Feedback from event coordinators and runner/viewers (on file at rosmd@everestkc.net )

I receive some very nice comments and sometimes folks actually send me postal thank you's. Here are a few of the emails from recent weeks. As I always told my kids when they were young "it is nice to be thanked".

May Comments

Just saw your note about back surgery. I enjoy your site so much and think it is such a generous thing you do for all us runners. Thank  you and get well soon.J.W.
April Comments

Thank you for taking pictures in the olathe marathon. I didn't have a lot of people to watch me and the ones who did didn't bring cameras. That slideshow was right on!! NO one could have done it better. Keep up the good work your appreciated
spiderman

Thank you so much for all you do.  We'll do our best to send people your way.D.H.

What you do is amazing...thank you!!! L.C.

Hi Dick,This is awesome!!!  Any PR you can give the Run For Mercy would be great!  I just returned from 2 weeks in South Africa doing mission work and it has fueled my fire to raise more money for our cause.  God bless you and all you do! T.J

March Comments

We were glad you were there, we all forgot our cameras Thanks Sam

The collage looks great.  Thanks for all you do to promote running.  People love to see pictures of themselves. D.H.

 I just finished looking at all the photos and they are great. I think that what you do  for everyone involved is just beyond words. I think it means a lot to the runners to see themselves at these events. I hope you are able to continue to do so and welcome you for next year. R.A. (Snake Chase)

Thank you very much.  I saw the 5 minute slide show and the pics look awesome.  I will link our website to yours this week and try to put the slide show on our website as well.  Thank you for all you do.  You helped make yesterday's event the best race day we've every had.  Thanks, J.P.

January Comments

Thanks as always for all the wonderful pictures.  As I was trekking up Urish hill I thought-- Dick's going to be at the top of this so I knew I needed to have a smile on my face-- and there you were. S.S

Thank you! You added so much to our race. B.R.

Dear Dick,I’m always amazed to see you braving the cold at running events.  You are very good at what you do, and a real trouper!  We’re lucky to have your services.S.Y.

December Comments

These are from the several holiday cards I received....

Dear Dick, thank you so much for the the photo collage calendar. What a thoughtful gift! I have put it in my portfolio that I take to all of my meetings. ...Your pictures truly ARE worth a thousand words. Blessings, K.L .

Dear Dick, Thanks for you do for the running Kansas City running community. Good health to you in the coming year, C.J.

Thank you for the pictures you've taken of our evnts. I think it adds a special element that will be missed if you're not there...Pattie U.

Hi Mr Ross!
  Thanks again for your wonderful pictures from Tarmac Run. Awesome pics of my daughter...You're the bomb!    :-) R.S.

My wife and I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how much we appreciate what you add to our events.  We have just moved here from NM and were extremely pleased to have someone as positive as you present at the Clinton Cross Country Challenge.  It was our first race in Kansas and our hope is that your positive character will encourage others involved in the sport to be as encouraging and supportive as you were this past sunday.  Thank you again.

Sincerely,
H.and J.

November Comments

You do a great job with your pictures, website and newsletters.  We are hoping you are able to attend our events in 2008 because you add a lot of professionalism to our events and we really appreciate it. C.T.

I miss all my trail nerd friends and I miss seeing your smiling face at the events. I've often wondered how many people have decided to stick with running because they were inspired by an image you captured of them in action.
Thanks again for all you do and keep up the good work B.B.

Thank you very much for the 2008 Running calender you sent me.  I really
appreciate the calender and everything else you do for the KC running
community.Hope to see you at the Chili Run.D.

Dear Mr. Ross,
 
I mentioned to you during the Jingle Bell Run how much I appreciated your service to the running community. I have recently come back after a 10 year hiatus because my daughter wants to run. We never had this service before and honestly my running scrapbook has few pictures in it except the ones my dad took in high school and some fuzzy shots from "professional" photographers. Your pictures are great and I am looking foward to working on my daughtr's running scrapbook. Thanks to you, it will have plenty of really good pictures in it.   
                                                    Sincerely,
                                               R.S
                                          ( Audrey's mom )

I just wanted to send a personal "thank you" for offering up your photos for free on the internet.  What a wonderful gift to give the particpants of these races!  I ran the Turkey Trot yesterday and it was so fun to see pictures (and so soon!) from that event--I never even would have thought to bring a camera so having pictures is a real treat.
 
Thanks for all you do!C.
 
October Comments

Thanks so much for coming.  We had a great event and you really make the event special!Thanks, N.

