Parkland wrote:
That really stinks. I wonder how many volunteers it takes to put on a these events? I can only speak to similar issues in our local community with finding volunteers to coach and officiate in the recreation youth sports. That pales in comparison to the numbers of volunteers needed for a triathlon.Depends, smallest local pool sprint tri I managed to get away with 15-20, but that was only for 50 or so competitors. Typically for a couple of hundred athletes open water and sprint/std we're at about 100 volunteers accross registration, transition water and roads.
The two different official Ironman I've been involved with run at about 2500 volunteers. Most race day, so day before, less day after. But I used to be onsite from Wednesday week before a Sunday race for the 'main' setup and end Tuesday night.