$350 is a joke for any race that is in the hundreds, especially if they are throwing down a $25+ entry fee.
While I do agree that it might not affect overall turnout, if you even throw 100-75-50 (or 100-50-25) for the top-3, you will easily make up for that $350 based on those guys who will show up.
Add another $350 to the budget for the first, second and third place women, unless you plan on only awarding prize money to the men. In that case, expect fewer entrants and plenty of bad publicity.
RunWild wrote:
$350 is a joke for any race that is in the hundreds, especially if they are throwing down a $25+ entry fee.
While I do agree that it might not affect overall turnout, if you even throw 100-75-50 (or 100-50-25) for the top-3, you will easily make up for that $350 based on those guys who will show up.
Not rude. If, in this day and age, a RD can't have a site that covers all the basic details of their race, then they should expect to be asked basic details about their race.
I came 2nd in a 5K recently. My previous best was 10th. I crossed the finish line in triumph, then realized there was no-one times, no awards, no medals and no-one even taking any notice.
It felt like Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race For The Cure.
I guess I should have checked out the race website a bit more thoroughly beforehand.
I sent the organizers an email suggesting they appoint a RD for next year.
When talking 5Ks, I would give up any Award for a reasonable fee, plenty of entrants to provide good competition, and a good and fair, PR type course with accurate timing. Not aided, but something that doesn't have a bunch of turns and half-mile long hills. When the course is hilly, I'd prefer a longer, seldom run distance, like a five miler, 15K, etc.
how about some basic math before making statements.100+50+25 = 175 (from page 1)175*2 = 350
Hear me roar wrote:
Add another $350 to the budget for the first, second and third place women, unless you plan on only awarding prize money to the men. In that case, expect fewer entrants and plenty of bad publicity.
Yea, I counted wrong. Looked at the first figures but didn't get that right either! Long day