Volunteering for Jeff and Brede's Triathlon at Finish Line Sports
Finish Line Sports in Sugar Land is one of the sponsors for this Sunday's Jeff and Brede's Intergalactic Triathlon in Katy.
On Thursday, store owner Andy Stewart put out an e-mail call for volunteers to help out with packet pickup. Since there is an item that Andy had requested my assistance on (and, more importantly, since I had never met him in person), I decided that I could 1.) do something fun with Waverly, 2.) help Andy out and meet him and 3.) give a little back for everything that I've taken from the sport.
In the process of querying individuals when they entered the store if they already had their USAT card or not (Waverly was responible for integrating the bags with an extra flyer or two, a water bottle, pulling the T-shirt and the race number), I had the chance to experience the following:
1.) Met Finish Line Sports runner and multi-sports athlete Jean Leach (who had qualified for and ran Boston this year in 4:18:46).
2.) Met Terlingua Track Club's impressive 70-and-over runner Ino Cantu.
(Both Jean and Ino are great people who helped with packet pickup as well too.)
3.) Talked to a number of Jeff and Brede's Triathlon participants from The Woodlands about the Run The Woodlands 5K Series.
4.) Handed out a number of HARRA Just For Kids Fun Run flyers.
5.) Met Houston Racing Triathlon Club's Biff Farrell who is going to be able to assist us for the JFK Fun Run by getting the word out to Houston's cyclists that we'll have the Memorial Park South Picnic Loop reserved on Saturday, November 25th from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
6.) Learn lots about the operations of a triathlon from all of the questions that were being asked and answered all day.
Great day, had a good time around Andy, his staff and family and thanks for lunch -- and allowing us to help out!
On Thursday, store owner Andy Stewart put out an e-mail call for volunteers to help out with packet pickup. Since there is an item that Andy had requested my assistance on (and, more importantly, since I had never met him in person), I decided that I could 1.) do something fun with Waverly, 2.) help Andy out and meet him and 3.) give a little back for everything that I've taken from the sport.
In the process of querying individuals when they entered the store if they already had their USAT card or not (Waverly was responible for integrating the bags with an extra flyer or two, a water bottle, pulling the T-shirt and the race number), I had the chance to experience the following:
1.) Met Finish Line Sports runner and multi-sports athlete Jean Leach (who had qualified for and ran Boston this year in 4:18:46).
2.) Met Terlingua Track Club's impressive 70-and-over runner Ino Cantu.
(Both Jean and Ino are great people who helped with packet pickup as well too.)
3.) Talked to a number of Jeff and Brede's Triathlon participants from The Woodlands about the Run The Woodlands 5K Series.
4.) Handed out a number of HARRA Just For Kids Fun Run flyers.
5.) Met Houston Racing Triathlon Club's Biff Farrell who is going to be able to assist us for the JFK Fun Run by getting the word out to Houston's cyclists that we'll have the Memorial Park South Picnic Loop reserved on Saturday, November 25th from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
6.) Learn lots about the operations of a triathlon from all of the questions that were being asked and answered all day.
Great day, had a good time around Andy, his staff and family and thanks for lunch -- and allowing us to help out!
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