It takes a volunteer village
By Joy Cordell
The real stars of an XC race are the volunteers who make the magic happen. Here's a broad sample of the people who came out on this snowy (yeah, really snowy) freestyle Stampede 15k and 5k race on Sunday. Look closely and you'll notice some of the volunteers took on multiple jobs (lookin' at you, Frank and Anne!)
Special kudos to Grant, first-time race director, and Andrew, first-time chief of course, who pulled off a solid. We didn't get a picture of them today but you can easily spot them as likely the two tallest guys in the Club.
[photos and captions from Joy]
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| Linnea sorts the parking. |
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| Katherine greets in the parking lot. |
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| Frank greets at the trailhead. |
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| Cascade Backcountry Ski Patrollers Curt, Scott, Erik, and Chris keep warm while they wait to go out to the delayed race. |
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| Food chief Esther and stadium set-up Holly confer in the kitchen. |
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| Carey and Suzanne take a break after setting up the sound system and food tables. |
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| Timing Chief Augustina and Antero, the Webscorer developer from Finland. |
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| Course monitor Doug makes sure racers make their laps. |
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| Esther again! And Sandy, working the end-of-race feed station. Yum! |
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| Finish line crew Nancy, Krystal, Susie, Martha, and Grant kick it up. |
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| Gabe and Jeff. |
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| Everyone loves kitchen clean-up volunteers. Rachel! |
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| Starter Anne ready to pull the trigger. |
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| Feed station volunteers Tom, Jacqui, and Karen pass out drinks. |
And a bonus photo from Kirsten Wysen of those colorful feed station fashionistas!
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