50 Lessons Learned from Being a Race Director

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Merchants of Dirt Episode #50

These 50 race direction lessons learned can help you build your roadmap, refine your checklists, or just help you find a place to start.

50 Lessons Learned - The RD Roadmap

Welcome to an information-packed 50th episode of Merchants of Dirt and thank you for listening!

Listen along as I help you take the mystery out of outdoor race direction with 50 lessons learned from being a race director.

After it's all said and done, you'll find out that it's more like 250 lessons learned -- certainly an episode you're going to want to listen to more than once.

Follow along with this episode's handy-dandy checklist:

01. Vision
02. Ideas
03. Research
04. Market
05. Mission
06. Principles
07. Budget
08. Business Plan
09. Model
10. Strategies
11. Offerings
12. Organize
13. Branding
14. Planning
15. Risks
16. Rules
17. Venue
18. Schedule
19. Proposal
20. Presentation
21. Permit
22. Build
23. People
24. Marketing
25. Outreach
26. Pre-Registration
27. Timing
28. Courses
29. Promote
30. Sales
31. Trail Work
32. Safety
33. Volunteers
34. Race
35. Direct
36. Setup
37. Registration
38. Starts
39. Monitor
40. Results
41. Podium
42. Clean Up
43. Close Out
44. Analyze
45. Learn
46. Observe
47. Review
48. Revise
49. Measure
50. Decide

And Now You Know!

50th Episode Bonus Content

Thank you for listening and being a part of the Merchants of Dirt 50th episode!

As a special bonus just for listeners, please visit http://reckoneer.com/roadmap and receive a FREE Race Promotion Roadmap. With this roadmap, you can follow along with the episode or plot your own path to race success!

The new roadmap is coming out this Fall, but you can still get a chance to claim the original Race Promotion Roadmap before it becomes a collector's item!

Thank You for Listening

Thank you so much for listening to Merchants of Dirt Podcast. If you have questions or comments, please reach out to me @MerchantsofDirt on Twitter, by Email, or my Contact Form.

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