September Comments

• Thanks Dick!That’s a great picture.I appreciate all of your help.Thanks again, L.Y.

August Comments

• Thank you so much, I did receive all of the photos and greatly appreciate your assistance.  Have a wonderful weekend, for once it won't be in the triple digits.  I have to say we were lucky on our race this year, we got it
  in before the heat wave started.R.
• Dear Dick,
      I just got the murals, and they are gorgeous!  I will give one to N.K. who is the director of Health Care Access Clinic, and we will use one at all the events we go to. Thank you so much for being so kind and considerate,

  You are the best!! M.
• Dick, thanks so much for helping make our run a success!  I've had lots of favorable comments about having you and BJ.  Our "wrap up" meeting for this year's run will be next week; we had a mini-meeting after the run to talk about next year already.  I know you and BJ will be asked to return. Thanks again for your help and support of our race!   E.Y.
• We would love it if you could be at our family oriented, fun event to capture the moment as these young ladies celebrate successful completion of the fall program.  Mr. Ross, we so appreciate your support and all that you do for the Kansas City Metropolitan running community, and I personally look forward to seeing your smiling face at a race and thank you for providing my picture memories! C.J.
• Many thanks for that magnificent collage of the Heartland Run. Keep clicking. Your are an important asset
  to running.
  J.M
  

JulyComments

• I participated in the Race for Hope 5K yesterday. I first want to say that the photographer, I forget his name, did an excellent job taking photos! Also, do you publish the times and rankings of the finishers online as well? B.M.
  Thanks for the great work with the photos!
• Dick, you do a great job and perform a great service to the running
  community.  Our sport is considered by the professional big time news
  media as amateur and consequently does not get the coverage that
  professional sports do, a la the Chiefs, Royals, Wizards, etc.  So
  without you and your site many events would go unnoticed and unreported
  by any press. Keep up the good work and I wish you well my friend......
  D.R.
• You do such a great job at our events of making each participant that you shoot feel special that is a trait about you that I personally just love.  We are very appreciative of your commitment to our events Dick and hope that you continue to keep us on your schedule each year. J.L.
• I can't speak for everyone, but as an athlete (and volunteer yesterday) I enjoy your enthusiasm, your willingness to support our events, and the great fun you bring to the race venues.  You are truly appreciated - keep up the great work!!  A.G.
• Absolutely awesome, Dick. The pictures, the music, the memories...

  You did a great job (AS ALWAYS) of capturing the spirit of the event.

  I need to go get a Kleenex now.

  Thank you, again and again, for providing your service to the community,

  J.T.
  
• Good evening Dick:
  I just want to drop you this brief note to express my appreciation ( along with the entire tri -athletes) for lasting the seven hours you spent taking great photos as you usually do. With temperatures in the 90's you were certainly a trooper.
  Thanks again. See you at the underground run.
  best - J.F.
• I am not sure how to contact the man who was taking the pictures at the summer sizzler last sat pm----but i just wanted to say a HUGE thank you.  It was my little sisters first run and we wouldn't have had a pic w/o you!  It's now framed on my desk for life!You're fantastic.  Thanks
• Thank you for being at Camp WIN to photo graph the girls. We appreciate it and I know the parents are going to love the pics!
  June Comments
• i Dick,I’m back from Africa and was greeted by your wonderful marathon murals.  Thank you so much, it was really fun to look at all the photos (and I saw you even got me in a couple!).  You are much appreciated!  Best, B.W.
• Just read your editorial, Dick, and it is informative and thought-provoking.  I remember the Fuller Brush man, too, and look at the freebies in our running packets.  The last paragraph is very good.  We are lucky in KC to have such fine photographic coverage of many, many running events and I personally appreciate having you as a resource for running event photos.  There seems to be room and demand for several photographers. A spirit of cooperation would be a positive thing.   A.N.
• Hi Dick.  You are sooo right in what you said about the freebies!  I did the annual Humane Socitey Dog n' Jog last Sunday, and I distinctly remember seeing the photog from XXXX Photographic there, and thinking well, there
  won't be many personal human-(or should I say "dog") interest photos here. Looked for you but did not see you, and frankly I wouldn't blame you because my dog Sandy and I ran the last two laps of the 2-miler in POURING down rain, which felt good to us, but probably not to onlookers or photogs.  Keep up the good work.  You provide a very much appreciated service to the running community. J.M.
  
