Race volunteer software for endurance events
Less spreadsheet admin.
More time for your race.
Still juggling volunteer lists, shift changes and individual marshal briefs? Keep sign-ups, course points and your crew in one place. Enter the details once, then generate personalised briefs without copying them into dozens of documents.
£24 per event. No subscription.
Free to set up and explore. The event fee applies when your first volunteer signs up or is added. Email sending is the only usage-based extra, passed on at cost.
See the full pricingNo volunteer accounts or app downloads. Explore at your own pace, or ask us for a walkthrough.
See the sample event walkthrough →From course to briefed marshals
01
Map
Aid Station 2
6 / 6
Creek Crossing
3 / 4
Finish Chute
8 / 10
02
Assign
Sarah K · Marshal
James O · Marshal
Priya N · Marshal
03
Brief
Brief
Timing
Contact
Brief
Sections
Trusted by race organisers
Organiser testimonial
“We moved over from Google Sheets and picked it up straight away. It’s just as easy to use, and everything is where you’d expect it to be. The automatic marshal briefs have saved us so much time. We’re not copying the same details into separate documents anymore.”
Alex · Parramatta Half Marathon
Coming from a spreadsheet?
Your crew.
Your course.
Less copying.
A spreadsheet is a useful starting point. The work grows when you’re updating shifts, chasing replies and rewriting instructions. mrshl connects those jobs without making you manage another complicated system.
- 01 / Plan. Add your course points, shifts and instructions.
- 02 / Fill. Share your sign-up link and assign your crew.
- 03 / Brief. Generate individual briefs, then check volunteers in on race day.
Already paying for a volunteer platform? Compare the jobs you need below, then check the per-event price. No subscription to keep between races.
See the workflow in 8 stepsStart with your course
Upload your route, mark your positions and add shifts. Assign your crew and their personalised briefs are generated from the same details. Enter it once, rather than write it out for every marshal.
Sample event walkthrough · illustrative figures, not customer results
148
Volunteers signed up
92%
Shifts filled
27/29
Points covered
148
Briefs generated
Explore the terrain
Edale, Peak District · Illustrative course & positions
● Volunteers deploying ● In position · 0/12
12 course positions · Select a pin to see its details.
Real terrain · Sample staffing layout, not for navigation
Drop a pin to add a course point
Map the course — Drop pins for every junction, aid station and crossing.
One course plan. Shared logistics. Individual briefs and printable lanyard cards.
See it in 8 animated steps →Pricing
One event.
One simple price.
£24 per event, only when your first volunteer signs up or is added. Set up and explore first. Email sending is the only usage-based extra.
Prices and billing in GBP.
Your event
£24per event
No event fee until your first volunteer signs up or is added. No other event fees.
Fair pricing. Built to support the industry.
We want MRSHL to be useful and affordable for race organisers. The price covers hosting and the time we spend building and improving it. We keep developing it, and feedback from organisers helps us decide what to work on next. That’s why we do this: to support the people putting on events.
Email sending
Emails cost money to send, so we simply pass on the fee. You only pay for what you use, at the rate shown below. Simple, transparent pricing.
- First 500 emails, once per account
- Free
- After the first 500
- £2per 1,000 emails sent
Lifetime allowance per account, no monthly reset. Additional emails accumulate pro rata at £0.002 each. No subscription or other fees.
Made for endurance. Used by race organisers.
From the first sign-up to the final sweeperNot generic.
Race-specific.
An aid station halfway up a hill needs different instructions from a busy finish line. Plan each position, work out the cover you need and give your marshals the details for their part of the course.
- GPX routes. Course points. Operational zones.
- Sweeper estimates. Shift cover. Release conditions.
- Personal marshal briefs. Live position check-ins.
From the race director
“I am a huge fan of the insights dashboard — it's awesome to see everything visually. Everything has worked awesome and signups are coming in steadily with 0 dramas, so we are very happy!”
Zac · 180 Cadence
Live platform totals are temporarily unavailable.
Picture your event
Different races. One coordinated crew.
Remote aid stations, route junctions and coverage until the sweeper passes.
Explore trail & ultraKnow your coverage in real time
See who’s checked in and which positions still need cover. When someone hasn’t arrived, you can find their shift and contact details without searching through messages.
- Live check-in feed as marshals arrive at their points
- Unmanned-point and understaffed-shift alerts on the dashboard
- Emergency contacts, radio channels and what3words on every brief
Choose a stage in the example to follow a trail & ultra crew from arrival to stand-down.
Illustrative example · not live event data
Trail & ultra / Race day
Ridge junction
In positionRemote aid station
In positionCreek crossing
Not arrivedSpot the arrival gap at creek crossing before the start and follow up with the team.
Just launched · Race Day Live
Not just a brief.
Your crew, connected.
From “I’m in position” to “Stood down”, your marshal’s personalised brief now connects what’s happening on the course with Event Control. Less chasing. A clearer picture of race day.
Explore Race Day LiveOne tap. In position.
Marshals confirm arrival and stand-down from their own brief. No extra login or app download.
A live view of your crew.
See presence on the board and shift timeline, time on position, and warnings when an active shift has no confirmed arrival.
Patchy signal? Keep going.
Live taps save on the device and sync when signal returns. Recently opened brief details have a cached fallback.
