Brief Survey About Artificial Intelligence for Road Race Management Meeting

Artificial Intelligence in the Road Running Industry

I’m presenting a talk at the Road Race Management Race Directors' Meeting this December 13-15 on the following topic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Today and Tomorrow. What ramifications does this technology present? What are the benefits and what are the potential perils? What are the financial aspects?

To prepare for this talk, I would appreciate if you or someone from your organization or business completed this very brief survey (only six questions!) about your awareness, interest, and experience with AI, if any. This will take only a few minutes. And I ask that you return the survey by November 12 if possible.

The results will be discussed at the RRM Meeting and then published in the RRM E News. To get your free copy of the E News click here.

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For more information on the RRM Meeting, please visit https://www.rrm.com/act/rdm/rdm.asp

Thanks in advance for your time.

Doug Thurston

Thurston Event Solutions, LLC

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

M- (916) 802-7668

thurstoneventsolutions@gmail.com

1.Describe your role/position in the road race industry:

Race director or part of an event management company

Vendor serving the road race industry (timing or registration company, supplier, photographer, etc.)

Athlete, agent, media, board member, volunteer

Other (please specify)

None of the above

2.How would you describe your current level of understanding of what AI is and how it works?

None, I don’t have a clue

A little but I would like to know more as it seems I read something about it everyday

I know enough to use it occasionally

I’m well versed and use AI often

3.If you use AI currently, in what race area?

Registration

Customer service/chat bot/automatic answers to common race questions on our website

Race logistics, planning, and operations

Other (please specify)

None of the above

4.Are you or, to your knowledge, any of your vendors (online registration company, timing company, participant photographer, transponder company, etc.), already using AI?

I am not aware of any of my current vendors using AI with our events and it might bother me if they are

It would not bother me if I found out some of my vendors are already using AI

Yes, I’m sure some of my vendors are using AI and I’m a bit concerned about it

Yes, I’m sure some of my vendors are using AI but I’m not concerned about it

Other (please specify)

None of the above

5.Looking ahead, do you think your organization will use AI more often?

No, it doesn’t interest me

To be determined as I’m not sure how AI might help my organization

Likely as AI grows in importance and as our organization understands it better

For sure, it’s a part of our 2025 event plans

Other (please specify)

None of the above

6.If you understand and are using AI and you would be willing to share your experience with Road Race Management Race Directors' Meeting attendees and RRM E News subscribers, please provide your name and contact information