TylerJ wrote:
kathy_caribe wrote:
Kay Serrar wrote:
Yikes - I thought this guy had a shot at doing this, but if this is how disorganized his planning and logistical support is, then I would have to say probably not. He should have recruited an ex-armed forces logistics manager to plan and run things, and probably just had his family meet him at a few locations. So my prediction is he gets to about 20, and then comes back in a year or two for a second go at it with a more organized and better planned effort.
OMG i'm SHOCKED. i ASSumed he had all the routes already planned! I can't imagine doing this AND figuring out your routes on teh fly (well actually I did an IM like that once but the organizers knew the route - they just kept it secret from the athletes...). I agree Kay. I'm a bit dumbfounded here that nothing is planned in advance...
He has them all mapped out, if you view his website you can see all the routes
He has had some issues that he has had to change his routes though
i'm missing that. i see nothing but blank pages with the cities. the website SUCKS. I really hate it. they need to have:
1. a map of the country with each state linking to its own state wtih signups and coordinators designated.
2. identify the highschools in each town he leaves from and get volunteers there.
3. have signups for each swim coordinated by the masters/local/HS swim team for donut and coffee brought to the pool/swim start along with volunteers for swimming and T1.
4. RV needs to kick the family out and put them in a van.
5. cowboy goes in RV.
6. have a point person per town (IDd on website so you can contact them for info/volunteering) to coordinate food/first aid/mechanicals/athletes to accompany and maybe even a driver to the next town. this would give a fresh driver each and every night.
7. have signups to buy breakfast/nutrition from a local food place or LBS as support (i.e. random acts of donuts/pizza).
8. have a person dedicated JUST to social media. have the point person for each town have each event (S/B/R) point person write up a blurb and take lots of photos and pass this to the main social media person. once the state is done update the website and have a thankyou page replace the state signup page in item 1.
9. i need to work a bit but back with more.
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