Please review all of the information provided for the job(s) that you have been assigned to and print what you think you may need. We also ask that you review rest of the general information on the website so you can be the best resource possible for participants and fellow volunteers. A list of volunteer assignments can be found HERE. Thank you!
100 Mile Runner Check-In
Day: Friday
Start: 6:30 AM
Finish: 8:30 AM
Report To:
Race Director @ Zumbro Bottoms West Assembly Area – Race Start / Finish
Description:
Help Check in runners and facilitate the start of the race
Responsibilities:
Unload equipment, make coffee, check in runners, clean-up.
Related Information:
17 & 34 Mile Runner Check-In
Day: Saturday
Start: 5:30 AM
Finish: 9:30 AM
Report To:
Cheri at the Zumbro River Bottoms West Assembly Area (Start / Finish Area)
Description:
Help check-in runners, answer questions, etc.
Related Information:
NA
50 Mile Runner Check-In
Day: Friday
Start: 10:30 PM
Finish: 12:00AM (Saturday)
Report To:
Race Director @ Zumbro River Bottoms West Assembly Area (Start / Finish Area)
Description:
Help check-in runners, answer questions, sell merchandise etc.
Responsibilities:
Unload equipment, make coffee, check in runners, answer questions, sell merchandise, clean-up, pack-up.
Related Information:
NA
Aid Station 1 - Rescue Point E (Unstaffed)
This is an unstaffed, water-only aid station located at Rescue Point E on the Zumbro Endurance Run race course, you can locate it on the map published HERE https://www.zumbroendurancerun.com/maps-and-data/ There will be no volunteers staffed at this aid station. Volunteers on the logistics team will monitor the water supply at this location and refill as needed. A 4WD truck is required to access this location. It is about a 25 minute drive from the West Assembly area.
Aid Station 2 - Central Assembly
Day(s): Friday & Saturday
Open By: 9:00 AM Friday
First Runner: 9:40 (best guess)
Close: 5:00 PM Saturday (approximate)
Cutoff: NA
Report To:
Aid Station 2 / Central Captain, Kurt Decker from Twin Cities Running Company
Directions:
Google Maps Link https://goo.gl/maps/8nrBajDJB6GiivyA6
Written directions from Theilman: Head .7 miles southeast on Wabasha County RD 4. Turn left / head east onto 624th ST / T-113 and go 1.7 miles to 235th Ave / T-70. Central Assembly will be 1.9 miles on your left. Drive very slow, this is a minimum maintenance road and it passes by (nearly through) one farm.
Description:
Aid Station 2 / Central Assembly will be visited by runners one time per loop. It is located approximately 13.5 miles into the Zumbro Race Course loop, 8.5 miles from the previous aid station, Aid Station 1 / Rescue Point E, which is an unstaffed water-only aid station. It is approximately 3.5 miles of flat running to Aid Station 3 which is at the race headquarters / start-finish area also known as West Assembly. Aid station supplies will be dropped off in advance of your arrival. There are no drop bags at this aid station. Crew / spectator access is not allowed. There are toilets at this location, plenty of parking and space to camp. There will be HAM Radio Operators at this aid station to handle race communications. Please tear down and pack up aid station supplies before you leave for pickup by the Equipment Crew.
Responsibilities:
Work the aid station – read AID STATION 101 if you have questions.
Related Information:
Maps and Directions
Aid station Supplies Provided
General Information About Working An Aid Station
Emergency Services Contact Information
Aid Station 3 - Start / Finish Area
Day(s): Friday & Saturday
Open By: 10:00 AM Friday
First Runner: 10:15AM (best guess)
Close: 1:30
Cutoff:
100 mile runners must start loop 6 by 12:45PM Saturday and 50 mile runners must have started loop 3.
Report To:
Aid Station Captain – Aid Station 3 / Start-Finish Area / West Assembly Area
Directions:
Directions can be found HERE https://www.zumbroendurancerun.com/getting-to-zumbro/
Description:
Aid Station 3 is located at the start / finish area of the race at the Zumbro Bottoms West Assembly Area. As runners complete each 16.7 mile loop they will come through Aid Station 3 – many will go to their drop bags and / or vehicles. There is crew, spectator and family access at this location. There is plenty of parking, places to camp and bathrooms for volunteers.
