Fuelling plans for race organisers

What your runners get

The course, already loaded. Distance, climb and the profile come from your GPX. Nobody types in a guess.
A plan per leg. "Leave aid station 3 with four gels, one bar and 600 ml." Times per leg come from that leg's own climb, so a steep section gets its own clock.
Carbohydrate, fluid and sodium per hour from published guidance, with the overdrinking warning where it belongs. Every number is cited on the page.
It goes with them. A link that holds the whole plan, a calendar file with an alarm for every gel, a printable sheet. No account, nothing stored.

What you get

Runners who have thought about food before the start. The runner who has planned the last two legs is the one who does not need your medics at the final checkpoint.
Your branding. Your name and logo in the header, your official figures, your aid stations by name. It reads as part of your race information, and you can embed it on your own site with one line.
A place for your nutrition partner. The plan ends in a shopping list: this many gels, this many bars, this many salt capsules. Your sponsor's products and a discount code sit right under it. That is sponsor activation you can sell.
Numbers. How many runners used it, and what they are planning to carry, in aggregate. Useful for stocking the aid stations.

How it works

Send the GPX of each course and the aid stations (distance into the race, and the names you use). A logo if you want one on the page.
Within two working days you get a link to review: verticalfuel.run/r/your-race/. Change anything you like.
Link it from your practical information, or embed it. It stays up and updated for the whole season.

Price

FreeThe page for your 2027 edition, built from your GPX and your aid stations, kept updated all season. Nothing to pay and nothing to sign.

€150Optional. Your nutrition partner takes the products slot under the shopping list for the season. Invoiced to the brand, not to you, and only with your approval of who appears.

What I ask for instead of money. Three things, all of which cost you nothing:

A link to the page from your practical information.
One line about it in the pre-race email you already send entrants.
Permission to keep the products slot on the page, with you approving the brand.

The reason it is free is simple. I need a handful of real races on it before I can charge anyone honestly, and your entrants are the people who tell me where the numbers are wrong. If it turns out to be worth paying for, we can talk about the 2028 edition when we both have real numbers to look at.

No commission on your sponsor deal; what your partner pays you is yours. If your race is small and the budget is not there, write anyway. The first pages were built for free in exchange for honest feedback, and that offer is not entirely closed.

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