The Expo 5/1/09

This past weekend, Sam, Kellie, and I worked The Flying Pig all three days. I spent 9 hours on Friday at the Expo that was held at the convention center. When we first got there, we only passed out flyers and pamphlets about the race to the participants as they exited the Expo. About an hour later, the director of the volunteers pulled us aside and told us we were needed at the late registration tables. There were hundreds and hundreds of people there that still need to register for their races.

The process wasn't hard at all. One volunteer showed us what we had to do. We had to grab the bib number and the chip and make sure the numbers matched, and then grab a goody bag for all the runners. I probably registered 500 people on Friday. I always heard that there had been good turnouts every year for the races, but I never expected it to be this busy. It seemed like the lines never seemed to end. I would register a few, and then more would show up. It was like this the whole time until we left at 7:30pm.