Responsibilities:
Work the aid station – read AID STATION 101 if you have questions.
Related Information:
Maps and Directions
Aid station Supplies Provided
General Information About Working An Aid Station
Emergency Services Contact Information
Coffee!
Day: Friday – Saturday
Start: Fri AM 6:00
Finish: Sat PM TBD
Report To:
Cheri at Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly Area (Start / Finish) area.
Description / Responsibilities:
We go through a lot of coffee at our races and especially at Zumbro! It is just about a full time job brewing coffee around the start / finish area, thus we assign a volunteer(s) to help with this task! We have two commercial airpot brewers and we brew high quality coffee into our dozen or so airpots, brewing both regular coffee and a little bit of decaf for when we all start to get the jitters. If you always wanted to be a barista, here is your chance!
Related Information: NA
Course Marking
Day: Wednesday
Start: 9:00 AM
Finish: 5:00 PM approx
Report To:
Zumbro River Bottoms Management Area West Assembly (Start / Finish Area)
Description:
Mark the trail / race course.
Responsibilities:
Need to be strong / athletic for this position able to hike many miles carrying weight. Please bring / make use of a backpack / hydration pack with some extra carrying capacity (as your hands will be full with markers – so hand-held bottles for hydration does not work).
Special Note:
This position is only available to those that want to make a multi-year commitment. We will train you how to mark the course using our system. Please send an email inf you are interested / prior to requesting course marking when signing up to volunteer. Thank you for your interest!
Related Information:
Maps and Data
Course Sweeping
Day: Saturday
Start: On-site and ready to sweep by 11:30AM – Cutoff is 12:45PM
Finish: As late as 7:00 PM
Report To:
Zumbro River Bottoms West Assembly Area (Start / Finish) – Race Director
Description:
Course Sweeping
Responsibilities:
Follow last runner picking up flags, picking up garbage, looking for runners in distress and enforce cutoffs (to be done by Sweeping Coordinator). Make use of pack / hydration pack for carrying your own food / water since your hands will be full with markers. Need to be physically strong for this person / able to travel many miles in possible bad weather carry weight.
Related Information:
Final Cleanup / Load Out
Day: Saturday
Start: 3:00 PM (Approximate)
Finish: 7:30 PM
Report To:
Race Director at Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly Area / Race Start-Finish Area.
Description:
Final clean-up, tear down and haul-out of race equipment
Responsibilities:
People with pickup trucks are welcome! Good organization skills in helping to load the truck is helpful!
Related Information: NA
Finish Line
Day: Saturday
Start: 3:00 AM (whenever we expect / get the first finisher)
Finish: 6:30 PM
Report To:
Race Director at Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly Area (Start / Finish) area.
Description / Responsibilities: Work finish line, helping to hand out medals and being of assistance to runners who have just finished the race.
Related Information: NA
Ham Radio - Communiations
Day: Friday – Saturday Start: Friday 7:30 AM Finish: Saturday 6:30 PM
Report To:
Ham Radio Coordinator Brendan Johnson
Description:
Provide communications for race – a team will be stationed at each aid station. Assignments / times will be provided and emailed to HAM Radio team by HAM Radio Coordinator
Responsibilities:
Communications
Related Information:
http://www.wizardps.com/zumbro100/
Logistics
Day(s): Thursday-Saturday
Report To:
Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly (Race Start / Finish) – Race Director
Description:
Distribute supplies to each aid station on Thursday and pick up supplies when aid stations close on Saturday. Resupply as needed.
Related Information:
Maps and Data
Medical
Days: Fri-Sat
Start: 7:00 AM Friday
Finish: 6:30 PM Saturday
Report To:
Zumbro River Bottoms Management Area – West Assembly (Start / finish and transition area for the start of each loop) or Aid Station 1/4 or Aid Station 2/3. Report to medical lead or Race Director.
