Volunteer Race Committee

I have been asked, "Is this your full-time job or part-time job?" It does seem like a full-time job at times, like during spring break and Christmas break...but my full-time job is actual being a teacher! See bio. So I wanted to share about the race committee and the people behind the scenes of this marathon.

Most of us work full-time and are raising families as well. There is a mix of men and women on the committee. We are all volunteers that do this for the "fun of it!" Pikes Peak Road Runners is the local running club that puts on this race and they are completely ran by volunteers. They put on several events all throughout the year. A great group of people.

There are several positions on this committee that many runners may not realize need to be covered...I, for one, didn't realize all of the logistics involved in a race until I served on the committee three years ago. We have a start line coordinator for Palmer Lake. He handles bag check, registration, starting the race, to list a few. We have a person that handles getting all of the permits from all of the cities and ordinances that we pass through. She also handles paying the bills and keeping our budget for us. We have the pace team coordinator who carefully chooses who will be running with you during the race. She also designed the website, voluntarily. We have someone who is in charge of the set-up and logistics of America the Beautiful Park. A Coordinator in charge of organizing all of our volunteers. Someone that puts together the aid station workers and course logistics. I have now mentioned less than half of our volunteers, so you can imagine that the work is extensive; however, spreading it out over different people, hopefully, helps the tasks to be less daunting.

Volunteering can be very rewarding. If you would like to volunteer for our race, please check out our website - volunteer section. We would love to have you as a runner and volunteer for another event as well. Everyone on the committee is here because we love putting on this race and seeing the enjoyment of each and every runner!