I'm suprised that we managed to only be 13 minutes late when the trailer
was over an hour late; of course, we were still laying out the course and
chalking it whilst Katie was yelling at everyone to get off so they could
start running.
The only problem I see is that the results are a little suspect; Tony was
wondering about the F125 times, and I know that one of my times is a
little suspect (I definitely DNF'd twice and went the wrong way around the
slalom, hitting about 6 cones in the process but I'm credited with an
abysmal 69s instead - I'm blaming not being used to my new suspension
setup ;-)
Anyway, I think I'll helpout with setup again sometime. It was kinda fun.
And the event was a blast - I wish I'd been around to see the CHP guy
running!
Giles
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Kelly, Katie wrote:
> Okay, so last time I chaired an event, last November, I got this infected
> zit and was sent to the hospital for two days. THIS time, that muscle
> soreness that I thought came from moving those metal barriers around (NOT
> the cement ones) was actually just the mere beginning of a terrible stomach
> virus. There are so many better weight loss programs available, let me tell
> you.
>
> I'm here at work now because I just remembered that today was company
> massage day. It was a real doozie.
>
> We got 280 drivers through on January 28th, with a 13 minute late start, no
> drivers meeting, hastily set up motorhome and grid, yet we made it. I don't
> know how, but we made it. What this says about us, as a club, is amazing,
> because on team.net they're talking about how it's so impossible to pull
> this stuff off, particularly the on-the-fly changeovers.
>
> Well, it nearly is.
>
> The problem: course workers need replacing, but how to distinguish who needs
> replacing requires the replacement workers to walk around the course asking
> who needs to be replaced. This is kind of crazy, considering that in this
> interviewing process, there are also cars travelling by at speed. There's
> got to be a better way.
>
> A solution: Copy Sac Chapter and get Station Markers, like eight of them.
> When you're looking at your course worker sheet, divide up the workers into
> stations, and decide who'll take a radio. So, as you check people off, you
> say, "You're going to station 1, you're replacing the radio person," for
> example.
>
> Will everybody be replaced? Who knows, but at least after you know you've
> sent everyone out, you can announce that those who worked the previous group
> can come in.
>
> The main thing is to send out workers in an orderly fashion, where they KNOW
> where to go, eliminating any need to walk around lost in front of high speed
> vehicles.
>
> Lastly, I just want to thank Vernon for once again co-chairing the
> Boondoggle by the Bay, and for sacrificing all of his runs for us. When my
> mom told me we had 280 entrants, well, I had to once again go run to the
> bathroom. But still, anyway, the only reason why we survived this, in my
> opinion, is because we're all members. We all know what's going on. Vernon
> and I have been co-chairing all of the Boondoggles, and this one had more
> opportunities for disaster, what with the event in January, the late
> motorhome arrival, highest turnout ever or close enough, and just the
> regular old Boondoggle Curse, yet this one turned out the best. We've had
> some real disasters, yet this one exceeded all expectations.
>
> -Katie Kelly
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