  Thanks for the newsletter, Dick. I think what you do is a great "model" for other photographers. Hopefully, they will get the hint. R
• Thanks Dick!  Once again you have out did yourself.  Not only did you take great pictures but you endured the heavy rain.B.S.
• Thanks again for coming out yesterday and taking pictures of our event we appreciate that very much.  I am looking forward to seeing your pictures.  We will see you at the Shawnee Mission Tri. C.T.
• Hi!  Thanks for what you do!  You provide an amazing service S.R.
• thanks Dick and you are performing a great community service for the runners ! G.G.

May Comments

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April Comments

March Comments

• Thank you for taking these pictures!  You are awesome!  I can't believe you provide them for free.  I lost my camera at the race and without you I would have to pay $20 for one picture of the event.  Thanks again. H.T.

   
• Thank you so much for the service you offer of pictures of area runs.  I loved reliving Brew to Brew through your photo gallery T.D.
• I got the CD in the mail and I really appreciate you providing that to us. I will see you at future races and spread the word of your web-site.D.Y.

  
  
• Thanks for the great  job of all of the photographs. They are super and you are doing  a great service.
  Thanks, W.R. Marshall, Mo
• Thanks for the slideshow you sent after St. Pat's.  All ten of the KC Express frogs enjoyed it.
  
• Dick,Wow…I just picked up the poster you delivered to UPS. Thank you so much. This is a real boost to me as I’m working to pull this event together. It’s so great to see all the happy faces and all the people participating together. Also, I will put this up at my church to help inspire people to get out and walk or run K.

February 2007 Comments

• Thanks again, Dick for an awesome job of capturing the "soul" of an event.  Your presence was much appreciated.B.
• Great photos, as usual. I will be working out at the Truffle run. C.
• Having a picture of our "Psycho" experience made the perfect gift- thank you! L.
• It’s a great piece, Dick, and I thank you for your time and trouble, and for thinking of us.T.( referring to a poster of the 2006 Mother's Day Run.)
• Hi Dick, I just read a short note in the Star that says looking at pictures helps raise peoples mental mood. So it's now documented that you are makingpeople feel good. S.
  

January 2007 Comments

• Thanks so much for your quick response and the copies of your great pics!So appreciate all your support, M.
  The photos are WONDERFUL!  Thank you so much, Dick.  You are the best!
• We are currently planning the 3rd annual KC Bike and Footchase to be held at Zona Rosa.  Last year you took some awesome pics of our event.  You do a great job!  You help make our event better with your pictures.  B.S.

December Comments

• The following is an email thread that covers two message...I laughed out loud!
  Don, don't we look like we are having fun!!!!!  This picture is in the slide show at www.seekcrun.com that means we made the big time!!!
  Actually, you do. And - I can print it!  In living color yet!This is so cool!
  
  Your photographs add a more personal touch that others don't provide when just capturing a runner in stride or at the finish line. When you get the people enjoying the course as well as each other's company before and after the event, you're not only showing more of the area that people have memories of, but you're also capturing more of what what many are enjoying. I think only those who do the events for fun and enjoyment will truly appreciate that aspect while those who do the events for personal challenge or even for personal gain probably enjoy photos of themselves in action.B.R.
  
  The cd you gave me of the Heartland Run was excellent.  Keep up the good work . J.M.
  
  I appreciate your photos and judging by what you have told me about the number of hits you have, others do also. R.N.
  
  I think your candid and group shots are great ... S.R.
  
  I can only say great things about what your pictures and slides shows have done for our events. I can’t tell you how much I was impressed the first time I saw your website and all the pictures that you took. There’s a WOW feeling each time I look at all the happy faces of our participants. J.T.
  
  Your photos are very personal to the running experience, unlike other "bib number" photographers.  Going the extra step of sending a disc to me for the last run was simply awesome.  What can we do for you? B.H.

November Comments

• Thanks again Dick for the great job you do. We all really appreciate it.
  See you again soon! B.R.
• On behalf of the Blue Springs YMCA, our members and the race participants I would like to thank you for the outstanding service you provided for our 2006 Boo Run 5K. B.H.
• We've really appreciated your support of the running and walking community in KC. We hope to see you (and your camera) whenever you can make it.A.P.Thank you again.

