TIR 2009 Plans Continue To Unfold
Well, call me crazy, but I just reserved a 15-passenger and a 12-passenger van for March 6-8, 2009. Might as well beat the rush now! :)
If we have just one team with 12 runners, our fee per person - if we're not sponsored - will be $66.66 (or $800 total). A second team will cost us $900 as long as we have that team in place prior to October 31. If we have two teams and 24 runners, we'll divide the total cost of $1,700 and it will be $70.83 per.
I'll be working up a team sponsorship or co-sponsorship package. These packages will be for the entry fees only and will not include changing the first team's name, "The Battling Bloggers of the Texas Republic." We'll include the company name(s) in all communications, racing shirts for all team members as well as preparing the plastic car decals that cling to the sides of the vans for maximum exposure over the weekend as well as a team picture and plaque to hang in their place of business. I'm guessing $1,200 per team or a co-sponsorship of $600.
I'm thinking that we'll register the second team as soon as we get to 20 runners - that would be about 20 miles per runner, at a maximum - that submit their entry fee. Or as Dave suggested, we can pull the trigger at 18 runners - 8 on one team and 10 on another. Of course, that money would be refunded if we're sponsored.
Katy suggested, "My only thought about having the second team is, we ought to plan the legs where the two teams are even paced. That way we'd all still be together." I most definitely agree.
Is this crazy or what? In a way, not really. It is kind of like the Chevron Houston Marathon. We know when it is going to be on the calendar. We might as well just plan on doing it. Plus with the economy the way it is, do you see us all dropping the change to go together to an out-of-state relay? I look at it this way: at a minimum, this can always be an annual reunion!
The key to all of this though is that we be fluid - and we always keep in mind who alternates - and drivers - may be out there. I'm predicting that they'll be harder to come by. (And I have it on good sources that one of our drivers is itching to run next year, if their work schedule works out.)
Please, please post any ideas in comments that you have. I want to have some structure in place very soon to give to those that couldn't run with us or want to run with us on a second team.
If we have just one team with 12 runners, our fee per person - if we're not sponsored - will be $66.66 (or $800 total). A second team will cost us $900 as long as we have that team in place prior to October 31. If we have two teams and 24 runners, we'll divide the total cost of $1,700 and it will be $70.83 per.
I'll be working up a team sponsorship or co-sponsorship package. These packages will be for the entry fees only and will not include changing the first team's name, "The Battling Bloggers of the Texas Republic." We'll include the company name(s) in all communications, racing shirts for all team members as well as preparing the plastic car decals that cling to the sides of the vans for maximum exposure over the weekend as well as a team picture and plaque to hang in their place of business. I'm guessing $1,200 per team or a co-sponsorship of $600.
I'm thinking that we'll register the second team as soon as we get to 20 runners - that would be about 20 miles per runner, at a maximum - that submit their entry fee. Or as Dave suggested, we can pull the trigger at 18 runners - 8 on one team and 10 on another. Of course, that money would be refunded if we're sponsored.
Katy suggested, "My only thought about having the second team is, we ought to plan the legs where the two teams are even paced. That way we'd all still be together." I most definitely agree.
Is this crazy or what? In a way, not really. It is kind of like the Chevron Houston Marathon. We know when it is going to be on the calendar. We might as well just plan on doing it. Plus with the economy the way it is, do you see us all dropping the change to go together to an out-of-state relay? I look at it this way: at a minimum, this can always be an annual reunion!
The key to all of this though is that we be fluid - and we always keep in mind who alternates - and drivers - may be out there. I'm predicting that they'll be harder to come by. (And I have it on good sources that one of our drivers is itching to run next year, if their work schedule works out.)
Please, please post any ideas in comments that you have. I want to have some structure in place very soon to give to those that couldn't run with us or want to run with us on a second team.
posted by WalkSports.com | 4:20 PM
2 Comments:
I'm ready. And I only owe a few bucks...
Jose made a comment about maybe running next year.
That said, he currently runs about 3 miles once every 6 months. So he'd have a little training to do... ;)
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