Would there be intrest in a 10k OW in Mid MO in 2009
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I am going to attempt to host/direct a 10k open water swim in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri next year.
Would there be any interest in this or would I be 'barking mad' trying to organise a race here in such a beautiful 95 mile long lake? We have fantastic hotels, motels, camp grounds, and other post / pre race entertainment in the area. I am just trying to get a feel, as to the possible response to a race held here.
Please reply either PM or on the post :-)
Cheers
Trevor
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Trevor
I would certainly encourage you to think about it as you have to start somewhere. I'd take a look at the demographics in the immediate vicinity how many swimmers can you draw from a 150 mile radius of the site? How many years can you to invest to get word of mouth going etc.
Our local 10K in Ft. Collins, Colorado has been going strong for 10 years now and was the National Champion site in 2006. The first couple of years the event had about 15-25 entrants. They currently have no problem reaching the race max of around 60 swimmers, the national championship year it was 100. There are strong master swimming demographics in the area. First Ft. Collins is college town, then Boulder, CO, another college town, is only 40 miles away and they have a very strong masters community and then Denver is 60 miles away also with a strong masters swimming community to draw from. At least 85% of the entrants are within a radius of 150 miles of the lake. Plus they run a second race at the same time a 2.4 mile swim which gets them a slice of the triathlon crowd, which is very big in Colorado.
www.horsetoothswim.com/index.shtml
Trevor
I would certainly encourage you to think about it as you have to start somewhere. I'd take a look at the demographics in the immediate vicinity how many swimmers can you draw from a 150 mile radius of the site? How many years can you to invest to get word of mouth going etc.
Our local 10K in Ft. Collins, Colorado has been going strong for 10 years now and was the National Champion site in 2006. The first couple of years the event had about 15-25 entrants. They currently have no problem reaching the race max of around 60 swimmers, the national championship year it was 100. There are strong master swimming demographics in the area. First Ft. Collins is college town, then Boulder, CO, another college town, is only 40 miles away and they have a very strong masters community and then Denver is 60 miles away also with a strong masters swimming community to draw from. At least 85% of the entrants are within a radius of 150 miles of the lake. Plus they run a second race at the same time a 2.4 mile swim which gets them a slice of the triathlon crowd, which is very big in Colorado.
www.horsetoothswim.com/index.shtml
