of athletes over 5K, 10K, or even 42K.
“Add traffic closures, un-ticketed, unpredictable spectators, and all the complications of using public grounds, and you’ve got an absolute beast of a job. OnePlan’s Running Pack solves that.”
The company notes that… ‘Among the many running events OnePlan has helped make successful is the Sydney Harbor 10K, which attracts 7,000 runners to the area around the world-famous Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge.’
Event organizer Pont3’s Operations Director Symon Bryan said “For years we had to take screenshots of maps from Google Earth, then put them into a PowerPoint document, and add shapes and lines for infrastructure and course routes, with a key for people to try and understand.
“And of course, they weren’t to scale. OnePlan’s mapping tool is simple to use and it streamlines our process in a way that we hadn’t realized was possible before. It means we can have better communication with our partners by easily sharing digestible plans at scale.”
OnePlan recently announced that SweetSpot, which organizes the Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour cycling races, collaborated on The Bicycle Pack suite of tools; and that World Triathlon partnered to create the Triathlon Pack. OnePlan has also recently commenced partnerships with FIBA (the International Basketball Association), and the iconic motorsport site Silverstone in the UK.
