Road Race weekend was always been one of my favorite weekends
of the year. I first began volunteering
in the office during the summer of 2003 to pay back the race for sponsoring my
trip to Miami for Junior Olympics. The
following year I became full time staff.
Some of my best memories were from my first years in the office with
Matt, Eilis, and Travis. Then came Andrea, James, Christa, Ali, Chris, Allie and Kelly, who is like the little sister I've never had. We had volunteers we all learned to love like Barbara and awesome volunteers like Ed, a man in his 90s who loved to talk Penn State. The race staff is like family. A
lot has changed with the race in terms of management and politics but one thing
that will never change are the great memories and friendships I’ve formed
through the race over the years.
You wonder what we did all summer? We entered 10,000 entries (before there was
online registration). We alphabetized
10,000 entries. We proofread 10,000
entries. We folded t-shirts and mailed
out merchandise. I was the Housing
Coordinator and Assistant Elite Athlete Coordinator for awhile which meant when
Mr. Carroll accepted an athlete into the race, I contacted their agent for
information and travel plans and arranged housing in our host family program. Race week we did anything and
everything. I always volunteered to pick
up the elites from the bus station. Many
great conversations and relationships began in those rental mini vans.
The Falmouth Road Race was not just a summer job. It was my life.
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What traditions and memories do you have from Road Race
weekend?
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| Family |
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| "Catherine the Great" |
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| John Korir |
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