Race price increases

When I was cleaning out the ‘junk emails’ the other day - I came across an article by Slowtwitch titled The price Increases are coming.

As someone who works closely with multisport race directors & staff who are excited to put on races this year, this article was a friendly reminder of all the ‘behind-the-scenes’ costs of what it takes to put on a race. (no matter how big or small)

‘More often than not, races are put on in locations that require a fair amount of travel on behalf of your timing crew. This costs fuel, food, and often a hotel bill for that timing company. On top of that, the race itself is usually remote enough that in order to power the timing equipment, you’ll be running at least one generator. That, of course, costs more in fuel. This also doesn’t account for any increases in pay for the actual employees.’

This article goes over:

• The bare-bones stuff

• Swag, food, and more

• Adding it all up

If you have 5-10 minutes, I highly recommend reading this article.