Follow a rider or runner live: guides
How to follow a rider or runner during a race: finding them, reading the map, their goal, and sending a tap on the back. Followers need no app and no account.
Explainer · Following liveWhat is a tap on the back? Cheers that reach their phone
A tap on the back is a cheer you send from someone's live page on Windline or RunFast.
How-to · Following liveHow to find someone in a race by name
Type at least 3 letters of their name into the search on livedot.me, which looks through cycling and running races at once, or on windline.tech/follow for riders and runfast.tech/follow for runners.
How-to · Following liveHow to track a cyclist live in a race or sportive
Ask the rider for their Windline link (windline.tech/f/…) and open it in any browser.
How-to · Following liveHow to track a runner in a marathon or ultra, live
Ask the runner for their RunFast link (runfast.tech/f/…) and open it in any browser.
Guide · Following liveHow to cheer someone on in a race when you can't be there
Follow them live from their link, then give them a tap on the back from their page: their phone buzzes and they see the count, with your name if you're signed in.
Guide · Following liveHow to track someone in a race, live on a map
Open the live link they send you (windline.tech/f/… for a cyclist, runfast.tech/f/… for a runner) in any browser.