I was a Finish Line Catcher, which meant that we were in charge of catching the athletes and escorting them from the finish line to their friends and families. I think it was the best volunteer position out of all volunteers spots because we got to share their special moment with them. Some of them came in with their arms up yelling, a girl ran through hysterically crying, one man came in waving his sign that read Puerto Rico, another man came in and stopped, pulled out his cigar, and posed for the camera! It was awesome to experience their strength to endure to the end. While walking them to their family (which was a pretty long walk, I felt like a 80 year old woman by the time the night was over) I talked with them, asking how the race was and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM agreed that it was by far the HARDEST marathon they've ever took part in. One man said it was his 24th Iron Man and this St. George one was the hardest by far. That blew me away. I met a few who said that this marathon was their first ever, That blew me away too. But what a gain to my testimony of the amazing things that we can accomplish through confidence and self-endurance. I am an Iron Man (Volunteer, that is:)).
These were our T-shirts
This was the first woman that finshed... I heard that she won $25,000. Way-to-go!
And these where two of the many Iron Men of St. George
All in all it was an unforgettable treat, if Iron Man ever comes to your City, don't miss the oppertunity to experience it as a volunteer
4 comments:
Sounds like an awesome experience!
Love the picture of you and Jaida, you look great Tala and Jaida is getting so big and still cute as ever! :)
Cool Tala! I'm glad ya'll experienced that,it looks like it was tons of fun, and a humbling experience :) Love ya
Isn't service great! I'm glad you had a good experience volunteering and I agree that your spot was the best. How wonderful that would be to be the first one the runners meet when the finish their race!! WTG!!
So glad you jumped on board! I have a funny feeling I'm going to have a full crew the first day the volunteer registration opens for 2011! It turned out to be so much more than I had ever imagined. I <3IMSG! :)
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