Hello everyone,
Thank you for your support of the 2008 Pi Mile Run for Charity! A special thank you also to our sponsors URS Washington Division; Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc.; UW Polygon; Saris Cycling Group; Rudolph & Sletton; Underground Printing; Fontana Sports; Montgomery Associates Resource Solutions; and Hey and Associates, Inc.
Please leave us your anonymous comments so that we may improve the event for next year.
See you at the 2009 Pi Mile Run! Keep checking pimilerun.engr.wisc.edu.
April 7, 2008 at 2:08 am
Start the race earlier, even 10AM start would be much better! Have garbage cans near the feed stations for people to throw cups.
Volunteers and course were awesome this year! Pie was very good, but other recovery foods (bagels and fruit) would be even better.
April 7, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I’d like to see some pictures on the website. I saw someone taking some at the starting line, but I’m not sure if she was a race volunteer or if she was a reporter or what.
April 7, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I have run many local road races over the last ten years, including some VERY small ones, and this is by far the most poorly organized race I have ever run. I was shocked by how little your volunteers seemed to know about the logistics of the race. There were no mile markers, and the volunteers consistently seemed unsure about whether or not there would be any, or even about how far we had left to go. Instead of trying to block traffic, the volunteers just watched the cars continue down the street and we (the runners) had to fend for ourselves.
I don’t really feel like this should even count as a race, given the complete lack of organization and logistical support. I certainly will not be running it again next year and I wish I could have just saved the $20 and donated it to Enlace directly… This was a huge disappointment.
April 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
It’s for a great cause and you have a great date–one of the first races in the Madison areas once Spring comes around. But frankly the organization has to improve a lot. Most importantly, the individual miles need to be marked. Runners expect very little, but mile markers help figure out the pace. To make matters worse, workers at the 10k turn-around said it was halfway, when it clearly was not. Smaller details are less important, but still matter: you should make sure that cars are not driving up the road, for example, and you should give runners more than the approximately one second that was given between “runners ready” and the start. Except that the money went for a good cause, I was left wondering as I ran why I needed to pay money to do what I was doing.
April 8, 2008 at 1:25 am
I’d like to second the comment about marking each mile on the course. This is extremely important so runners know their pace. In fact, it’s so important that I probably wouldn’t knowlngly run a race where miles weren’t marked. Yes, the pie was great, but please also have fruit and water/juice for recovery.
April 16, 2008 at 9:25 pm
If you get time, it would be a good idea to make sure that local race calendars have accurate info about the race. I would have run this race, had I known about it, but the Movin’ Shoes events calendar says it will occur on April 19th.