Thanks to everybody who answered the Capilano Night Run Post Event survey. Below is a collection of your feedback and my response to it:
Date (day
of week, time of year, conflicts with other events...) - Only because I didn't do RTN, or Whistler 5 Peaks, or Gearjammer that day, so
was perfect for me.
- Excellent race, awesome
fullmoon! Great people. I usually do the 5peaks runs, but it conflicts with
most of CFAs events. July would also be a good option for a night run.. maybe
the club could have another night run. Just an idea.
- Just perfect
(It's hard to find a "free weekend". We try to schedule most of our events to avoid conflict with the local trail/ultra races. The Midsummer Night Run date is strategically chosen to fall between "Stormy" and "Ironman Canada". We figure if you do Stormy or Ironman, there is no way that you can also particpate in the Night Run that same weekend. On the other hand, folks have been known to do Five Peaks and the Night Run on the same day ;-)
Time (start
time...)
Start/finish area (location,
parking, washrooms, shelter...)
- Can't
beat someone's house.
- very good
organization
- good
parking, washrooms and location. Couldn't be better
(Nobody mentioned the outdoor shower...)
The course itself (terrain,
difficulty...)
- I found it fun, easy,
non-technical, and predominantly flat. Perfect for a Saturday
evening stroll. - It was a challenging
terrain. I love it! some trails, streets, gravel roads. It balances well
permitting for some relaxing run and tmore technical terrain.
- great
course - very inventive and creative use of greenways! well done! i liked it
- especially for a night run... but would have wished to do it in daytime
first. its probably just me, but i find trails are easier on the creaky ol'
knees.
The course description
(accuracy, complexity, measurement...)
- 90% of it was perfect and very easy/idiot proof to follow. A couple spots had
us looking for things prematurely (rabbit trail after playground for
example).
- I
ran with a group all the time, so no need to read instructions... I know this
is not the usual way, but being my first time, it helped.
- Hey, I finished in 1:29,
so it was pretty close to estimated completion.
- like the map
(I'll check that Rabbit Trail reference...and try to make it clearer for next year)
Level of competition (too
little, too much...)
- Not in it for the
competition. Didn't find it too competitive.
- Just perfect. I
could run at my pace
Post-event
activities - Too bad people left so early,
but I had fun.
- The pot-luck and social side
was excellent. Very good variety of dishes, salad, dessert, sushi and even
wine!
- Wanted to see what I was
eating a bit better ;)
- Needed more lighting at the
food tables -- hard to see what was there.
- WOW! nice potluck and
gathering . thank you!
- Great spread, I wished I
could've spent more time at the buffet table than in the toilet.
- nice party!
- Very gracious of you to offer
your home & patio
(it was a pleasure to have you all. Glad the weather cooperated. In terms of food...it was gourmet heaven. There was not a single bag of chips to be seen. Oh...we are fixing the lighting for next year!)
Results (were they accurate,
distributed promptly...) - Results were
posted sooner than I expected, usually even the big races (I mean sponsored
races) take few days to post final results.
- Haven't seen
them yet.
- haven't seen
them
- Didn't spend
much time analysing them. Don't really care about results.
Event website (was it easy to
find information, complete...)- Your
website is very well organized and user friendly. Easy to get all info about
the event, registration, agenda, etc. Lots of websites including trail ultra
runs, link to CFA events. I'm happy I ran into one of those links and had the
chance to do my first run with the Club.
- Not sure
I'm registering properly. Just tried to register for Go Deep or Go home. Not
sure if that went through.
- Couldn't
enter "0" for number of previous times doing this event.
(The problem mentioned above is fixed now, thanks for pointing it out)
Overall event (value,
challenge, course, atmosphere...)
-
I think
the award for doing multiple CFA events that occur on the same day should be
called The Twin Cheeks Award.
- Great
introduction to night running for me
(I love the Twin Cheeks Award idea!)
