Back in the Saddle

Tomorrow we get back into the race scene! Granted, it's as volunteers, but still.  It's been well over a year, probably closer to two years, since I've had anything to do with a race.  I'm super excited to get back into the swing of things!  We will be working aid station 3 of Brazen Racing's Wildcat Half/10k/5k.  We actually only see the 13.1ers at a bit past mile 6.  We'll be driving into the hills, and then hiking in 2.3 miles to where the aid station supplies were dropped by a ranger today. Setting up, putting up some sings at a turn, and one person will hike another 1.4 miles to a turn to act as a course marshal at a turn to keep everyone headed the right way.  Super excited!! Here's a peek, if you've ever wondered, of what the instructions look like. Plus, there's a binder with more instructions waiting for us with the aid station supplies.

 I like to highlight important things so we don't miss anything.

 Below is a map of the drive from the race start/finish where we check in at 6 a.m., to the area we need to then drive to for the hike into the station.

 That blue line is our hike into where the supplies were dropped off for the station. After the race sweep comes through, we break it all back down, call the ranger, load it into his truck, and then hike back out.

 Below is the race map with course marshal spots on it.  We will be that water drop #3.  CM 5 will be where one person is telling the runners to turn, and that green word "sign" is where we need to walk out to and put a "Left Turn" sign.

 It's super well marked already, and chances are everyone knows where they are going....but I always feel like one wrong move and we could be sending runners totally off course...so I study and highlight and make notes.

These are the actual turn by turn instructions for the runners.
Anyway, there's you behind the scene prep work behind volunteering!! It's going to be a fun day!