CAPON VALLEY 50K RUN

 

 

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Set 1 - What Made This Race Special -- what we do

    For those of you who have never run our event, these photos will show you how we manage the event and the safety features we have built into our run.   Robin Kane, our race director, and everyone else involved in the planning and execution of the Capon Valley 50K Run are volunteers.  Many of them, including Robin, have full time jobs.  All the proceeds from this event goes to local charities.

During our Friday night registration, we held a mixer. During the mixer, we registered over 55 runners.

Volunteers started preparing breakfast shortly after 4AM.

Breakfast choices included pancakes, muffins, bagels, fruit, and yogurt.

During breakfast runners discussed the course and reviewed their maps.

Saturday morning registration went quickly. By 7:30AM our aid stations knew how many runners started the race and their names, ages, and gender.

Lynn Golemon rode the course just ahead of the runners to ensure the couse was clearly marked.

There were 6 aid stations plus volunteers at the river between aid stations 1 and 2. Golemon's barn served as aid station 1 and aid station 6.

At each aid station volunteers recorded the runners bib numbers as they came through. The bib numbers were checked against a master list.

When all the runners were accounted for, the lists were taken to Ruritan Park along with runners who did not finish.

Emergency vehicles were parked at various points throughout the course.

Aid stations 2 and 5 were co-located.

Volunteers needed 4-wheel drive to get to the aid station.

Aid station 3 was located on one of two hard surfaced roads on the course.

Aid station 4 was on the mountain.

"Roamers" drove between the aid stations--ferrying runners friends, conveying info on DNF's, re-stocking supplies, and taking runners back to the Club

Gini LaMaster followed the last runner, carrying a medical kit. At any point during the run, we can track a runner to the last aid station visited.

After the race, runners were treated to a dinner of barbequed chicken or vegetarian ribs.