A little over a year ago I began to feel like I, Kami Ellsworth the Race Operations Manager for the St George Marathon, was in need of some outside help, opinions if you will on how to improve our event. Opinions, ideas, suggestions from others not directly associated with the marathon, so I started researching Race Directors Conferences that are offered around the country. I soon learned that in order to attend any of these conferences it was going to cost me, the City, a pretty penny and with the economy in its current state I knew that was not going to be an option for me.

After talking to Kent Perkins, the Race Director of the St George Marathon we decided it would be a great idea to hold our very own Race Management Roundtable with the hope of building long lasting relationships with other race management staff, Race Directors and runners and creating associations not only state wide but within the Intermountain area.

So in January of 2010 the St George City Leisure Services department held its 1st annual “Intermountain Race Management Roundtable” in conjunction with the 28th annual St George Half Marathon.

Now each January we host this event for all race directors in the Intermountain region. Please join us, share with us and network with us as we learn from each other and build our events together.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

2nd Annual IRMR : 2011

The 2nd Annual Intermountain Race Management Roundtable was, in my opinion, a success.
With just near 50 race directors and race staff from all over Utah, California and Idaho there was plenty of valuable information shared.

We networked with brief introductions and event descriptions.


During the breaks we visited and shared ideas and tips with one another

Presentations were given on "Planning for Weather Extremes", Social Media", "Loyalty Programs" and "Going Green"...just to name a few.
We shared Race apparel and race memorabilia.

...and we ATE GREAT food!

Here is what our Race directors have to say...

 "This was a wonderful and very worthwhile weekend for me!  Runners are just plane decent people who care for each other; running is just the most successful and actually least competitive sport in terms of how we usually think of competition; runners inherently know that there is only one race in LIFE and that is with ourselves.  Thus we all appreciate each other's successes and know that every time someone crosses the Finish line there is something magic and wonderful we can all wahoo about.  The whole drive back home to Pocatello Sunday morning I was sharing the information I had gathered with others; it was safe; hands free!  And that hasn't stopped."

"You have done something really really good in bringing everyone together and the size of the group was just perfect for being productive.  The seminar was a very good value, the morning snacks were good and plenty and the lunch was killer quality.  Somebody sure did you/us a good job.  I sure plan on being there next year! "

"The IRMR went very well.  I was still able to extract some great information.  The roundtables are great for networking.  Thanks for all your work on this.  I will continue to attend."

See you in 2011!

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