Release stays in your hands.
Pace-based last-runner estimates help marshals plan. Event Control can authorise release — a countdown never gives permission to leave.
Plan your coverage / Trail & ultra
How big is your course crew?
A starting estimate for one staffing period, not a staffing recommendation.
Event types load illustrative, editable starting values. Changing event type resets these inputs. Excludes relief shifts and roles outside these points; actual requirements depend on your event and safety plan.
Estimated volunteers needed
20
10 course points × 2 volunteers per point
Make volunteering easier to say yes to
Give volunteers a straightforward way to sign up, choose a shift and find out where they need to be.
Open the link
Volunteers tap your branded signup link from social, email or your event site — no app, no account.
Pick a shift
They choose a role, location and time that fits — or opt in to any shift and let you allocate them.
Sign the waiver
They accept your waiver and answer any questions you need for their role, all on the same form.
Get their brief
A personalised marshal brief with their point on the map, timings, ETAs, contacts and team group link.
Keep the whole crew
in the loop.
Write your emails in your own words and choose when they go out. If plans change, send an update to the people affected. You can also prepare WhatsApp messages to share with your crew.
Sign-up
A welcome and clear next steps.
Before the event
Confirmation prompts, arrival details and their brief.
Race morning
Their position, contacts and team WhatsApp link.
After the finish
A thank-you and optional individual discount code.
A private volunteer dashboard brings their event details together. Email usage is visible per event, and thank-you codes can come from your own code pool. Start coordinating your crew
Ask about your race.Review the next move.
Open the floating orb in your organiser workspace. RaceDesk reads your selected event, keeps answers short and turns supported tasks into changes you can review.
- Setup. Find missing details and propose updates to contacts, arrival instructions and shift defaults.
- Staffing. Find open shifts and propose volunteer assignments with capacity and schedule checks.
- Race day. Summarise recorded check-ins and coverage, or propose an assignment-status update.
Nothing changes until you review and confirm.
See what’s new in RaceDeskRaceDesk / Illustrative example
Check my event setup
The emergency contact and two arrival instructions still need attention. Add the details here and I can prepare a change preview.
Your event. Your decision. Review before applying.
Our preferred volunteer merchandise partner
Kit for the people who make race day happen.
Custom clothing, branded merchandise and design support for your volunteer crew.
Give your volunteers something to wear with pride. Scimitar is mrshl’s preferred partner for volunteer merchandise, creating custom clothing and branded products around your event’s identity.
From team T-shirts and hoodies to event merchandise, their team can help with product choices, bespoke designs and bringing your crew’s kit together.
- Custom clothing
- Branded merchandise
- In-house design support
The jobs that go into running your crew
Share your sign-up page, fill the shifts and get the right information to each volunteer. Here’s what mrshl helps you manage.
See it in 8 animated stepsExplore every capability +
Branded volunteer signup
Share a sign-up page with your event’s colours and logo. Volunteers choose a shift without creating an account. You choose which questions to ask.
Roles, shifts & course zones
Build staffing around the actual course: aid stations, marshal points, transitions, registration desks and finish crews — with headcount targets per shift.
Waivers & data capture
Custom waivers signed at signup with a stored snapshot, plus role-specific questions for skills, certifications and availability.
Targeted communications
Segment by role, point or shift and send race-day instructions, parking details and last-minute changes to exactly the right people.
Team & section leads
Give each course point a WhatsApp group link, assign section leaders and let volunteers see who they’re working with.
Race-day check-in
Check volunteers in fast, see who's arrived and who hasn't, and spot unmanned points before they become race-day problems.
Reporting & insights
Coverage by role and zone, open-shift alerts, repeat-volunteer tracking and one-click CSV exports for your records.
Auto-generated marshal briefs
Every volunteer gets a personalised, printable brief: their point on the map, timings, ETAs, contacts and what3words location.
Your volunteer pool, year after year
Everyone who signs up joins your own private pool. Next season, open the new event and tick the people you want back — no starting from an empty roster.
Lanyard cards for race day
Print the full brief for the night before, then compact credit-card-sized lanyard cards — position, shift, release condition and emergency numbers — to hand out at check-in.
Bulk course import
Paste a Google My Maps link or upload a CSV, GPX or list of what3words addresses and your whole course lands at once, classified and pre-loaded with your default shifts.
Waitlists that fill the gaps
Volunteers can join a waitlist when a shift is full. If a place opens up, choose someone from the list and send them a WhatsApp offer.
The RaceDesk command orb
Check event setup, find staffing gaps and get a race-day snapshot. Propose supported updates to shifts, assignments and instructions, then review the exact changes before confirming.
Not ready for setup or a demo? Ask us to get in touch.
Planning your next event?
Want to know more about mrshl?
Leave your email and organisation name and we’ll get in touch about using mrshl for your event.
No commitment to sign up.
See mrshl in action
Not sure how it would fit your event? Request a walkthrough and we’ll arrange a time to show you the course plan, roster and volunteer briefs.
Questions, answered
Get your crew ready for race day
Start with your course and crew, not another spreadsheet to maintain. Explore the setup yourself or talk it through with us.
£24 per event when your first volunteer signs up or is added. No subscription. Email sending extra, at cost.