FLCC> Hollenbecks THANK YOU!

[Brian Klotz]

Sara,
  As a first time race promoter this year (Corning Circuit Race), I learned
a lot from observing how you coordinated your volunteers in the time leading
up to the race and recognized racers and volunteers afterwards.  You did a
fine job with this race, and I couldn't have been happier with the fast
results posting and general air of "fun" around the race, just mentioning a
couple of highlights.  Keep up the great work and Thanks again!

Brian Klotz
Big Horn Velo


On 5/6/08, Sara Barker <sb65 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Once again I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to all the amazing
> volunteers who came out this weekend to help run another great bike
> race for our club. I can't say enough how much I appreciate everyone's
> help.
>
> Sunday ended up going extremely well after a bit of a rocky start.
> I've run this event for many years and have never once thought that
> we might actually need to cancel it on race morning. Saturday night,
> when Aidan decided again that he wasn't interested in sleeping, I had
> a sort of premonition or nightmare that I'd show up on race morning
> and there would be no porto-jons. You can imagine how shocked I was
> when it actually came true. In my mommie mushy brain haze I tried to
> figure out where the heck 200 people where going to relieve
> themselves before 10:00am. After many phone calls, a friend's husband
> convinced Greek Peak to open their doors and the police called the
> fire chief who drove over and opened the fire hall bathrooms. With
> the Virgil fire chief and Wes Kryger's immense generosity we were
> back in business!
>
> While I was figuring out where the new dump stations were located,
> Tania stepped up and organized registration which was a huge relief.
> Tania you may be moving to New Hampshire, but we need you back for
> the first weekend of May next year! All those who showed up early
> that morning were fantastic as I barked orders. Glenn, Marcia, Peter,
> Don, Dave, and Jack showed up with all kinds of gear which literally
> exploded out of their cars. Guided by Glenn and Peter, tents were
> going up all over the place just as the rain started to come down. We
> even had Mr. Results' Mini Cooper parked under one I believe.
>
> Ernie and Brian Lee were in charge of the signs and making sure the
> roads were clear that morning. Nice that I didn't even have to think
> about that aspect of the race.
>
> The registration crew of Tania, Holly Monkman (who placed second in
> the Cat 4s!), El Prez Ruppert, Shelley Mulvaney (back from Wyoming
> just for the race), Sam Kolins, Erin Bohman, Henrik Spoon, Lilynn
> Fluff, Jess Walden, Brian Lawney, Tim Reissman, and Vivian Hoffmann
> were ready and waiting. I believe Ms. Fluff only got rained on once
> when part of the tent collapsed.
>
> Mark 'Results' Rishniw and Wayne his sidekick were unbelievable with
> results this year. I don't think we've ever gotten them out faster.
> Mark maybe it's time to try that new software you've been developing,
> although the old system seemed pretty flawless this time around.
>
> A huge thank you goes to Jeff Poulin who graciously volunteered again
> as our official. He not only officiates for us, but runs his own
> races in Binghamton, and does a ton for NYS racing in general. Jeff,
> we really appreciate all the time that you generously give to cycling
> in this state.
>
> Marcia Swan, our volunteer chief, helped me organize and outfit the
> massive number of corner marshals (overcompensating for the lack of
> last year) as well as drove the course backwards to find a few lost
> souls. Charles Eldemire, Joe, Don Ten Kate, Daniel Blakeley, Dave
> Heck Sr, Morgan Miller, Chris Castellano, and Ali Gruber were joined
> by volunteers from a Cornell student group called Cover Africa. They
> all were fantastic, communicating regularly with me via cell phone.
> Even Deputy Gary told me how impressed he was with the people on each
> corner. By the way, Deputy Gary was out driving the course for us all
> day! He was probably the friendliest officer that I've ever met. He
> entertained us multiple times at the finish and we certainly
> appreciated his presence.
>
> The pace car drivers and wheel vans ran or rather drove like
> clockwork. Steve Bowman, Peter O (thanks Steve and Peter for driving
> the marathon distances!), Tania, Todd Lemmiksoo, Steve Edgar, Karl
> Best, Jim Bondra, Don Smith, Alex Specker, Jon Decoste, Paul Monkman
> and Hobit Lafaye kept a close eye on the racers and ensured their
> safety. Hope you guys had some good tunes out on the road or at least
> a decent NPR channel.
>
> So the rumor is true that someone who was not racing that morning did
> decide to move the finish a wee bit farther up the hill, but for a
> good cause I promise. It made scoring so much easier and the
> merriment at the finish so much more entertaining (sorry Glenn!). :-)
> I couldn't have asked for a better crew at the finish. Shelley
> Mulvaney, Sam Kolins, Erin Bohman, Henrik Spoon, Bill Lodico, Jess
> Walden, Marcie Robinson, Andrew Glosenger, and our driver Steve
> Powell were all incredibly efficient and good at picking numbers.
> Steve was also our volunteer down at Greek Peak to "man" the
> bathrooms. Thank you so much Steve for agreeing to do any task at the
> last minute.
>
> Mark and Amanda Shenstone were responsible for the amazing cookies
> and other delicious post-race food. I asked Brenda to be the "food
> police" and she did a fantastic job as we actually had a few cookies
> left over at the end of the day!
>
> Mike Ludgate and Ludgate Farms deserves a big thank you for the yummy
> apples as well as Gimme for the coveted coffee.
>
> I apologize if I forgot someone as the list is so long! Hope to see
> you all out on the road very soon. Till next year...
>
> Cheers,
> Sara
>
>
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