We've got race-day logistics covered, so you and your crew can focus on getting you to the finish line. The crew sees when to be at the next stop, pacers see their handoff, and family follows along from home. It keeps working when the runner's phone doesn't.
Works on any phone today. Crew and family just open a link.
The crew still knew when to be at every stop. This is what Nightleg did that day.
The phone stops reporting. A dot on a map would just freeze. Nightleg said so plainly and started estimating from his pace.
"Probably at Aid Station 5." The crew logged him in at 11:21. Every later ETA tightened around that real time.
He slowed, and Nightleg slowed with him. It projects from the most recent stretch run, not the morning's average, so the times the crew drove to stayed believable.
Upload the course GPX from the race website and the aid stations fill themselves in. Set your goal, planned stops and who is pacing which stretch.
One link for crew and pacers, one read-only link for family. Nobody creates an account or installs anything to follow along.
Your phone reports from your pocket. Nightleg checks you in at aid stations by GPS, updates every ETA, and tells the crew where to drive next.
Nightleg walks the runner down the course at the pace they were holding, waits the planned minutes at each aid station, and labels every number that is a guess.
Crews miss stops and forget to tap. Position, next stop and ETAs work from GPS when there is any and from the clock when there isn't. A logged time is a correction, never a requirement.
When a pacer is running their stretch, their phone can stand in for the runner's, so tracking picks back up at the handoff.
Big buttons, directions to the right parking spot, the next crew stop always on top. It keeps opening when signal drops and sends what you logged once it's back.
Open Nightleg and you know three things at a glance: where your runner is, when they'll reach your stop, and how to drive there. It tracks from the runner's pocket with the phone locked, checks them in at every aid station on its own, and taps the crew on the shoulder when it's time to move.
These screens are a preview. The iPhone app is in testing; until it ships, your crew opens Nightleg from a link.
A 100-miler is a long day to spend refreshing a text thread. Family gets their own link, and a way to be part of the race from the couch.
Where the runner is, the next aid station and the projected finish, updating on its own. The family link is read-only, so nobody at home can change the plan by accident.
Family and friends send cheers that the crew and pacers see right away and can read out at the next stop. The crew can reply, so home hears back.
Record a voice note for a chosen aid station. When the runner gets there, the crew or pacer plays it. It lands when it's needed most, in the middle of the night.
The crew posts photos from the aid stations as the day goes, so family sees the race and not just a dot. Afterwards there's a recap of the whole run to share.
You pay when you set a race up. Your crew, pacers and family never pay and never need an account.
Running a relay? A relay version, with legs, runner rotation and van exchanges, is next. It grew out of the one we ran at a 200-mile relay.
Only the people who run: the runner and each pacer, so Nightleg can track them on the course from their pocket. Crew who are driving and family at home just open a link, and it can be added to a phone's home screen.
Something that reports where they are: the Nightleg app for iPhone, which tracks from a pocket with the screen locked (in testing now), or a satellite tracker such as a Garmin inReach or a SPOT linked to the race. A pacer's phone covers their stretch of the course, so the runner is still tracked if their own phone dies.
The phone keeps recording and sends its points when service returns. In between, Nightleg estimates from the runner's pace and says clearly that it is estimating. Satellite tracker support is in testing for races with no service at all.
Only people you give a link to. The family link is read-only and never shows location history. A public recap page exists only if you choose to publish it, and it carries no map and no names but the runner's.
No. Nightleg helps a crew plan and follow a race. It is not an emergency service and can't call for help. Carry what your race requires.