So bright and early Sunday morning George and I headed over to the Rose Bowl to help volunteer. We got at our water station at 7:30AM and the race started at 8AM. I was a little worried we might not get to see too many runners because George and I had to head over to church around 9:15AM. Ultimately, we got to see a great deal of runners and it was a lot of fun. More on that later. Here are some pictures:
It was pretty cold out, so we were wearing a lot of layers…Specifically my tre cool mittens…
George and I don’t have many opportunities to volunteer, because most races are on Sunday’s and unless we are racing, we don’t want to not go to church. The nice thing about local races, is that we can volunteer early in the morning and still make it in time to church. But I have to say, volunteering is a blast! Almost better than racing itself, mostly because you can drink beer the night before (like we did) and all you have to do is hand water to sweaty runners! I can deal with that….So I would highly recommend volunteering at a race, it is so much fun and you really get to give back to a sport that we really enjoy.
Now, about our very cool water station. We were on top of a steep hill that the runners had to come up. Where the group picture is, is right a the top. We had a boombox playing some music and we had a ton of noisemakers, as evidenced by the purple “hand clappers” on the far right. Most of the time, I was standing there cheering on the runner. Then they said they need a few people to hand out water, so I ran back to the water station (top picture) and gave out Gatorade and water. Everyone was really nice and George and I got to church with time to spare!
I think this year, George and I will be volunteering more. We have our races that we want to do, but honestly…we need to save some money so that I don’t walk down the aisle in a potato sack for our wedding. So I deem this year “The Year of Volunteering”, so stay tuned for more to come!
