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  • How do you all keep your water cold, and what size cups do you use at your water stations?

    Posted: Oct. 16, 2025

  • What seems to be the preferred aid station drinks for a 5k and a 10k? Water? Gatorade?

    Posted: Aug. 9, 2025

  • If you are a cupless race that fills cups with gallon jugs of water, delivered in boxes, it kinda defeats the purpose. Am I wrong?

    Posted: June 16, 2025

  • How do you manage water stops for a half marathon with 3000 runners? Getting water, cups, tables there?

    Posted: May 25, 2025

  • What percentage of runners do you think grab a water cup? Trying to decide how many cups to supply to each water station.

    Posted: May 8, 2025

  • Besides t-shirts and water bottles, what are the most popular runner swag items?

    Posted: May 1, 2025

  • What are your solutions to providing 1,500-ish gallons of water for a 2-day event?

    Posted: March 12, 2025

  • How much water will I need for my race?

    Posted: Feb. 5, 2025

  • Is there experience with ultra races offering bottled water, probably in 5 gallon bottles?

    Posted: Sept. 21, 2024

  • If I have zero volunteers to work a water station, and it’s not near anything, should I just set up a few 5 gallon jugs with cups and a trash can?

    Posted: Sept. 16, 2024

  • What type and size cups do you use for your water stations?

    Posted: Sept. 7, 2024

  • Which size cups would work best for water stations - 4oz or 8oz?

    Posted: Aug. 29, 2024

  • We are considering using our orange water jug at the finish line instead of water bottles. Is there a con to this?

    Posted: March 1, 2024

  • Can anyone help me with water and porta john estimates for a last man standing/backyard ultra race?

    Posted: Jan. 26, 2024

  • How do you keep your water from freezing in the water dispensers?

    Posted: Dec. 15, 2023

  • Does anyone have an event that requires runners to carry a hydration pack or hand-held water bottle?

    Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

  • Are water cups or bottles better for aid stations?

    Posted: Nov. 3, 2023

  • Triathlon timers: how do timing fees differ if you're timing a pool tri versus an open water tri?

    Posted: Aug. 31, 2023

  • What math do you use to figure out how much water and how much electrolyte drink to have at a race?

    Posted: July 14, 2023

  • Is there a formula or trick to figuring out how many gallons of electrolytes are needed for a race? And also how many gallons of water?

    Posted: July 7, 2023

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