Is it just me.... (Read 618 times)

I agree - same day pick up would make my life easier too!

Well, for the record, from an org perspective, race day pickup is a huge pain in the ass for all but the smaller races. Surf City's full, half, and 5k involved over 18,000 runners. They already had to have volunteers show up very early for aid stations (because the roads were closed, the folks at the later mile aid stations still had to be there early). Trying to deal with tons of runners picking up stuff while ensuring the race starts on time would have been hard. And they would have needed a lot more people. Considering that the roads had to be closed for a specific period of time, that would have added huge stress... because that race really can't delay the start much because people are still in line. Anyway, I wouldn't want that race to start that race an hour later. It would have been HOT. Plus, the city probably would have laughed at the organizers wanting PCH closed an hour later (more traffic later in the day). That said, it is very uncool to have to drive that far just to pick up stuff. The goodie bag was lame, and the shirt was horribly lame. And the expo, while bigger than a few, is the same as it has always been... not very interesting to me either. Sigh. But we surely had a pretty day for a run. And you can NOT beat surf music at a race.