Description / Responsibilities:
Medial personnel to staff the start/ finish area / Aid Station 3, Aid Station 2 / Central Assembly and may be dispatched out onto the course if need be. Medical volunteers will be asked to provide current credentials prior to volunteering. Our direction to our volunteers with medical training, who are acting as good samaritans, is that they can go ahead and help with anything that is very minor (bumps and bruise kind of stuff) while anything that they are not comfortable addressing, and certainly anything major, will be called in by our HAM / Amateur Radio Operators so we can get local emergency services involved as quickly as possible. There will be an AED at the finish. We supply very basic first aid kits at each aid station but the only medication we provide is antihistamine tablets (for bee stings), otherwise we (the race organization and our medical volunteers) do not provide or distribute any medications.
Related Information:
For Emergencies loop in our on-site HAM Radio communications team and Dial 911
Google Map Directions in printable .PDF format to Wabasha and Rochester Hospitals click HERE
Wabasha (Closest Option) St. Elizabeth Hospital 1200 Grant Blvd. West Wabasha, MN 55981 Telephone: 651.565.4531 Emergency 651.565.4531 Google Map LINK
Rochester (Advanced Care) Saint Mary’s Hospital 1216 Second Street SW Rochester, MN 55902 General Number 507-255-5123 Google Map LINK
Parking
Day(s): Fri-Sat
Fri AM 6:00 – Fri AM 8:00 for the 100 Mile
Fri PM 10:00 – Fri PM 10:30 for the 50 Mile
Sat AM 5:30 – Sat AM 9:30 for the 17 & 34 Mile
Report To:
Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly (Race Start / Finish) – Race Director
Description / Responsiblities:
The Zumbro Bottoms Management Unit West Assembly Area is the start / finish are of the Zumbro Endurance Run. It is a huge area with more than enough space for all of the runners, volunteers, crew, pacers and spectators to park. That said, it is laid out as a campground and there is no designated parking lot or parking spaces. Those helping with parking will be tasked with helping to usher cars in and directing them where to park, so we can fit the most cars in as possible, in a safe and orderly manner. Specific care should be taken to avoid turf damage since much of the parking will be in the grass. Additionally volunteers should do their best to alert motorists to obstacles and help them to avoid them, these include but are not limited to picnic tables, fire pits, horse related infrastructure.
Related Information:
Maps and Data
Photography
Day: Friday – Saturday
Start: Fri AM 7:00
Finish: Sat PM 6:30
Report To:
Race Director
Description / Responsibilities:
We welcome the assistance of professional, aspiring professional or hobbyist photographers. Trail running is an “action sport” so in order to capture the best shots you generally need to have a good DSLR or mirrorless camera with a big sensor (so photos do not turn out blurry). We will always assign at least one photographer to the finish line to get at least one photo of every race finisher. Additionally it is important to have photographers at the race start(s) and out on the race course, capturing running action shots and other peripheral happenings. You can get a good idea of the event and the types of shots you can expect to get by checking out the curated selection of photos on the home page of our website. https://www.zumbroendurancerun.com/
Related Information:
Maps and Data
Post Race Food
Day: Saturday
Start: 9:00 AM
Finish: 6:30 PM
Report To:
Cheri at Zumbro Bottoms Management Area West Assembly Area (Start / Finish) area.
Description / Responsibilities: Help prepare, stock and serve post-race food / meal to runners.
Related Information: NA
Sunday Cleanup
Help clean-up the day after the race (Sunday) in Hastings, MN from approximately 9:00AM until 3:00PM. Includes drying canopies, washing tables, sorting equipment, washing dishes and putting things away. All the aid station snacks you can eat! Email race director for directions.
Timing
Day: Friday – Saturday
Start: Fri AM 10:00
Finish: Sat PM End
Report To:
Timing Crew / Leads at Zumbro Bottoms West Assembly Area / Race Start-Finish Area. Tyler, Tim & Craig.
Description / Responsibilities:
Volunteer(s) will assist our lead timers by calling out bib numbers, manual input of bib numbers into our backup timing system, announcing runners as they finish, and more. It helps to have good eyes and decent computer / data entry skills. Positions may not always be available as timers may recruit independently and in advance.
Related Information:
NA