jdog
Stunned Runner
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Post by jdog on Feb 8, 2009 14:13:05 GMT -5
Even better then last year. Could not ask for a better run race. Jaydene you rock. Can't wait to do it next year.
Thanks Volunteers. I know most of you would rather be running. I appreciate your sacrifice, and not to mention the great job you all did.
Jason.
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Post by lenthompson on Feb 8, 2009 15:04:30 GMT -5
Yes ,Great Job to Jaydene and all the volunteers, this was a geat time, and I agree can't wait to run it again next year.
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Post by lucinda on Feb 8, 2009 15:55:21 GMT -5
I love this race! Thanks to Jaydene and the volunteers for a wonderful event. This is definitely an annual tradition for me.
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Post by GUTS Admin on Feb 8, 2009 18:10:27 GMT -5
Thanks Volunteers. I know most of you would rather be running. I appreciate your sacrifice, and not to mention the great job you all did. Jason. Don't worrry, most of managed to get in our runs up there over the weekend ! Besides, volunteering is FUN!
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Post by JamesT on Feb 8, 2009 19:01:30 GMT -5
Agreed, fantastic race. Wish I could have made it last year!
Thanks Jaydene and volunteers.
I need more cow-bell!
JT
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Post by robturner on Feb 9, 2009 9:24:25 GMT -5
Separate thank you to the folks who put on the Kids Trail Trot. My daughters loved the run and my youngest was so proud of her finisher's award that she wore it the rest of the day.
By the way, the finisher awards for the children were really nice and obviously took a lot of time for whomever put them together.
Cheers!
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Post by nilspedersen on Feb 9, 2009 22:12:31 GMT -5
Volunteer Report
Admitted, this is real dumb, but if you have nothing better to do, read on.
I don't volunteer too often but since I didn't sign up for RTR before it was sold out, I felt it was my time to give some back to the running community.
I only had race day assignments but since I was assigned to help out with pulling shirts and work the finish line, I knew it was going to be a long day. I got up early in the morning and went through my regular routines before heading to the race start. With a 6:30 rendez-vous time, it was still dark when I got there. We quickly got the tents set up with lights from the smart people who had brought headlamps. Soon after the runner check-in area was set up, the first runners started to show up.
After a few warm-up shirt pulls, we settled into a routine and was able pass shirts quickly without making mistakes. Sally was "taking orders" while Larry and I pulled shirts. "Men's Large", "Women's Medium", "Women's Small", we were quick to adapt to the faster pace of the 7:15am rush and even started to anticipate the shirt size based on the runner's size. I was on a guessing-right streak when someone picked up a shirt from a friend that was in line for the port-a-johns. "Good Luck guessing that one" said Sally, and the streak ended right there!
Soon enough, the rush was over and we finished the runner check-in with just a few shirts to spare in every shirt size from women's small to men's xxl.
Immediately after the race start, everything was packed away and it was time to relax a bit before the first finishers would come back. We would see the runners come back from the Iron Hill loop before crossing the road to the main Red Top Mountain trails. It was fun seeing them come by. I don't recall ever having watched a foot race before and it was interesting to see the big gap between the first runners, the congested middle of the pack, and finally the bigger gap between the not-so-fast runners. Under normal circumstances I would be out there running as hard as I could and not enjoying much at all.
The break was quickly over and the first runners were soon to finish. One would think that a race with just over 200 finishers would be real easy to manage, think again. The lack of a real finish shoe made it a bit of a challenge, the photographer also insisted on dodging the direct sun light, so keeping the finishers out of the camera-line after the finish while ensuring everyone got their finish card and a pair of gloves was pure hard work! Most people, seemed to do what we anticipated while others just took off quickly in a random direction. Trying to hand out the gloves, while dodging the photographer and move people out of the finish area and keeping people out of the finish area was busy-busy work. Now, I like working hard so no complaints from me. However, next time I go through a finish line, I promise I will be much more considerate and compliant than ever before. I might even thank the volunteer for the unselfish act of getting up early in the morning and spending hours on making races possible.
Get out and volunteer! I promise that no race experience will ever be the same again. Thank you all for making my day!
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Post by davidray on Feb 9, 2009 23:00:38 GMT -5
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Post by cdnrunreh on Feb 10, 2009 20:26:42 GMT -5
Beautiful weather and happy runners...couldn't have asked for a better 2nd annual RTR. Many, many thanks to all the awesome volunteers who came out and went above & beyond to put on the event. You all helped to make my job much easier ;D
Jaydene RD- RTR
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Post by ronsanders on Mar 5, 2009 9:11:24 GMT -5
Hi everyone.
At the crossing next to the Lodge was my volunteer station. I brought my camera and took just over 120 photos. Most have more then one person so I caught a large majority of runners.
If you would like, I'd be glad to send your photo if you email me the following:
bib # description of top (color?, tank vs. t-shirt?) desc. of bottoms (color?, tights vs. shorts?)
RASinfo(at)aol(dot)com
No promises, but if I can find you it's yours.
Godspeed,
Ron Sanders
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