Helping athletes elevate their race
experience through the Discovery
and sharing of race reviews.

Q: What is Anothr Lap?

A: Anothr Lap is a community-powered review platform for athletes, and a zero-hassle feedback tool for race organizers. It's built to make racing more transparent, inclusive, and connected for everyone who shows up at the start line. With over 22 million racers participating globally each year, we're building a more transparent, connected, and athlete-powered future for racing.

Q: What types of races are featured on Anothr Lap?

A: The site currently caters to endurance sports, including running, cycling, triathlons, obstacle course racing (OCR) and functional fitness racing. For running, this includes road and trail of all distances from a 5K to an ultramarathon. For cycling, this also includes road and trail and everything in between including gravel rides, cyclocross, and more. Triathlons include all distances and types. Lastly, OCR and functional fitness includes races such as Spartan, Tough Mudder, and Hyrox, both singles and doubles. More race types may be added in the future as the site grows. If you have a race you'd like to see represented here, reach out and let us know at hello@anothrlap.com.

Q: What type of information can racers include in their review?

A: Athletes can rate all of the elements that can make or break a race experience, starting with an overall experience rating (irrespective of individual performance), and breaking down pre-, during-, and post-race elements such as bathrooms, course difficulty, aid station quality, volunteers, parking and shuttles, food and water, and more.

The review also includes open text feedback for athletes to go deeper into a race report, share pro tips for other racers, provide private feedback to race organizers, and log private notes for themselves. Reviewers are also encouraged to assign categories for a race to indicate whether the race is considered family-friendly, inclusive, PR-worthy, competitive, a qualifier race, etc. All of these details in turn help other racers sift through the thousands of race options to find one that meets their criteria of a good race.

Q: Do you verify reviews?

A: Reviews are verified through self-reported race results. A review marked as "verified" means it includes a linked result from a trusted source like Strava, Garmin, or Athlinks. Not verified doesn't mean not real, just less substantiated. Users are encouraged to link to their race results within their review, either to a Strava or smartwatch activity, or to their individual race results page through the race organization or another third-party platform such as Athlinks.

Race Directors can also contribute to verified reviews by sending a direct link to the review landing page for their race in post-race emails and comms, making it more likely that reviews are written by registered participants.

Q: Can I review a race even if I didn't finish (DNF)?

A: Yes. Whether you finished or not, your experience matters—especially when it helps others make informed decisions. You'll be able to note your finish status in your review, the options include: Finished, Podium Finish, Did Not Finish, or Race Cancelled (usually due to weather).

Q: Can I review races I did in the past?

A: Definitely. If you can still remember the details, your past race experiences are valuable — and can still be verified through your race result history.

Q: How do you monitor the community?

In order to leave a review and respond to reviews, we ask all users, racers and race organizers, to abide by our Community Guidelines and Terms & Conditions. Our motto is: be honest, be respectful, be helpful, and celebrate the sport and your fellow athletes.

The community has the ability to self-monitor by voting a review as helpful or unhelpful. Reviews that are marked as unhelpful will be further scrutinized to ensure they are meeting the Community Guidelines. Race Directors also have the ability to respond to reviews for the race they own when they create a profile and claim their race.

Q: Does it cost anything to sign up, review, or search for a race?

A: Anothr Lap is 100% free for users to review and search, and has a free tier for race organizers. There is no cost to create a profile, write a review, or search through reviews to discover new races as a user. For Race Directors, there is no cost to create a profile, add or edit a race that they own, respond to user reviews, and see public racer feedback.

As the site grows, premium features will be added specifically for Race Directors who want more feedback report customization and insights. Race Directors who partner with us early will have free early access to some of the premium features. Want to partner with us? Reach out at hello@anothrlap.com.

Q: Can you register for a race through the platform?

A: Most race profiles will include an external link to register for that race, when available. Race Directors who create a profile will have the ability to manage those external links and send racers to their preferred platform for registration. Users will also have the ability to create a list of saved races which can be visible on their profile and shared with friends.

Q: Is the platform available as an app?

A: You can find Anothr Lap on mobile or desktop via the website. It is not currently available as an app.

Q: Are there expert contributors and can I follow them?

A: Users with the highest number of verified reviews and/or verified reviews with helpful votes will be featured on the Discovery page. The more verified reviews you submit, and the more helpful votes they receive, the more your chances of being featured. Users have the ability to follow each other and be notified when someone they follow submits a new review. Users can follow other users that do the same sport as them, have the same ability level, live nearby, or like similar types of races.

Q: What information can a user share about themselves and what can they keep private?

A: We ask all users to share their name, sport preferences (running, cycling, triathlons, OCR/functional fitness), and self-identified ability level publicly in order to help other users contextualize reviews. Additional information that users have control over sharing publicly or privately includes a short bio, their location (city, state, country), age (birthday), gender identification, and any external links they wish to share including a Strava, Garmin, or Athlinks profile or a link to their Substack, blog, or personal website. Race organizers who create a profile have the same information they are able to share, as well as a list of races they own. See more in our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.

Q: How is this different from Strava, RaceRaves, or Facebook groups?

A: First, Anothr Lap goes beyond a single rating or activity summary and digs deeper into the elements of a race that can make or break a great experience, which in turn provides valuable insights for people looking for a new race, whether it's their first race or their 100th race. Second, Anothr Lap provides a data-driven, friendly user interface that makes it both quick and easy to leave a review through a combination of metric-based and open-ended questions using either text or voice. Third, Anothr Lap also serves race organizers, not just athletes, so the whole community benefits.

