19th Annual Rowdy Dawg Notes
This has been my first year directing races. The Rowdy Dawg was my second go of it and I hope everyone had a fun experience. By all reports I've heard, the 19th Annual Rowdy Dawg went off well. Felt a strong positive vibe from everyone all day. I had fun at least and look forward to the next one.
I want to give my friend and Co-Director, Brad Buchanan from Montgomery County Parks & Rec a shout. He has wanted to be a part of the race for a couple years, and the energy and resources he brought to the Rowdy Dawg this year was extraordinary.
We did a few things differently this year to prepare folks for a bigger event next year. We moved the Registration Tent & Start/Finish Line back to Boley Field (the more traditional location) and put racer parking up the road at Broce's Field about 8/10ths of a mile - it worked pretty well. We'll tweak a few things next year to reduce confusion.
We had the support of VT Corps of Cadets - Bravo Company, at key marshall stations. They ROCKED! I had numerous comments from racers about the great job they did.
Alpha Chi Omega came out and did a super job manning up our two aid stations. There help was also well appreciated - and I have heard many compliments on how smoothly the aid stations were run.
We are already preparing for the 20th Anniversary of Rowdy Dawg. We are hoping to do a two-day festival that will include things not seen since the first race at Price's Mountain back in 1988, and add a few new twists.
Some of the highlights we are hoping to include:
- Huffy Toss
- MTB hill climb
- Super D
- Super Freestyle
- Hopefully a nice bonfire!
- Lots of food
- 1988 era entry fee that covers the whole event - hopefully sponsors can help make that a reality.
- Of course another tough Rowdy Dawg race on Sunday.
Next on the list for events is the Dirty Dawg Cycling Festival up at Mountain Lake on June 14-15th, 2008. The plan is to include both road and mountain bike events.
- Road HillClimb TT up Salt Pond Mountain
- Hopefully a Trek/Gary Fisher Demo
- Possibly an IMBA presentation
- An improved XC Race
- A stupid hard XXC Race
- Guided mountain bike rides for all levels on the trails
- Guided road bike rides showing off some sweet back roads
... much more to be done
I want to give my friend and Co-Director, Brad Buchanan from Montgomery County Parks & Rec a shout. He has wanted to be a part of the race for a couple years, and the energy and resources he brought to the Rowdy Dawg this year was extraordinary.
We did a few things differently this year to prepare folks for a bigger event next year. We moved the Registration Tent & Start/Finish Line back to Boley Field (the more traditional location) and put racer parking up the road at Broce's Field about 8/10ths of a mile - it worked pretty well. We'll tweak a few things next year to reduce confusion.
We had the support of VT Corps of Cadets - Bravo Company, at key marshall stations. They ROCKED! I had numerous comments from racers about the great job they did.
Alpha Chi Omega came out and did a super job manning up our two aid stations. There help was also well appreciated - and I have heard many compliments on how smoothly the aid stations were run.
We are already preparing for the 20th Anniversary of Rowdy Dawg. We are hoping to do a two-day festival that will include things not seen since the first race at Price's Mountain back in 1988, and add a few new twists.
Some of the highlights we are hoping to include:
- Huffy Toss
- MTB hill climb
- Super D
- Super Freestyle
- Hopefully a nice bonfire!
- Lots of food
- 1988 era entry fee that covers the whole event - hopefully sponsors can help make that a reality.
- Of course another tough Rowdy Dawg race on Sunday.
Next on the list for events is the Dirty Dawg Cycling Festival up at Mountain Lake on June 14-15th, 2008. The plan is to include both road and mountain bike events.
- Road HillClimb TT up Salt Pond Mountain
- Hopefully a Trek/Gary Fisher Demo
- Possibly an IMBA presentation
- An improved XC Race
- A stupid hard XXC Race
- Guided mountain bike rides for all levels on the trails
- Guided road bike rides showing off some sweet back roads
... much more to be done
posted by doubleB at 8:12 AM
1 Comments:
Ben,
Hands down a special thanks to you for putting on a spectacular race. I'd do that round trip drive of 9 hours any day to do it again. The grassroots feel, the awesome rocky n rooty trails, the awesome volunteers, and the great food led itself to be one of the funnest races I've ever done.
Hoping to be livng in the area by January. I'll deffinitley get you a shout and let you know when it offically happens to hook up for a ride.
Catch ya on the flip side.
Jeremy
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