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 the ChampionChip - the latest 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. We enjoy developing and coordinating event publicity, including coordinated advertisements, flyers, brochures, posters, web site, media spots, and t-shirt design.

We have published the Washington Running Report for 16 years. It has become the "must-read" regional running publication for runners of all abilities. We provide publicity for your race 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 computer services.

For the last few years we have been developing our skills with the Internet. We post Race Results by Monday if not on raceday. Our Web calendar is continuously updated as we get new information. We design, host, and update individual race websites 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. 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 advertisers, we are involved with many more races, both large and small.

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, vendor coordination, course design and certification, police and agencies, and credit card processing in order to free the client to concentrate their talents on what is important to them.

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 scoring, ChampionChip timing, detailed results for each participant, results postcards and labels, Internet posting, and a 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. The Chip 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.