Terms of Service

Welcome to RaceScout. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of racescout.ai and any related services (collectively, the “Service”), operated by RaceScout (“we,” “us,” or “our”). By using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Service.

What RaceScout is

RaceScout is a marathon discovery and recommendation tool. We help runners find races that fit their goals, preferences, and constraints. We do not organize, run, sell entries to, or guarantee any race. All registration, payment, and participation happens directly between you and the race organizer.

Information about races on RaceScout is gathered from public sources, race organizers, and our own research. We work to keep it accurate but cannot guarantee it. Always confirm details — dates, prices, qualifying standards, entry requirements — directly with the race organizer before making decisions or payments.

Using the Service

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in a way that doesn’t harm us, other users, or third parties. Specifically, you agree not to:

• Scrape, crawl, or otherwise extract data from the Service in bulk without our written permission.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Service.
• Use the Service to send spam, harass others, or distribute malicious content.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service, including by overloading our infrastructure.
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate others.

We may suspend or terminate access for users who violate these Terms.

Recommendations and content

RaceScout provides recommendations and information to help you make decisions. These are suggestions, not advice. We don’t promise that any recommended race is right for you, that any qualifying standard listed is current, or that any race will actually take place. You’re responsible for your own training, race selection, registration, travel, and participation decisions.

If you spot something inaccurate, we’d love to hear about it — email cuddymg@gmail.com.

Affiliate links

Some links on the Service are affiliate links. If you click one and complete a registration or purchase on the destination site, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We try to be transparent about this — affiliate links are disclosed where they appear. Affiliate relationships do not influence which races we recommend or how we describe them. The destination site’s own terms govern what happens once you click through.

Intellectual property

The Service — including its design, code, written content, logos, and the RaceScout name — is owned by us and protected by intellectual property laws. You may use the Service as intended, but you don’t get any ownership rights to it. Don’t copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from our content without permission.

Race names, course information, and similar third-party content belong to their respective owners and are used here for informational and editorial purposes.

Your content

If you submit content to the Service — feedback, race suggestions, reviews, free-text quiz responses — you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, store, display, and adapt that content as needed to operate and improve the Service. You’re responsible for what you submit, and you confirm you have the right to submit it.

Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DON’T WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE.

Race information, qualifying standards, dates, prices, and similar details change frequently and may be wrong or out of date. Always verify directly with the race organizer.

Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, RACESCOUT AND ITS OPERATORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

Some jurisdictions don’t allow these limitations, in which case they apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless RaceScout and its operators from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third-party rights.

Changes to the Service and these Terms

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time. We may also update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we’ll update the “Last updated” date above. Material changes will be communicated more prominently — for example, by email or an in-product notice. Continued use of the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

Termination

You can stop using the Service at any time. We can suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, for any reason — for example, if you violate these Terms or if we discontinue the Service.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, U.S.A., without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or the Service will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in North Carolina, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email cuddymg@gmail.com.