Dustin Curtis (right) and Andreas Lerch (left). Photo courtesy of David Tam ©
For those of you who do not know, Tour De Bloc 12 is coming to The Hive this weekend. These comps take a fair amount of organization and preparation the month before and I thought it would be great to check in with the setting team to see what they are up to this time around. Here is our interview with head routesetter for The Hive, Dustin Curtis.
Tour de Bloc is taking place at the hive for the second year in a row. A lot of planning and organization goes into getting an event like this off the ground. Where does the process start for you and the team?
The process usually starts about 2 months before the competition, the key individuals involved in organizing the event will meet and hash out details like; schedule of day of (the times of each rounds and the like,) preliminary T-Shirt design, sponsors, things like that. Usually this will consist of The Hive’s Marketing and Community Director, DeeDee Ryan, The General Manager Shayne Russell, The Assistant Manager, Kate Bell, as well as Andreas Lerch and myself, representing the Route Setting Crew. We also discuss how many volunteers we’ll need for the course of that week, anything else that goes beyond regular gym function for the week before the comp.
