yesterday afternoon i volunteered at the poland springs marathon kickoff pack pick-up. it took care of my nyc marathon 9 +1 volunteer requirement. with 8 nyrr races in the book this year, the nyc marathon next weekend will be my 9th scored race of the year and wrap up my requirements for 2012 guaranteed entry!
in a change from the past couple of years where i was assigned to the bib pick-up, yesterday i was assigned to the tee shirt distribution. for our three hour shift (12:30-1:30) my 3 fellow volunteers and i probably handed out close to two hundred shirts (by my unscientific guess). the time flew by and it was more fun than i thought it would be :D
two runners mentioned that the poland springs 5 miler would be their first race - ever! chatting with them was pretty neat (as was the one runner who asked us whether he had to wear the shirt during the race). except for the one runner who insisted that we find him an xxl (there were only xl) every runner who picked up a shirt during our shift was a pleasure to deal with :D
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