The countdown to my first ever 5K race as the director is under way. It’s been a long week and quite frankly, I’m starting to wonder if the race directors for marathons and big triathlons ever actually sleep. I’ve been so busy from the time my alarm goes off in the morning until past 10 PM at night (late for my old ass) that I’ve gotten in exactly zero workouts this week. While this doesn’t bode well for my Augusta training, it is probably helping my hammy. It was super grouchy last week so I’m just going to rest it some more and hope for the best.
Speaking of that 5K o’mine, I’ll definitely be writing a post on how to get a 5K started and maybe a secondary post about how I’ll never complain about a race director again. Heh. There’s a lot of work that goes into putting on a race, even a little bitty 5K.
In keeping with the 5K trend on this here post, today I’m thankful for volunteers. I’ve always been thankful for volunteers at races I’ve competed but organizing a race with the help of volunteers brings a whole new level of thankfulness. At this point, I’ve got over 500 people registered and my Co-Director and I have enlisted a lot of friends and family to help out.
We put a few people to work last night stuffing the race bags. Kat being one of them. Thanks girl! We were running a small sweatshop/assembly line and got over 500 bags stuffed and packed for pre-race packet pick up. We may have also had some adult beverages.
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Seriously THANK God for volunteers. Without the volunteers, Lazy Runner and I would have been stuffing bags until the cows came home. In addition to the bag stuffers, we’ve have friends volunteer for the race itself and we’ve had a lot of great contributions via goods, services, and ideas. Fortunately, I haven’t had to organize all of the volunteers alone. I’ve had a huge help by way of a Volunteer Coordinator. Thanks Katherine!
I’m hoping that all goes according to plan on Saturday. Or at least, ALMOST according to plan.
What are you thankful for today?
You are doing great dahling! This weekend will be loads of fun. I have a feeling you will be hibernating for a whole week.
I'm so excited for you Boo!!!
Yay for willing helpers! Hope everything goes smoother than smooth this weekend 🙂
…still waiting for my free entry!
I thankful that we don't have any cows finding their way back to our house! I'll be thinking of you on Sunday………. the race will be over.
Anytime chica! I'm thankful for fried mushrooms and pickles 😉
Great "thanks" post! Good luck with the 5k!
Good luck putting on the race!!
Good luck with the race! I love hearing about the race directing side. It's a side I've never been on and sounds much more complicated than anyone gives credit for.
I know that there is no question it will be a great race, but I will say good luck anyway. Good luck!
I'm excited for you!! Can't wait to hear about all the prep work that goes into one. See you tomorrow morning!
Hope everything went well with the race!