THANK YOU for your interest in volunteering for Ironman Wisconsin!
Event Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008
How to Volunteer: Carefully review the duty descriptions and note any required qualifications for the area you wish to volunteer.
Each volunteer must register individually. *Any group volunteering must register each person.
Once you have signed up for a shift you are automatically assigned to that shift. Feel free to sign up for as many volunteer duties as you wish throughout the day, but please do not sign up for two areas that require you to be at during the same time frame.
After you register your Ironman captain will contact you before August 30th to provide you with further information.
Misc. Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteer Tent: The volunteer tent serves as a hospitality area for volunteers for the race. Here you will serve food, beverages and assist other volunteers as needed.
Registration: The registration area is located at the lower level of the Monona Terrace. Duties prior to race day include handing out athlete materials, weighing athletes, directing athletes through the process, selling banquet tickets, and scanning timing chips. Athlete Registration runs from Wednesday through Saturday.
Morning Clothes Bag Check: Before the swim starts, the athletes will remove their warm up gear and place it in a numbered bag. Volunteers are needed to collect athlete bags at the swim start and load them on the truck to be taken to the gear bag room in the Monona Terrace and then place the bags in numerical order with the other gear bags so that the athletes will be able to retrieve them following the race.
Information Booth: This booth is located in the athlete village. Volunteers are there to answer any and all questions athletes from around the world may have. These volunteers pass out maps and Ironman information. Extensive knowledge of the Madison area recommended. Knowledge of triathlons is a benefit. The information booth is open from Thursday to Sunday.
Lost and Found: Volunteer duties include retrieving lost items and manning the lost and found tent on race day. Volunteers are also needed for Monday as the athletes come to claim their belongings that may have been misplaced throughout the race.
Motorcycles: Motorcycle volunteers are responsible to provide transportation to USAT Officials and race media in support of the NASports event. Must provide your own motorcycle, be able to carry a passenger and have a valid motorcycle license.
Athlete Food Tent: These individuals serve pizza, chicken broth, fruit and beverages to Ironman athletes. Located near the finish line. The athlete food tent is located right near the finish line in the center of all the action and celebration. Volunteers will be assigned different shifts throughout the day.
Massage: Certified Massage Therapist will give an 8-10 minute post race massage to Ironman participants as they finish the race. All volunteers must be Registered or Certified as a Bodyworker or Massage Therapist. Other massage area volunteers, called "Runners" are needed to help set up and maintain massage area and assist in massage area. They also serve as hosts by greeting participants and maintain a schedule and waiting list. These volunteers need not be certified.
