Volunteers

We are looking for volunteers! If you’re running in a team, supporting a team, or just want to join in the fun, this is a great way to get involved. Have a look at the volunteer info below, if you find something that suits and you’re ready to commit, then why not volunteer!

Capital to Coast is a unique event, a celebration of the fantastic trails and running community at our back door. With nine events in one, C2C requires careful planning and relies heavily on volunteers to make it all work. As a volunteer, you will be helping to make a fun and safe event for all participants. Volunteering is a great way to really feel part of the event and to support your fellow runners. There are several roles available, and each stage will have a volunteer coordinator to support the group.

Less Volunteers

We are making a concerted effort to reduce the number of volunteers to make the event more “sustainable”. There will be no water provided on the course (Start and finish only). There will be less trail marshals, as we mark each course, and we will encourage runners to utilise CAPRA (navigation app) or .gpx files on personal GPS devices.  The “Check in” process is now much simpler, there is no need for teams to nominate a runner at each leg. Runners will be “marshalled” at the stage by the Stage manager and our timing function will capture all starters and finishers. Teams will be expected to monitor the safe finisher of their teammate.

This year most of our volunteering effort will come from our committee. The roles that will be performed by the committee are:

  • Route marking with cones
  • Route de-marking (cone pickup)
  • Majority of trail marshal position via a vehicle
  • Stage start management
  • Race Director

These roles will be two full days (Saturday and Sunday 5:30am – 5pm) plus the Friday afternoon and will be performed by 6 people.

But what if I want to run?

The great thing about C2C is that both runners and non-runners can volunteer. We have numerous roles, including ones that won’t prevent you from running or supporting a runner and, if you’re with a child, there are also roles that the two of you can do together. Here are some suggestions on how to coordinate running and volunteering:

  • Solo: focus on your running!
  • Team of two: can assist with parking
  • Team of three or four: team members who are not running the previous or next stages will be able to volunteer in any role

These are just some suggestions, and more information on the roles is provided below. If you need help figuring out whether you’ll be able to volunteer, or which stages and roles you might be able to volunteer for, we’re happy to help.

What roles are there?

Volunteers are needed to fill a range of roles over the weekend. These roles include:

  • Check-in: ensure that all merchandise and bibs have been collected by each team (Prologue and Stage 1)
  • Parking Marshal: guide the arriving cars into the allotted parking areas and spaces. This is our most important volunteer role. Parking is very tight at several locations and to maximise the available are a for parking we need several volunteers at all stages.
  • Trail marshal: provide directions to runners at critical points along the course.
  • Timing assistant: assist the official timer with manual times and other tasks

Every stage will have a stage director and volunteer coordinator to show you what to do, and all equipment will be provided.

You can view all of the volunteer roles in this summary document, but please note the start and finish times are indicative, to help with planning logistics. The final start and finish times will be provided to you in your volunteer pack closer to the date.

Sounds great, where can I sign up?

More information about volunteer sign-ups will be in our newsletters, you can subscribe from the homepage, or you can view our already released newsletters here. If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact us!