Group Participation Challenges
Participate with your running club, family and friends, organization, or business for opportunities to win awards, merch, race entries, and other Eau Claire Marathon event perks! We have three exciting ways for groups of all sizes, competitive spirit, and participation levels to participate; and the best part, it is all FREE! All you need to do is have your group sign up under your group name during registration and they are automatically entered, we’ll do the rest of the work from there!
Contact adam@eauclairemarathon.com with questions or for more information about our group participation challenges.
Biggest Small Town TEAM
This is our group size challenge! We know that not everyone is motivated by competition - so the more participants who register for any event under your team name, the more perks you will earn! In the “Biggest Small Town TEAM” challenge, earn perks for your team based on how many people you get to sign up with your organization. If you’re a business, encourage family and friends to sign up with your group to increase your numbers. Friends and family - this is a great way to host an amazing reunion experience with a creative family team name! Run clubs, you can earn these perks too!
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20 Participants - Bagels, Gatorade, and Q&A with Race Directors at a pre-race meet-up
30 Participants - Exclusive group Port-o-potty on event weekend
50+ Participants - Special roped off area for your group.
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How do we coordinate our pre-race party? Once your group reaches 20 registered participants, we’ll reach out to your group leader to schedule a pre-race party with some of our race directors!
How will our port-o-potty area remain private? If you earn the port-o-potty, we’ll work to station a volunteer to only allow group members in.
How many free race entries can we earn? Any one group can earn up to four free race entries across all Group Participation Challenges. For example, if you took second in the Traveling Trophy (earning two free race entries) you could only earn two more additional race entries in the group size challenge.
It Takes a Small Town!
This is our volunteering challenge! If you have people in your group who are not runners or walkers, the “It Takes a Small Town” challenge is for them! In this challenge, the more volunteers your group has assisting us on race weekend, the more money you can earn for your organization or charity of choice. Volunteers from your group could either join the team of hundreds of other volunteers helping put on the race weekend (at the expo, intersections, and water stations) or they could organize a cheer station on the course to support our participants!
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For every 10 volunteers or 1 cheer station on the course, you will earn $250 for your organization or a charity of your choice.
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How do I sign up to volunteer? Sign up to volunteer through our online registration system and be sure to select your group to give them credit.
Do I need 10 people at a cheer station for it to count? In short, no. The more the merrier but we know that just a few people can be very enthusiastic! So as long as you register a cheer station on the curse, it will count as 10 volunteers.
Where can I learn more about group volunteering? Email us at volunteer@eauclairemarathon.com.