Prairie Dog Half Marathon WATER STATION Instructions:
Date of Event: Saturday, September 20, 2014
Approx # of racers: 600 amongst all distances (10k, 5k and Half Marathon)
Time of race: 10k & 5k Start at 8:30 AM, Half Marathon Starts at 8:00 AM
Time you should be set up and ready to go at your station: 8:00AM Please call/text Michelle (720-7224226) upon your arrival (One person for the station to call is fine, great job for the captain) If you text
please make sure to identify who you are as I may not have you number saved in my phone.
Your station location:
WATER STATION #C
Approximate Mile Markers: Mile 3&10. ALL 10k and Half Marathon RACERS will go past you TWICE.
You may see the first runner by 8:15 AM and the final around 11:00AM.
Approximate Cross Streets/Address: Big Dry Creek before the underpass of the 120th Ave onramp to
Federal Blvd. From Sheridan Blvd turn east on 120th Ave. Turn South onto Federal Blvd. Don’t get onto
Federal – you can see the water station from the onramp. (See Mile Marker 3 on the map below).
Bradburn blvd. Water Station items will be on the side of the ramp if they haven’t been taken to the trail
yet. Please take them down to the Big Dry creek trail and set up on the East side of the trail. Please bring
all water station items back to the road after you break down. Google Map: (Please see before the race
so you know how to get there, click on your water station for turn by turn directions.)
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/edit?mid=zEVEidIKo_vM.kVLUFFgJacsw
Prairie Dog Half Marathon WATER STATION Instructions:
What you will find at your station:
Water in jugs
Portable Speaker (Orange “Job
Rocker”) at select stations – do
not leave unattended.
Trash bag(s)
Trash Receptacle to place the
bag into
Gloves
Power Gels (nutrition)
Cups
Camera (dropped off by staffer)
Do NOT leave unattended.
Water cooler – 5 Gallon for
water, 2 Gallon for Gatorade
Table(s)
Shade Tent (In select locations)
Gatorade Powder in 1 Gallon
Baggies
*Water amounts were calculated based on how many runners we have and how many times they may
pass your station.
How to set up:
Set up the table. Make Gatorade in cooler provided. You probably won’t need to make more than one
coolers worth during the event. Start filling cups with water and other cups with Gatorade. They do not
need to be filled all the way to the top. Set up your trash container at least 100 feet past your station,
off to the right hand side of the course.
During the race:
Be ready for racers by filling many cups in advance.
Stand off of the runners’ path and hold cups/nutrition out to them at arm’s length. Call out what you
are holding. “Water” or “Gatorade”, etc.
Keep area cleaned up as much as possible. Clean as you go.
Encourage racers by saying positive things and SMILE. Have super amounts of fun!!
Take pictures of yourselves and the racers!!
If you think you are going to run out of something, call 3W Staff BEFORE you run out and keep calling
until you get ahold of someone.
How to tear down:
The bike sweep will come behind the final racer and tell you that the person is the last one. Then you
should clean up following these directions.
Empty any reusable 2 gallon or 5 gallon coolers. Fold down the table. Clean up ALL trash and TIE OFF
the trash bag. Pick up nearby cones and stack them neatly. Pick up nearby course marking signs and
pile them neatly (in a way that the wind will not blow them away. SAVE unopened, unused gallons of
water and other unused product. Bring as many items as you can back to the expo area and report to a
Staff member. Depending on the hours of your ‘shift’, you might be released to go cheer for runners, or
you may be reassigned to the finish line area as needed until the end of your volunteer shift. ** IN
UNIQUE SCENARIOS YOU WILL GO DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER WATER STATION
Prairie Dog Half Marathon WATER STATION Instructions:
Captains/Staff to contact:
Michelle Bettis: 720-722-4226
Kristen Larington: 720-299-8778
Emergencies with racers: In the case of a medical event with a runner, call 911, if warranted, then call
3W Staff. If the issue is NON emergent, then call a staff member and we’ll get the EMT out to your
person right away! There is an EMT at the finish line and one on the course with a bike.