Putting on a race often comes down to the small details that make it a success. Assigning a person to a part of the race can be complicated or made easy. The registration person, the course setup person, the pre-race hand-out person, the cashier and the day-of-race registration person all have very critical duties that can ruin a race if they have a miscue.
Probably one of the more remembered persons in charge if they mishandle their duties is the refreshment person. This person is responsible for having refreshments for the runners after the race. I am not sure when this started as a critical part of a race. But runners enter a race and expect a T-shirt, an award if they run fast, an accurate distance that was advertised, and some goodies after the race. You might think goodies can’t be too hard to go buy, or have donated, but it gets a little more complicated when you start thinking of the various selections you are going to have.
Oranges are always good because they have a sweet taste, have a thirstquenching quality and are easy to buy. The added complexity of oranges is that you need to cut them into quarters for easy eating. That means someone has to bring a sharp knife and cut the oranges into quarters. It is best to put them on a towel-covered tray for runners to pick them up. And if you cut too many, they are hard to take home. Someone needs to be there to cut extra oranges if the tray starts to run low, so that the whole oranges can be taken home.
