In article m, "Dee D. Flint"
writes:

Marathon day is a lot longer than 8 hours. Figure that the staff is on the
course at least two hours before the starting gun, and that the slowest
particiapnts will finish in more than 5-6 hours, plus awards ceremony,
cleanup,
etc., and it's not an 8 hour day for anybody. With 20,000 participants,
that's
4 to 8 dollars tacked on to the entry fee.

Which reminds me...time to put the running shoes on..

42 minutes this morning - spring is coming..

You left out another block of time. For a large event, there needs to be a
planning/coordination meeting in advance of the marathon that the
communications staff would need to attend. Paid operators won't attend that
for free either.

That's absolutely correct! And it's probably a series of meetings and
coordination settings, too.

Thanks, Dee.

73 de Jim, N2EY