09/02/2018
Putting on the race every year is always a large undertaking. As soon as the race is over, we start working on next year; we have post race meetings to discuss how it went and what we can improve for next year. Than there is a period of relative quiet until January. After that it starts ramping up, planning, organizing, designing... as June and July pass, our intensity increases. Marketing, face book posts, radio interviews and commercials, TV interviews and commercials, soliciting sponsorship, organizing volunteers, designing and ordering race shirts, designing and ordering race swag, such as beer glasses and trophies. Obtaining city permits, getting insurance, road closures, police support, EMT support, music, timing company, and... did I say volunteers?
Than it all goes into overdrive the last two weeks leading up to race day... finalizing everything, getting the race trailer loaded with all materials, setting up the course, getting ready for registration and the actual race... the last two days are a blur! And than, on race day... once the gun goes off... it’s all done! Than it all just rolls! Hoping for no mishaps...
It went off very well again, with a couple hiccups... missing bad weather... now it’s clean up time!
It’s amazing how it all comes together!
But we could not do it without all of our sponsors and volunteers.
I would not be surprised if in the whole organization some 200 people are involved, one way or another!
Thank you for all that!
Let’s do it again next year!!!
Gus
