tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post2577633121614475943..comments2023-12-30T05:28:57.079-05:00Comments on Run, Théoden, Run: Why was LKN Turkey Trot such a mess?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-1158553198725058072010-12-07T09:26:25.010-05:002010-12-07T09:26:25.010-05:00Mr. Buttar,
I ran the 10K this year and as I'v...Mr. Buttar,<br />I ran the 10K this year and as I've already commented on active.com it was terrible and unexcusably disorganized. I think many of your suggestions for next year are good, however you need to do some damage control. For starters you should offer everyone who ran it this year a discount for next year. You should also time a race from Gold's prior to next year's Turkey Trot to prove that you actually know how to put on a race. I'd never run one of your races prior to the Turkey Trot and I left planning to never run another race of yours. <br /><br />Dropping the 1/2 marathon would be a big mistake and you should make every effort to include it next year.<br /><br />As for the food, it was fine. I don't know why people complained. It was Thanksgiving Day, how much did you want to eat before your feast later?<br /><br />Good luck getting runners to volunteer on Thanksgiving. You should look for volunteers another way and do a better job of training them.<br /><br />As for not getting all the people who registered into the system soon enough, you shouldn't have registered so many people the day of if you couldn't handle it. As someone said above, you were greedy.<br />Good luck Mr. Buttar!runnergirlncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-28388883127729577772010-12-01T12:03:27.250-05:002010-12-01T12:03:27.250-05:00You know, you'd think that a race/sporting eve...You know, you'd think that a race/sporting event of this magnitude would have a little more thought and preperation put into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-74644793639773499072010-11-30T21:00:45.032-05:002010-11-30T21:00:45.032-05:00Its obvious that this race was poorly organized. ...Its obvious that this race was poorly organized. I truly understand that mistakes can happen, but there were numerous ones at that. I ran the 5k and wondered why the simplest things such as the turnaround had no marker. Oh, and i found it a little greedy to delay the 5k by 10 or so minutes to register some extra people that were unable to have a chip or anything. Come on, just let the people run for free after you run out of chips.<br />Thank you.<br /><br />A. MayesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-27995096331254416002010-11-30T20:12:45.652-05:002010-11-30T20:12:45.652-05:00I want to 2nd the comment from Forest_Wilson, if B...I want to 2nd the comment from Forest_Wilson, if Buttar is so great how much effort would it have taken for him to be polite when I told him my concern that I may have run the course wrong for the 5K, I was concenred that I goofed up, but no the course was short. He was rude to me, told to go run some more and that it really did not matter. Well it matters to me, I will not be back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-90743527944837002092010-11-30T01:17:59.109-05:002010-11-30T01:17:59.109-05:00I ran the 5K and it was the most poorly organized ...I ran the 5K and it was the most poorly organized race I have ever ran. As for the anonymous comment about Buttar being great guys, I have a message Tell Mr Buttar he should be ashamed. You probably work for him anyway. I will never run a Buttar race again. Forest_wilson@Twitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-24779154677407517042010-11-29T15:48:24.208-05:002010-11-29T15:48:24.208-05:00Clowns. This was awful. The best part was when t...Clowns. This was awful. The best part was when the "course" took us behind some stores so we could run amongst the dumpsters. They had a web conference prior to the race where they showed the course map and indicated that the half marathon course was the 10k twice. I pointed out that a half is more than 20k and the answer was that it would work itself out. What a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-30077109796766133542010-11-29T13:52:24.339-05:002010-11-29T13:52:24.339-05:00These guys are awesome (I've done their races ...These guys are awesome (I've done their races in NC, FL and AZ). Solid people who make it right if they make a mistake. For all the morons who like to type hate - get over it, it's a race and things happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3349528968660309588.post-36297548220229938402010-11-29T13:33:46.641-05:002010-11-29T13:33:46.641-05:00I've run this the past few years but took this...I've run this the past few years but took this year off to get ready for my first marathon at Thunder Rd. i've always thought it wasn't the most effectively organized event. I was walking through the neighborhood to cheer the participants and felt like the participation was way down with the 1oK-ers and 1/2 marathoners that ran that portion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com