The 2011 Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon & Half has come and gone. I thank the one-hundred-and-some volunteers that assisted with the water station and course support operated by North County's Food Bank.Volunteers started trickling in around 5:30 am on Sunday, January 23rd. By 6, most of them had arrived, and by 6:30, there was a buzz of activity to prepare our station for the 10,000 or so runners that were expected to start passing through in about an hour.
Having never worked at a marathon before (and honestly, having never even seen one) I didn't quite know what to expect, other than excitement. I sure was right about that part! Our station served both the marathon and half-marathon runners at mile 20 and mile 7, respectively. With only a few exceptions on either end, the majority of both marathon and half-marathon runners passed by our station in a steady stream that lasted about an hour or two. While the runners were running, our station was running like a well-oiled volunteer machine, pouring and handing out water and "Ultima", cheering, and being generally awesome. It was great to see so many volunteers putting so much effort into this event, and the result was so fun! If you didn't get a chance to volunteer this year, I strongly suggest getting involved next year. It is an event you shouldn't miss!
If you were there and have any picture from the day, you can post them on our Facebook page!
Again, thank you so much to all the volunteers for all the hard work!
~Abby Weglarz~
~Volunteer Coordinator~
~North County Community Services~
