We had a lot of fun stuffing race packages last night and handing them out today for the upcoming local St. Patrick’s Day race.
I really enjoy racing but I am starting to also enjoy the coordinating and volunteering for races.
Sure there is a lot of time to put into meetings, setting up, and tearing down, but seeing so many people benefit from your contributions makes it worthwhile.
One of the deals when we signed up for the organizing committee was that we couldn’t race on race day because there was so much other work to do. The organizing isn’t really that much work if you have a great organised race director like we have. She is a veteran at these things.
This year, not only do I not get to run it, but I have double booked myself and now I can’t even volunteer on race day. I put all this effort in and all I will get out of it is seeing the smiles on the photos of the finishers.

But I’ll get pictures. And the photos are always great especially with the costume contest. Hopefully I will remember to post some of the best ones here next week.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day this weekend. Have a great run. Wear green.