Fire Fighters 10 Mile Road Race 2012 Volunteers

I am going to write 2 blogs about the Fire Fighters 10 mile road race. This blog will be about the fantastic volunteers that come together to make this race happen. I did not run the 10 miler this year but I did have the opportunity to see behind the scenes by volunteering.

I started with kit stuffing, Barb was the coordinator and had the kit stuffing run like a well oiled machine. All of the things that had to go in the kits were put in piles around a table and the Fresh Air bags at the start of the table. We would grab a bag and then go around the table putting things in the kits, around and around we went,  the group did 700 kits, around the table we went.
I also volunteered for the spaghetti dinner the night before the race, I sold extra tickets to the dinner to those who didn't buy them when registering.

The other jobs that volunteers took part in that night was kit pick up, where the runners got their kit and verified their bib with the correct name on the bib and received their timing chip.

The morning of the race I also went to the start line to take pictures of those great volunteers setting up the start/finish line. They were out there very very early.

Along the race route there were volunteers everywhere from road blockades to water stations to relay hand off stations. It really did take alot of people for that race to come together.

The St. Johns Ambulance driver just really wanted his picture taken. 

When I was waiting at Intercity for the run to start, a truck was driving up the center of the road putting pylons down to split the road in half. The man driving the truck noticed that the guy in the back hadn't dropped a pylon in awhile and the guy in the back has his hands in the air saying "Hold on, someone is taking my picture". 

This man was so happy to have his picture taken, thank you to him with out him who would put out the pylons, every job matters.

I have a whole new perspective on how grand this race is. Thank you to all the volunteers!!