Mon Feb 04 2019: Rule #1: Do not follow rule #1, as regards special event permitting: it's a top-down process masquerading as a bottom-up process.

Tue Jan 08 2019: Two ways you can get your way, as a race director. The political power play. That’s one. I prefer the second way.

Tue Jan 08 2019: Value scenery, cheap-to-produce, and safe over proximity to populated areas.

Wed Jan 02 2019: If you find that the race calendar doesn't have quite what you want, here's my solution: Put on the race you don't see there.

Tue Jan 01 2019: This is the series of articles for those who see the proverbial unsurfed wave, and deem it their mission to surf it.

Thu Dec 08 2016: Why do we act as if our race and race services product is immune from market pressures exerted on the rest of the world?

Fri Feb 08 2013: Considering all the available best medical evidence, some say if you die in the swim, you're an unfortunate but acceptably rare, and probably unavoidable, statistic. Can a race director move those ...

Thu Jun 09 2011: Imagine the Titanic, everyone queuing up to discover find half the number of requisite lifeboats. When I find half the number of necessary port-o-johns, this is when I don the mantle of Port-o-Nazi.

Fri Dec 04 2009: Aid stations can be cost centers, profit centers, or neutral centers. No matter of the size of your race, they can be done well, and cheaply. I like to think of them as stationary parade floats.

Mon Nov 30 2009: Want to be a race director? Here's the skill of it: mapping out your traffic plan. Regrettably, even the casual racer discerns when an RD gave his traffic plan short shrift.

Mon Jul 07 2008: Our series on how to put on a successful race continues with race registration, both pre-race and the requirements for registration at the race venue.

Mon May 26 2008: Our series on race directing continues with a nod to the budget. What will your race cost? Here is a list of things you'll not want to forget.

Mon May 19 2008: Race directors: getting media to cover your race is not as hard as you think. But, it takes forethought. And, you have to decide what that media means to you; how it can help you. It's all ...

Mon May 12 2008: I know what you're thinking: "This has to be the hardest task facing a race promoter." Yes, you're right. But it doesn't have to be. Just invest in a little creative thinking, and you'll find ...

Thu Apr 10 2008: Our series on Race Director aids continues with an installment on how to fill your race with participants.

Mon Mar 17 2008: Race promoters know race committees, or lack thereof, can make or break an event. If you have no good organization, you have no race (at least no race that people will want to attend again).

Mon Mar 17 2008: If an RD doesn't have enough volunteers, his customers will know come race day. The successful race organizer always has enough. What follows is the blueprint for getting them.

Sat Mar 08 2008: Often heard is the lament: All the venues are drying up. To the contrary. To the practiced eye more venues are available now than ever were before.