Hi, all.
So we always say tht we are going to have some sort of close-out meeting to discuss what did and did not work this year for planning purposes for next year. I believe everyone should be able to post comments below this post to record their own thoughts on this subject.
As for me, I had the following thoughts (but will likely add to this list as time goes one)...
-Need to come up with a serious plan for when we have everyone coming through in the rain.
-Need a lot more people for the clockwise direction (i.e. next year) so we can spell people.
-Tiki torches ROCK.
-Need more fuel for the 6 kW generator...especially for next year when we are open straight through the night.
-WTF were the portajons???
-Need less watermelon.
-Need more utensils by about a factor of 3.
-Need more serving tools (spatulas, big spoons...Sussmans, thoughts?)
-Need more vegetarian-friendly options.
-Need to thaw the frozen food sooner/more efficiently.
-The slow cookers seemed to be a waste of time and energy.
-Need to establish a "specialty food" for our aid station.
-Many requests for banana pudding.
That is all I can think of right now. Please add your comments to the list...we need to get everyone's throughts down!
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Comments from Walter:
I suggest to eliminate the macaroni and cheese, nobody whom I asked wanted it.
We need more roast beef, i had to cut slices to stretch it.
Oranges were on the dry side, I add more juicy fruits.
These are comments from a runner that Bill passed on by email. Just wanted to make sure they were permanently logged somewhere...
Here are some of my observations as a runner. Since I had a crew, I didn't really partake in the full offerings at Cunningham, Grouse, Ouray, and Telluride aid stations.
Charlie - can you fold these into your runner survey eventually, so I don't need to repeat them then?
Squawks:
Getting an adequate sandwich was a problem at Grouse. When my crew asked for a roast beef sandwich I got one thin slice of roast beef that covered about 50% of the bread area. At another aid station, my crew tells me that sandwiches consisted of one slice of meat between two pieces of dry bread.
Getting Top Ramen or broth was a problem at some stations. At Governor's, when I asked for TR, they started opening a package of dry noodles - this was in the wee hours of the morning when they should have had some already made. I told them not to bother, and asked for some broth. It came way too hot and about 3x too strong. After two cycles of "dilute it with more cold water, please", it was finally drinkable. In the end, it didn't matter, since I puked it all back up before leaving the aid station. :) I had a similar experience with broth at Telluride - too hot and too strong.
Getting my pack bladder filled at KT was a problem. The guy tried to fill it without taking it from the pack, holding it with one hand and working the water jug with the other. I finally stopped him when I realized he was pouring water all over my digital camera which was in a front pocket of my pack. After we got it filled, we found that my pack was leaking water down my back. We went through several cycles of taking the bladder out to check for leaks and putting it back, before finally realizing that he had filled the inside of my pack with water. All this added about 5 minutes to my time in KT. We should mention to the aid stations that bladders should be removed from the pack for filling, but next time I'll just decline their offer to fill my water and do it myself.
At Sherman and Governor's they had to open a new bottle of succeed caps when I asked for some. Unfortunately, this required a knife and took about 60 seconds - not long, but it seems that way when you're standing around watching other runners leave ahead of you. I know that at our Jemez Mountain Trail Run aid station, several runners complimented us for having someone offering succeed caps from a dozen in the palm of their hand. At the least, we should suggest aid stations open the bottles ahead of time.
The lines at the banquet would have been a lot shorter if we had set up two tables of food. We should consider this next year.
Kudos:
The Sherman aid station put moist hand wipes in the outhouse (and a vase of flowers!) This was really nice, since I'd been suffering from some diarrhea and the opportunity to get cleaned up a bit was greatly appreciated.
The Sherman aid station posted signs advertising what they had to offer along the last 1/2 mile of the trail into the aid station. This was very helpful.
The Sherman aid station had terrific service, as usual. The best in the run.
The sandwiches (roast beef) at Cunningham and Maggie were terrific - lots of meat, tomatos, and mayo - very good and easy to eat. I also had a great PBJ at KT.
The potato soup was good at all the aid stations where I had some. Great addition - and thanks are due whoever thought this up (Roger Ackerman?)
We need more than 1 cot and 1 heater.
If we're going to serve breakfast burritos, or whatever next year, let's figure out a list of pots and pans and serving and cooking utensils beforehand.
For next year, I suggest more potato soup. It went fast last year.
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