Race Bib Collection: Rant
I have a bone to pick with a lot of race organisers that do not offer race day bib collection. It seems absolutely insane to expect people to travel to another part of a city 2 days in a row for 1 event. I can understand this happening for bigger races like Pro Cam or Wipro Marathon, but for simple 10K races it doesn't make sense. Additionally, they don't even offer paid home delivery.
Additionally, what I have realised is many times these races partner with a local sports shop and this ends up becoming a way for the shops to get you to visit them. You can say this is so that the shop gets more footfall but I am (and most people I guess) not going to buy some unknown brand gear from some unknown shop. It anyway is futile.
How do you all collect bibs when the collection spot is in the other corner of city?