Subject: Volunteering at an Ironman...I'm thinking of volunteering at an ironman distance race sometime. Possibly this year at either IMCda or IMFL. Florida is the more likely possibility, and cause I think I'd like to do IMFL sometime. Next year (2007 ) is really, really early for me to be thinking of doing an IM, but we're also thinking of having kids and starting to try for a baby at the end of 2007 (we just got married in September and I'm 31, about to be 32 and he's 34 about to be 35, both of us in March ), so that really puts an IM out of the picture for a while if I wait past 2007. I haven't done any half distances yet though either and I may just want to go with my plans of doing some oly's this year, a half or 2 next year with a marathon and see if maybe we can push baby trying until after IM in 2008. Anyhoo... I'd still like to volunteer at an IM and think that would be a way cool way to experience the event without actually doing it. There's quite a few options of things to choose to volunteer and I have no idea what to do. Body marking would be kinda cool... I dunno... I've never been to an IM before, nor volunteered at a race so I don't know what to pick. I'm not really all that picky anyway, I'd just want to go for the experience. And, who knows... I could get suckered in to signing up for the next year....
Options for volunteering are:
Aid Station
Athlete Village
Bike Check In (on Friday... probably not an option as I wouldn't arrive until Friday )
Bike Lot
Bodymarking
Catering/Banquets
Clean Up
Communications
Divers - not diver certified, yet
Draft Marshall
Emergency Rescue - not qualified (not an EMT )
Finish Line - what fun!!!!
Food Tent
Gear Bags
Ham Radio Operators
Ironmates - what's this?
Kayaks
Massage
Media
Medical
Men/Women Tent
Motorcycle
Parade
Peelers
Security
Timing
Traffic
Transition
Volunteer Tent
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