what a mess..... I really dont appreciate arriving an hour before my start and having to wait 45minutes to pick up my PRE entry. Clearly tons of people pre-entered. So the volume was already known. There was some oldish lady doing the 60k, there should have been 2 or 3. This is SIMPLE logistics. Initially I asked which queues to stand in, well that was a bit of a challenge. Later, whilst still standing in the queue I complained to some of the PPA people and gave a suggestion to get someone to assist the poor lady trying to get the reg's out and I just got blank stares. (and no action) There was this big tent outside... For food AFTER the race. How about BEFORE the race registration? Prize giving also becomes a laborious process, 30minutes late start. Not all of us have a whole day to spend at these things. I would be hard pushed to ride it again next year without MAJOR changes. I would say limit the numbers of entries if you cant cope with the volume. (entries online or at the race isnt an issue - it was faster to pay for an entry than have preentered anyway!) Simple things. What annoyed me was that there was nobody taking any responsibility and doing any traffic direction, tell people where to stand, getting more people involved with the registration process to assist etc. Its not rocket science. otherwise the route was lekker and well marked although the last 10k's were a bit nasty, with constant up and downs. markslingsby2009-08-16 06:13:54
