Import a shared route

When someone shares a route with you — a friend, a race organizer, a coach — it comes as a share link. Importing it gets the full route into your library so you can plan around it.

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What gets transferred

A share link transfers everything about the route:

• The line, distance, and elevation.
• All checkpoints — aid stations, segment boundaries, named landmarks.
• Aid-station details — what’s available, drop bag and crew access flags.
• Cutoff times if the original route has them.
• Design overrides (line color, marker styles) if the sender customized them.

What’s not transferred: any plans built on top of the route. Plans are personal; only the underlying route is shared.

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Import the link

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Naming conflicts

If you already have a route with the same name, the import gets a (2) suffix automatically (or (3), (4), etc.). Rename later from the route’s edit page if you want a cleaner name.

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When imports go wrong

“Share link not found or has expired.” The sender disabled sharing on their end, or the link was for an older route version that’s been removed. Ask them to re-share. “Invalid share code format.” The link is malformed — usually a copy-paste issue. Check that you’ve got the full URL (it starts with https://absurdrunning.com/r/).

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Imported routes are yours

Once imported, the route is in your library and you can edit it freely — rename, change design, add or remove checkpoints, tweak aid-station info. Your edits don’t affect the original sender’s copy, and their later updates don’t sync back to your copy. If the sender pushes a meaningful update and you want it, the cleanest path is to import a fresh copy and copy over any of your own customizations.

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Next

Once a route is in your library, build a plan around it.