Independent, not isolated
You already know the problems. Waitlists that need chasing. Volunteers who need wrangling. Forms nobody fills in until the deadline passes. Every organiser faces them. Almost nobody shares how they solved them. That's what ADVNTM changes. Not with forums or Slack channels or another thing to check. With solutions that have already been tested inside real events and are ready for you to use.
Trusted fixes.
Every automation, template, and workflow in ADVNTM has been tested inside real events. Use what already works instead of building from scratch.
No reinventing the wheel.
Problems solved once don't need solving again. Every fix, every improvement builds on what came before.
Built by people in the same position.
The organisers behind ADVNTM are still running events. The problems you're facing are the ones we're solving in our own operations, right now.
Don't reinvent the solution. Build on one someone else has already suffered through.
Every race has its quirks
Leaderboard is ADVNTM's race timing and event-control system, and it was built by races, not in a vacuum. Races have more in common than not, and then there is the one thing each event does its own way. That is usually what an off-the-shelf timing system cannot take. Here is what three races needed from their timing.
ForRangers, Kenya.
Some days go off in waves, some don't. When they do, no two start times match and every accumulated time has to account for the gap. Kris King needed those offsets applied to the days that use them and carried through to the overall, so the times on the board are the times that count.
The Highland Ultra.
Same organiser, different quirk. Runners enter as Clans, so individual times have to add up to one Clan time and stand alongside the individual result. Both have to hold when a stage win comes down to seconds.
The Spine Race.
Phil Hayday-Brown moves runners' drop bags along 268 miles of the Pennine Way, and knowing where each bag is, or is on its way to, is race-critical. So is the checkpoint picture: who's in, how long they've rested, when they're due out. Add the time penalties and credits a race that long hands out, and paper and spreadsheets stopped cutting it.
None of that is exotic. Most organisers have their own version of it: a category that counts oddly, a cut-off that moves, a coach that has to leave with everyone on it. The next race will need something none of these did, and that's the job. Leaderboard gets bent to fit the event.
What is the ADVNTM community?
The ADVNTM community is a network of independent endurance event organisers who share operational tools, tested workflows, and practical solutions. Every automation, template, and workflow in the network has been tested inside real events. Organisers use what already works instead of building from scratch.
How do I join the ADVNTM community?
Join the ADVNTM community by completing the form on this page. There is no fee and no obligation. ADVNTM will reply within one working day to discuss what you are working on and how the network can help.
What do ADVNTM community members get access to?
Community members get access to proven workflows, automation templates, and operational tools that have been tested in real endurance events including The Spine Race and the Beyond the Ultimate series. Members also connect with other independent organisers facing similar operational challenges.
This is how independents win.
The best endurance events have never been corporate. They've been built by people who care deeply about their communities, their landscapes, and their runners. People who do this alongside other work, often without a dedicated tech team, often without the budget the big players have.
ADVNTM exists to close that gap. Not by making independent events look corporate, but by giving them the tools to outperform corporate events while staying exactly what they are.
When independents share what works, they don't need anyone's backing but each other's.