Medoc Volunteers Needed

First of all, thank you for coming through at Ford's Colony and the RMEK with your time and effort. It is very appreciated, and speaks volumes of the character of people in our club, and the families that support you as runners.

We once again need your help. The Medoc Trail Races presented by Raleigh Running Outfitters and Halifax County is the most challenging event we have to host. It is 25 minutes out of town, the race is long, and the setting is complex. You can't jump in a golf cart and drive the course at Medoc! This makes volunteers more important than ever. Runners are more likely to take a tumble, or get dehydrated when they cover 26.2 miles in the woods. Volunteers are critical to the success of the race.

With 30+ runners racing the weekend after Medoc, we are very hopeful that you will come out to help. Think of it as "paying it forward" for all of the volunteers that will support you in DC.

As you can imagine a good deal of planning goes in to where volunteers are placed and moved during the day. The sooner we have real names in our volunteer matrix, the easier things become. If we are lucky, we would like to shift volunteers around some this year to make things more exciting. Poor Russ stood at the bridge for six hours last year, and others had jobs that were very similar. We want to make it easier on you this time.

We already have 29 volunteers signed up, but we need more. Our goal is to hit 50. We really would like for some people to step up and be a "volunteer captain". We will count on you to direct a small group of volunteers on a variety of tasks. We will give you instructions on what needs to be done.

If you want to volunteer, go to www.medoctrailraces.com and sign up online. If you are interested in being a captain, post a comment here or email us at runrmec@yahoo.com This will be a fun and rewarding experience. Please help if you can!