The whole race —
from everyone
who ran it.
A finish line only tells you where people ended up. Backstory is where runners share the story behind their result — pinned to the course — and every story lands on one shared map. Press play and relive the entire race, from every perspective, without missing a moment.
Use the account you already race with — no new password.
One race. Hundreds of stories.
The results sheet flattens a whole day into a column of times. But out on the course, everyone was running a different race — the spooked burro at the start, the wrong turn down a hill, the two friends who had to drop, the leader who flew. Alone, each of those is just a memory. Together, on one map, they're the real story of the race.
Backstory is where those stories come together.
How it works
Bring in your race
Log in with RunSignup and pull in a race you ran — or add any race by hand. The course lives on the map.
Pin your moments
Drop a marker wherever something happened, and add the story — a line, a photo, a clip.
See the whole race
Your story joins everyone else's on one map. Play it back and explore what really went on out there.
Made for the races that earn a story — ultras, burro races, adventure races, trail 100s. The events where everyone comes back with a different tale from the same course.
Share your side of it
Pin what happened to you along the course — the fall, the climb, the highlight — with a note, photo, or video.
Everyone on one map
Your story merges with every other runner's on the same shared course. The whole field, in one place.
Replay the whole race
Press play and watch the race unfold from every perspective — start to finish, not one story missed.
The race was bigger than your result.
Add your story. See everyone's.
Start your story