What We Do
Capital Running Company has evolved from a basic finish line company to an event management and promotion company which specializes in large events, first-time events, and ChronoTrack - the latest, disposable tag timing technology.

We provide complete race management services, from concept design, to event marketing and promotion, to event management, all the way to the finish line and beyond. We maintain a current database of over 50,000 active runners throughout the Metropolitan Washington area including Northern Virginia. We enjoy developing and coordinating event publicity, including coordinated advertisements, flyers, brochures, posters, Web sites, media spots, and t-shirt design.

We have published the Washington Running Report for 24 years. It has become the "must-read" regional running publication for runners of all abilities. In 2006 we redesigned the publication with a more current layout and an eye towards enhanced readability. We provide publicity for your race or products through pre-race articles, advertisements, registration forms, course maps, photos, and results in both print and on the Internet. We also provide a telephone "hotline" and mailbox, faxing of entry forms on request, mail processing, bulk brochure distribution, and a variety of computer services.

Since 1996 we have been developing our skills with the Internet. We post race results by on raceday, usually from the race site. Our comprehensive online calendar is continuously updated as we get new information. We design, host, and update individual race Web sites that answer all of the participants' questions. Post-race photos document how much fun people had at the events.

We currently serve over forty clients each year in addition to owning and operating three races of our own. Those races are the St. Patrick's Day 8K in March, The Veterans Day 10K in November, and the Jingle All the Way 10K in December. We have gained invaluable experience at many races in a variety of situations over the years. We believe we know what will be successful and what may not work for a particular event. Through our event advertisers, we are involved with many more races, both large and small. We enjoy applying the lessons that we have learned from our involvement with larger events to the first time and smaller yet growing races.

As such, we can provide complete consulting services, concept design for new races, national coordination of series races, and "turn-key" operations for events of all sizes, from small community races to large regional races with thousands of runners and walkers. We can create a unique or family-oriented theme to suit your event.

We believe that the best way to achieve a successful event is for the client to focus on sponsorship and volunteers. We can handle all aspects of registration, procurement, print and Web promotion, vendor coordination, course design and certification, police and governmental agencies, and even credit card processing in order to free the client to concentrate their time and talents on achieving their goal of a successful, well managed event.

On raceday we can provide all the services necessary for a memorable event. We offer site design, start/finish line design and management, course layout, on-site registration, disk jockey, professional announcing, accurate electronic transponder scoring, ChronoTrack disposable D-tag timing, detailed results for each participant with both clock and net times, Internet posting, and a thorough post-race evaluation.

We evaluate, develop, and master technology in our pursuit of conducting an outstanding event. We operated a multi-user Unix system for scoring, pioneered the use of a network with Runscore, used barcode readers to improve accuracy, and brought the ChampionChip to the region. After eleven years mastering ChampionChip technology for road races and triathlons we are the first to provide ChronoTrack in the region. The ChronoTrack disposable D-tag is the timing system of the future for all active sports.

We take great pride in our work, in the success we help our clients achieve, in the enjoyment of the participants, and the satisfaction of sponsors. Once we have established a relationship with a client, we are committed to do whatever it takes to make the event successful.