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SWFTR can put you in touch with experienced race directors who can advise you, answer questions, offer insight, and help you with organizing your southwest Kansas/Oklahoma panhandle race. SWFTR may also be in a position to assist some races with physical assistance during the race, and resources for use at races. For example, SWFTR owns three 5-gallon water jugs (donated by Mobil Oil) which are available for use at water stops at area races. Often, local fast food restaurants or soft drink distributors will provide free paper cups to use at water stops and refreshments after the race. Coupons and/or product is also often provided to include in the race packets you give at registration. SWFTR also has some orange safety vests to identify your volunteers with the race and provide additional safety. SWFTR is often able to help small races get better volume pricing on bib numbers by ordering numbers in quantity and providing them to races at cost. Usually, a few extra volunteers can be had by asking runners to bring along family or friends who aren't running.
Here are some SWFTR contacts for brainstorming ideas and advice for directing races:
Susie
Faulds: susie.faulds@fcbw.com
Roger Unruh:
runruh@Marathoner.com
Emery V. Swagerty:
eswagert@sccc.edu / swftr007@pld.com
Here some online resources
for race directors for publicizing their
races, to arrange some sponsorship prizes
and even arrange online registration for
their events:
active.com (online event calendar and
online registration)
Runner's World
(magazine race calendar, prizes)
Running Times (online & magazine
race calendar, and
resources for race organizers)
RunningNetwork.com (online race calendar)
runthisplanet.com
(online race calendar)
Don't forget that SWFTR will include your
area race in our online
race calendar, and for allowing a
SWFTR discount on your entry fee, we
will even mail out your entry forms
with our newsletter if you provide us
with them. We also provide a printable
generic entry form on our
website. Contact
Emery for the details of promoting
your race on the SWFTR website. Contact
Walter for details
of including your entry forms in our
newsletter mailing. SWFTR will also
include your area race in our Grand
Prix, provided you provide us a copy
of the results which are neccesary to
compute the points for the
Grand Prix standings.