Army Run Kit Pick-Up

orleansrunner1962 · Postby **orleansrunner1962** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:31 am

Good a.m.

I will be volunteering at kit pick-up on Friday from 12 - 4:30 -- please be sure to stop by and say "Hi" -- best of luck to all the racers this weekend!!

DonnaRigs · Postby **DonnaRigs** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:06 am

We'll try to come by, last year the Friday had CRAZY line-ups and it was not bad Saturday morning...

Miss*Smiles · Postby **Miss*Smiles** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:33 am

I can't make it while you are there unfortunately.
Not sure when I will be going, but hopefully Saturday morning!

Irongirl · Postby **Irongirl** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:18 pm

Miss*Smiles wrote:I can't make it while you are there unfortunately.
Not sure when I will be going, but hopefully Saturday morning!

If I don't make it on Friday, I'll probably bring the kids Saturday morning - IB has a 10km run planned - he could do it on the canal while we take in the expo...... (gah, kids at the expo - always fun.....)

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:57 pm

Will likely be there for 1pm, in the line-up on Friday afternoon, then return back on Saturday morning for the Bunny Gig and Friendship Run festivities ....

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:17 am

Sure would be nice if they would send us and/or at least post the race / bib numbers already ... :evil:

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:21 pm

If you do not want to wait for the Sportstats email containing your Bib #, etc., and have a FB account, you could find it there when you sign-up for automatic / live updates .... :shifty:

https://apps.facebook.com/sportstatsalerts/?fb_source=search&ref=ts

5K
HCcD -- #3011 -- 30 minute r/w Bunny

Equinox

Half Marathon
HCcD -- #12,650
Miss*Smiles
Mr.Miss*Smiles
DonnaRigs (2nd verse, same as the first)
Bunsontherun
Scrabblerunner
Squints
Mrs.Equinox
scrumhalfgirl
hockeymom
n_fraser
AndyM
RideauCanalRunner
Canalrunner (brothers??) 1:40 pacer
Marg - haven't missed it yet

Cheer Squad
Darby for sure now!

Official photographers
Zoomphoto!
(which means jes will be shooting instead of running )

Postby **Nicholas** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:57 pm

If you do not want to wait for the Sportstats email containing your Bib #, etc., and have a FB account, you could find it there when you sign-up for automatic / live updates .... :shifty:

https://apps.facebook.com/sportstatsalerts/?fb_source=search&ref=ts

5K
HCcD -- #3011 -- 30 minute r/w Bunny
Equinox
Nick -- #5580 & The Missus -- #5566

Half Marathon
HCcD -- #12,650
Miss*Smiles
Mr.Miss*Smiles
DonnaRigs (2nd verse, same as the first)
Bunsontherun
Scrabblerunner
Squints
Mrs.Equinox
scrumhalfgirl
hockeymom
n_fraser
AndyM
RideauCanalRunner
Canalrunner (brothers??) 1:40 pacer
Marg - haven't missed it yet

Cheer Squad
Darby for sure now!

Official photographers
Zoomphoto!
(which means jes will be shooting instead of running )

scrumhalfgirl · Postby **scrumhalfgirl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:23 am

If someone goes early today, could they post here or text me (pm me and I'll send you my #) to let me know how the lines are? I'd like to go, but don't want to wait forever. Maybe the rain will keep people away?

canalrunner · Postby **canalrunner** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:30 am

Lineups on Friday at opening are always long. Need to relocate the tent off the skating pad may complicate things. No crowds early Saturday morning at time of Friendship Run.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:31 am

scrumhalfgirl wrote:If someone goes early today, could they post here or text me (pm me and I'll send you my #) to let me know how the lines are? I'd like to go, but don't want to wait forever. Maybe the rain will keep people away?

What time were you planning to heading down?

