Top-Level Help for Mid-Size Events

As a small-business Event Director, you've likely worn a lot of hats.  No one knows your event like you do, and the biggest obstacle to growth may be how to translate your ideas into reality with someone who you can trust to get it done well.

OPE owner Josh Reed has spent almost 20 years in events and 12 in racing, traveling the country and working amongst the best in the nation to find the best practices for growing mid-size races and event series to take that 'next step'.

By starting simple and analyzing what you've done in the past, we can help figure out step-by-step how to take things off your plate and move towards your future.  Sometimes this is a 1-2 year plan; other times it's 'permanent', with many OPE clients in their 3rd or 4th year and scaling up and down over time.  Some relationships are one-on-one, others involve managing your team or subcontracting from our own network.

Looking to transition into the next phase of your event company's life?  Looking for someone who knows how the 'big races' do it, so your series can become more like one of them?  Maybe just looking to get back some of your life and focus on what you do best?  Let's work together to help keep you "On Path".

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On Path Events is a small business that operates on the principle of a close expanded network of mutual support with regional teams.  Specialties include operations and project management, with a focus on efficient scheduling, maps, and researching national and regional trends.

Clients, Partners, + Friends

Ultra X

Ultra X Nevada - Race Director and Regionalized Support

For the 2nd time in 2025, OPE works with the fast-growing international brand Ultra X to launch in the United States.  Our first offering is Ultra X Nevada, a 5-day 220K stage race outside Las Vegas.   OPE Handles all local research, budgetting, course design, and subcontracting from regional talent to execute the event.

Canaan Valley Running Company

Full Operations and Project Management

CVRC Owner Robby McClung holds a variety of destination races and events in beautiful West Virginia.  After his merch and store brand took off, he needed help bringing it together.  2024 shows >30% YOY growth in the race properties - as OPE support helps Robby gradually transition to focus on the marketing, merch, and community relationships he's best at.

HTX Events is a slow-burn OPE relationship producing several significant triathlon and running events around Greater Houston.

After 3 years, OPE is entering 2025 handling all operations, project management, and aspects of new event ideation and planning.

DrinkDenver / 11 Creative

Before COVID, our network was beginning to work on operations and planning with Denver-based festival series 11 Creative, supporting multiple food+drink-based events in Denver and Houston.

COVID forced a scale-back but in 2025, we are both supporting in Denver and working on their re-launch in Houston.

 11 Creative

Run Cane Bay

Processes + Systems Development, Operations Consultation

Dan Caskie is an entrepreneur and a busy man - business owner, consultant, and competition BBQ chef.  He started Run Cane Bay as part of his fitness journey to promote his rapidly growing community in suburban Charleston, SC.  In 2022-23, OPE helped Dan completely remotely and helped him produce a series of races which he has since sold to a respected regional company.

Timing Account Management

From winter of 2022 until Spring 2024, OPE took over onboarding the Savage Race Timing contract from a previous vendor to Go Race Productions, with 6 races spent onsite supporting the GRP team as they grew into the account.

 

Schedule and Availability

Even if shown as busy that weekend, we have a great network of ops and photo contractors that may be able to support you on site, along with our support remotely and outside of race week.  We also coordinate production and photo teams in several regions.

Click here to see past events (2019-2024)

OPE's 2023 included several events as RD/ED or Ops Direction and/or subcontractor management including the launch of Ultra X Nevada, plus work on 7 Ironmans (inc World Champs in Kona), the NYC, Houston, and Denver Marathons, and many more.   In 2024, Josh took time off travel to focus on laying groundwork on major continuing projects, including the launch of Ultra X Nevada.  In 2025, business is expanding again with particular consolidation into the Las Vegas - Colorado - Texas triangle.

Date Name Location  Partner Role
2025
1/16-1/19 Houston Marathon Houston, TX Start Line Traffic Closure Manager and other duties assigned (5th year)
3/1/25 San Felipe Shootout Trail Race Houston, TX TROT Vol trail ops for Trail Racing Over Texas
3/13-3/16 NYRR NYC Half New York, NY Finish Line Amenities and Misc Ops (3rd year)
4/3 Denver Ramen Festival Denver, CO DrinkDenver Site Management / Ops
4/13 Vintage Park Half Marathon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops Director
4/22-4/28 Canaan Valley Half Marathon Davis, WV CVRC Race Week Director + year-round PM (4th year)
5/3 Pending Denver, CO DrinkDenver Site Management / Ops for DrinkDenver
5/11 Tri Girl Triathlon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops Director
5/18 TBD TBD TBD one of a couple combinations
5/30-31 Sunburst Races Half/10K/5K South Bend, IN Ops / Asst to the RD (onsite fill-in for an industry colleague)
6/8 Sylvan Beach Triathlon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops Director
6/18-6/22 Canaan Valley Trail Run (TBD) Davis, WV CVRC Tentative on-site, otherwise offsite planning support
7/19-7/20 Cypress Triathlon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops director
8/20-8/26 Moonlight on the Falls Marathon Davis, WV CVRC Race Week Director + year-round PM (4th year)
9/14 Island Girl Triathlon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops Director
10/15-10/27 Ultra X Nevada 220K Stage Race Las Vegas, NV Ultra X Race Director (2nd year)
11/1 NYC Marathon New York, NY Tentative pending schedule
11/8 Houston Brunchfest Houston, TX DrinkDenver Site Management / Ops
11/15 Oilman Triathlon Houston, TX HTX Events Ops Director

 

What's Next?

Even if you're not sure what you need, a couple emails and half an hour on the phone may be enough to make a difference.  And we're always happy to chat!

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