Most of us had some involvement in the Twin Cities Marathon this year. Care to comment on what you did? Looking for a quick paragraph. Thanks.
I worked in Net 3 at the 24 mile mark again this year. I saw that we were looking at rain this year, so I got in early and set up a gazebo I picked up for the marathon last year. The staff who was able to stay dry, and keep supplies dry considered it a big hit. The Vadnais Heights Fire and Rescue vehicle showed up this year for the first time at our aid station, and set up their own pop-up gazebo. For the most part the day was quiet. One of the elite runners cramped up 2 blocks past our station, and we handed out a lot of vasline. One runner had a leg wrapped and continued on. Net 3 was run on 800 Mhz radios with talk around on 2-meter simplex. Vadnais Heights also provided a vhf radio that we could get updates from them with if they had to go down the road and needed to provide information back to the net through us. I worked with AB0YQ, Steve Levens, and AC0CZ, Kelli Tubbs, as well as a Ski Patrol EMT, EMT students from one of the local high schools, a couple of sports medicine doctors, an RN and a medical student from one of the local colleges. Even with the rain, I had a great day.
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