Sure can .. will pm you my BB ... just don't do what I usually do and go there for 1pm start time, as the line-up starts around 12:30pm ... in particularly, when they have the Red March ceremony around noon or so, then they all head to the race kit pickup ... If memory serves me, the crowd thins out after the first 30-60 minutes, around 2pm, before the rush hour crowd begins just past 3pm or so .... :shifty:

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:50 am

Just a reminder to check out the M&G for post-race Sunday .... :shifty:

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:17 pm

Got there at 12:45pm after b-day lunch ... by 1:0pm when race kit pickup opened ... holy c@rp ... the line-up was way back there ... there was a 5K line and Half Marathon line to enter the tent ... but, once entering the tent, it was total mayhem ... half goes right and 5K goes left ... there were only 3 booths, each staffed by two volunteers, in increments of 3,000 :shock:

... after picking up the race bit/chip, it was quick to grab the race shirt, then you had to walk to the Drill Hall and through the mini-Expo to validate your chip, upon exiting ... pretty small Expo, a few vendors, your typical one's with RR and New Balance as the biggies, as well as a number of information booths ...

Must have been a record for me to going through a race expo and not spending a $$$ penny $$$ :shock:

then again, I will be back tomorrow morning for the Friendship Run, so who knows what may be sought after then ... :shifty:

scrumhalfgirl · Postby **scrumhalfgirl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:24 pm

Special thanks to Andy for braving the weather to pick-up my kit! much appreciated!!!

DonnaRigs · Postby **DonnaRigs** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:25 pm

Can someone with a faster/better Internet connection grab mine? :help:

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:56 pm

DonnaRigs wrote:Can someone with a faster/better Internet connection grab mine?

Grab what ?? :what:

DonnaRigs · Postby **DonnaRigs** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:23 pm

HCcD wrote:
DonnaRigs wrote:Can someone with a faster/better Internet connection grab mine?

Grab what ??

What did you want to grab?
:wink:

My bib number -but just got it! 16845

bunsontherun · Postby **bunsontherun** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:05 pm

5K
HCcD -- #3011 -- 30 minute r/w Bunny
Equinox
Nick -- #5580 & The Missus -- #5566

Half Marathon
HCcD -- #12,650
Miss*Smiles
Mr.Miss*Smiles
DonnaRigs (2nd verse, same as the first)
Bunsontherun -- 17079
Scrabblerunner -- 14217
Squints
Mrs.Equinox
scrumhalfgirl
hockeymom
n_fraser
AndyM
RideauCanalRunner
Canalrunner (brothers??) 1:40 pacer
Marg - haven't missed it yet

Cheer Squad
Darby for sure now!

Official photographers
Zoomphoto!
(which means jes will be shooting instead of running )

Squints · Postby **Squints** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:18 pm

5K
HCcD -- #3011 -- 30 minute r/w Bunny
Equinox
Nick -- #5580 & The Missus -- #5566

Half Marathon
HCcD -- #12,650
Miss*Smiles
Mr.Miss*Smiles
DonnaRigs (2nd verse, same as the first)
Bunsontherun -- 17079
Scrabblerunner -- 14217
Squints -- 13633
Mrs.Equinox
scrumhalfgirl
hockeymom
n_fraser
AndyM
RideauCanalRunner
Canalrunner (brothers??) 1:40 pacer
Marg - haven't missed it yet
Born2run

Cheer Squad
Darby for sure now!

Official photographers
Zoomphoto!
(which means jes will be shooting instead of running )

Run26.2 · Postby **Run26.2** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:20 pm

I hit the race kit pick up Friday evening around 6:45pm. Pretty much walk in/ walk out by that time....very small expo and was pleasantly surprised to find my wife's aunt working the booth (table) on behalf of Legion magazine inside the drill hall. Why was the chip verification moved away from the kit pickup? Did they want it out of the mud?
Love this event....can't wait to fire it up tomorrow!

Miss*Smiles · Postby **Miss*Smiles** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:55 pm

Run26.2 wrote:I hit the race kit pick up Friday evening around 6:45pm. Pretty much walk in/ walk out by that time....very small expo and was pleasantly surprised to find my wife's aunt working the booth (table) on behalf of Legion magazine inside the drill hall. Why was the chip verification moved away from the kit pickup? Did they want it out of the mud?
Love this event....can't wait to fire it up tomorrow!

I thought they always did chip pick up in the mess hall? I disliked where it was located. Major traffic jam as people were lined up to get their chips verified and fighting with the expo crowds at the same time.