Q: How can I become a featured contributor or ambassador?

We're always looking for passionate endurance athletes to help grow the community. If you're active in the sport and love sharing insights, reach out about joining our ambassador or contributor network.

Q: How do Race Directors and Organizers benefit?

A: Race organizers know how hard it is to collect honest, helpful feedback from athletes, especially when they're busy planning the race itself. Anothr Lap solves that by providing a streamlined platform where participants share race reviews, including private feedback just for the organizers. Anothr Lap summarize these reviews in insightful, easy to digest reports and dashboards, allowing Race Directors to access data-driven insights that help improve and promote their events while benchmarking against others.

Race Directors also have the ability to see what elements of their race are contributing to or taking away from athletes having a great experience, and it can even be broken down by athlete type (finisher status, ability level, and more) as part of the anonymized report that protects the anonymity of the racer.

Race Directors who create accounts and claim a race also gain access to Community Impact data that can help them re-secure permits and sponsors. Whether someone is a local or traveled to get the race, their review can help prove how much value a race brings to the area.

Q: Why would Race Directors trust and use this platform?

A: Anothr Lap saves Race Directors time and gives them peace of mind by providing digestible and actionable feedback based on a consistent, business-tested, and user-friendly survey rather than chasing scattered social comments or creating a DIY survey. They get clear insights into what's working and what needs improvement based on honest, anonymized feedback and public-facing reviews. They can trust that reviews have been verified and monitored by the community and are held to Community Guidelines.

Users are more likely to leave a review when they can share what worked for them with others while having the opportunity to leave private constructive criticism for the organizers. In turn, positive reviews increase visibility for well-run races, helping attract new participants and sponsors. Our transparent review system builds trust with the athlete community while providing organizers with a direct channel for constructive dialogue and continuous improvement.

Q: What if a race gets consistently bad reviews, won't that scare organizers away?

A: Many things can go wrong on race day, and not all of those things are within the control of race organizers, which is why our survey is designed to capture only those elements that race organizers can control to the best of their ability. However, consistent negative reviews can highlight real issues that need addressing, whether it's racer safety or more transparent communication. They can provide organizers with clear opportunities for improvement.

Race directors who care deeply about athlete experience often prefer honest feedback over silent drop-offs in participation, or worse yet, viral social commentary without the chance to respond. Anothr Lap offers race directors the opportunity to respond publicly on a trusted platform, demonstrate accountability and showcase changes, turning negative patterns or outliers into a roadmap for improvement rather than a one-sided narrative.

Q: How will you address potential spam, trolling or biased reviews?

A: We combine automated filters and manual moderation to catch spam and trolling while maintaining an open-space for honest reviews. Our structured review format naturally discourages low-effort or vague complaints, and we allow the community to flag inappropriate content. Reviews that are purely promotional or defamatory without substance are investigated and removed if necessary to protect the platform's integrity according to our Terms & Conditions and Community Guidelines.

Q: How will you motivate athletes to leave structured and thoughtful reviews post race?

A: Anothr Lap makes reviewing easy and rewarding. Once a user profile has been created, our review survey allows athletes to leave written reviews, all in under three minutes. Sharing reviews is also easy through social channels and share links, giving athletes visibility and a voice in the sport that they love. We occasionally incentivize participation with giveaways and partnerships, but by far the biggest motivation is the intrinsic value received when knowing that you are contributing to a more positive and helpful experience for others in the racing community.

Q: Is Anothr Lap a startup?

A: Yes, Anothr Lap is an early-stage, mission-driven startup currently bootstrapped by our founder and supported by a small team of advisors and contributors. We're actively exploring strategic partnerships and growth opportunities.

Q: How does Anothr Lap plan to monetize?

A: Our long-term monetization model includes premium insights tools for Race Directors, brand partnerships, and athlete-centered sponsored content–all while keeping the core review experience free for users.

Q: Who is the Founder of Anothr Lap and why did they create it?

A: Anothr Lap was founded by Kelly Fuson, a lifelong endurance athlete and experienced marketing leader with a track record of launching innovative consumer and fitness technologies at companies like Google, Fitbit, GoPro, iFIT, and Sony.

Having competed in over 100 races—from 5Ks and marathons to trail ultras and OCR events—Kelly saw firsthand how difficult it is for athletes to find trustworthy, peer-sourced insights about races before signing up. At the same time, race organizers lacked an efficient way to collect meaningful, constructive feedback.

With a background that blends corporate go-to-market expertise and deep community involvement in endurance sports, Kelly created Anothr Lap: a platform that brings honesty, courage, joy, and community to the forefront of the racing experience. Her mission is to make racing better for everyone—by helping athletes share reviews and helping race directors gain insights that lead to stronger, more rewarding events.

Inspired by her education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Learn by Doing), and her transition from urban life to a close-knit mountain town, Kelly brings both strategic rigor and heart to the Anothr Lap mission. She's backed by a dedicated early team who share her vision for a more transparent, connected future for endurance sports.

Q: Can I write about or partner with Anothr Lap?

Absolutely! Whether you're a journalist, ambassador, or brand, we'd love to connect. Reach us at hello@anothrlap.com to learn more or request media materials.