August 18, 2007 - Start Time Survey Results

Thank You All!  

I am still reeling from the number of responses to our Start Time Survey!   

Within 24 hours over 45 women had responded!  I have now had over 55 emails giving us a very solid base on which to make a decision.   

Only 3 women of the 55 respondents wanted to keep the start time at 9:30, mainly to provide a little more time to get to the Race Site.  All of the others agreed that trying an earlier time, 8:30 or 9:00 was worthwhile.  In fact, about 1/3 of you who responded were Duathletes who wanted to be sure the swimmers had a chance at better lake conditions!  You guys are so thoughtful!  I really love this Race!  

The decision is that we will take baby steps and try 9:00 a.m. for 2008 and see how it goes.  

I also had great suggestions from many, such as Friday night Race Kit pick-up.  I have given this serious thought and because we personalize Check-In to such a great extent it just won't work.  We would have to have a lot of volunteers available Friday evening: for signing Waivers and bag pick-up and then Saturday morning people would still have to get body-marked, timing chips and pick-up the goodies that don't fit in the race kits (bottles of Amino, etc.).    And then Saturday we would need to set up separately for those who had done what would only be a "partial" check-in.  Which means more stations and more volunteers.  As you can tell I've been giving this serious brain time and just can't work out the logistics.  

But, what we can do is make Wetsuit Rental pick-up available Friday.  We are going to iron things out with D'ornellas and I will let you know the time and location in a future email, but most likely they will be set up Friday from 4 - 7 p.m. at the Race Site.  

I received other suggestions too which will all be taken into consideration to make your Race even better and safer next year!

Thanks again,

Patti Richards
Race Director
Kincardine Women's Triathlon
934 Park Place, R.R. #1
Kincardine, Ontario N2Z 2X3
519-396-4469
womenstriathlon@tnt21.com
http://kincardinetriathlon.com