VMworld.com: VMWorld Fun Run???

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David Dunaway

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30. Aug 20, 2012 7:54 AM

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Re: VMWorld Fun Run???

I'm out as well. I paid this ridiculous price for the Vegas run last year and it was a letdown. I say we all go down there with our 2010 shirts on and run our own 5k.

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James Harter

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31. Aug 20, 2012 8:20 AM

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I feel the pain, I looked forward to the run this year thinking it was going to be less than Las Vegas. I understand fuel costs, but wow, that is a lot for a 5K and some water. Considering this is an open course and it is a "Fun" run you would think the cost for transportation and even shirts could have been off loaded by sponsors. I am sure EMC, HP, Dell or I don't know some of the hundreds of vendors at the Exhibit Hall would love to have their names plastered on a hundred or so runners shirts. That is what sponsor ship is all about, but oh well. I still have people ask about my Virtual Run shirt at my runners club. It is cheap marketing in the long run. Keep your customer base happy and they will tell others, make them upset and they will tell everyone.

I will try and get a couple runs in while I am in town.

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Brian Oamek

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32. Aug 20, 2012 8:27 AM

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Is anyone from VMware reading this? Who is coordinating the run? I did not see any contact information on the registration form. It might be to late for them to fix this... but I'd wager the attendance would go up by at least 200% if they could line up a sponsor (cough VMware, cough EMC) to make the cost reasonable!

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DougBaer

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33. Aug 20, 2012 9:16 AM

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Who would be interested in meeting on Tuesday morning around 5:30 AM to run across the bridge?

I'm thinking we'd need to get back for the keynote by 7:30 or so to get cleaned up.

I've got my VMworld 2009 Fun Run shirt and I'm seriously thinking that will be my morning/time to run across the bridge, even if I have to take a cab out there.

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Charlie Joiner

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34. Aug 20, 2012 10:10 AM

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On the vmworld socialcast site some people have mentioned meeting up Monday morning @ 6AM PST near Marina Blvd. & Old Mason Street by the Exploratorium. The route goes over Golden Gate and back. Here is a link to the route...

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/874443

Link to the message on socialcast...

https://vmworld.socialcast.com/messages/12999890

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DougBaer

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35. Aug 20, 2012 10:12 AM

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Thanks. I like this idea and will try to make it. I appreciate the information.

-Doug

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Chris Carlson

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36. Aug 20, 2012 10:21 AM

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the fun run is not so fun anymore. I am out.

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Michael Wright

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37. Aug 20, 2012 9:27 PM

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Yeah, more than any marathon or half-marathon I've ever paid for even with transportation. Somebody is out of touch with how the recreational running ecosystem works. Surely a bunch of tech companies have deeper pockets to sponsor these kind of things than water and shoe companies! I'd like to know which ones would refuse to sponsor an event like this.

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