OK, Just a few thoughts from a supporters perspective.
If we'd had the spreadsheet thingy on the URWFRC site earlier, this would have been the place where people entered their race number, expected time.- Pen number( so we could calculate the time to cross the line?)
Appearance, requirements,email address.
This would have made a huge difference to us supporters who ended up doing a surprising amount of chasing.
It was very hard for us to spot you all.- If we could think of a symbol that is easy to wear and wouldn't ruin costumes/cover team shirts/chafe then this would help us spot everyone from the forum and give them a cheer.- It's easy to keep an eye out for several people you know, but you can only really keep one number/appearance in your head at a time ( or we found it hard anyway).
I'm sure that people thought we were counting backwards purely because the first sign they saw was the 9.-
I think a really big, high sign at the beginning and then the smaller ones for each team should work well.
The last spot in the area should have a group of people with loads of goodies but noone allocated, so anyone who misses their team doesn't miss out.
When it comes to allocating teams, it might be a good plan to see who knows whom.- It's much easier to spot people you know.
Perhaps we could add this to the information on the URWFRC site.- I'd be happy to help work out the allocations next year.
The roads were pretty clear of supporters by safeways etc.- But I think the railings probably help a lot and they did give us places to hang signs etc.