October Comments

• Mr. Ross, thanks so much for the pictures. I really appreciate the CD. Pattie (Event Director)
• Dick Ross, one of our newest members of the club (Welcome aboard Dick), created the attached slide show so we can all share the fond memories. Even if you had other commitments, we still want you to see the smiling faces of your fellow club members. Dick has a real talent for catching us in the good poses! (My pleasure)
• Great to meet you at the marathon last Saturday. What a magnificent day! Thanks for your willingness to send me a disc of your work. I'm really looking forward to it! Mailing address is:B.W. ( I gave full permission to use the photos as he wished (next year's brochure, web site, Power Point for sponsors, etc., you see, my interest is getting sponsors for the web site so that no one pays anything)
  

September Comments

• I just read on the website a little bit about you. I didn’t' realize you are doing this for free! That is cool that you are using your talents to give back to others by taking the time to travel to all the races and maintain the website - my hat off to you. Keep up the good work! (Actually I do sell a photo or two (most everyone likes the free photo, but it gives me gas money! and after the first of the year I plan to ask for sponsor money)
• It’s good to see someone consistently shooting photos at local races. I know you’re just one guy who has a lot of ground to cover and your post race photos are great. Speaking as a racing scene regular, what I’d rather see and would be more inclined to pay for (I know we can download free small prints) would be photos from out on the course (i.e. running/racing pictures). Thanks for what you’re doing and hope to see you more out on the course! S.D. (I will certainly try to do better getting the "action" shots...courses that lap past the finish line make it easier...)
• Thanks for all the time and effort you have put into sharing the on-line running event photos. If I could just make one suggestion it would be to have more action (running) photos. I know that the races go by fast and you do what you can but the running shots are the best!!!!K.B.
  
• Thanks so much for coming out to Head for the Cure 5k again this year. You photos are always just fabulous. K.A.
• I did want you to know I appreciated the pictures, and I missed seeing you at the Helen Gold race on Sunday
• You do great work and help to make this sad…and hopeful time a treasured memory. Thanks again for your help. C.P.
• The pictures you took look really great, and
  having you there gave us much more of an "event feel" Thanks so much

August Comments

• Dick, I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for all the great pictures that you take. In all the events I compete in it is so nice to see a familiar face at all the races and I can always count on a smile from you and countless pictures of myself. If it wasn’t for you I would not have such great memories of all these races. Again thanks so much your effort is truly appreciated, J.K.
• Dick,
  This is fantastic! Thanks so much!! We really appreciate your support. Pray for rain on Sunday...not Saturday! C.H.
• I want to thank you so much for giving up your Sunday to do this. I will promote it in the newsletter and on our yahoo groups. I will use it in a slide show at the winter banquet. You are awesome.C.C
• Thanks, Dick, that was an awesome show. B.H.
• Enjoyed your talk this evening and seeing you at several running events around town.S.M.race director
• Keep up the great work. I always look forward visiting seekcrun.com Thank you, C.L.
• Nice set of photos from yesterday's Quivira Mile - and you were the first to report on-line the winning time for the day, too. I know I speak on behalf of many in the running community that we so appreciate all that you do. See you at the next event. G. W., runLawrence

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July Comments

• And it's great to have some action shots of us during the race, as apposed to just the before and after's that we took ourselves.J.C. (regarding the Smithville Lake Endurance event).
• Thank you for coming out in the hot weather to take such wonderful photos! What a great thing you are doing! Sincerely, L.H.
• We greatly appreciated your presence there on Saturday. You are a joyful man to be around and deliver a wonderful, needed product. B.
• I absolutely love your website! As a runner, I greatly appreciate what you do. It’s great to see the wide variety of people that participate in these events. In fact, I saw a college teammate of mine on your home page from the Eudora XC run. It’s good to know she is still running! B.H.
• WOW!!! Dick you are amazing! Your technical prowess is great and I really appreciated your interaction with the runners and volunteers at the Eudora Horsethief Run! Your enthusiasm and passion for what you are doing is contagious! Thank you for documenting our race! You are doing great things!
  Sincerely, P.
• You are welcome and thank you for being there. We love having you there and the athletes adore you.
• PS. The pictures from the Shawnee Mission tri look great! Scott P
  
• It was a pleasure to meet you on Saturday. Thanks for coming out to cover our National Championship. We are always in need of great photos for our website and to use in our member magazine,

June Comments

Thank you for your help---and for the fantastic photographs!!!

I would like to request a CD with the photos from the event. I am going to give a presentation at the Independence City Council Meeting and would like to share the photos. If I read your website correctly, the CD is free? If I read this incorrectly, please let me the cost of the CD. Thank you. The photos are great!! Mary

Dick,I received the disk yesterday, the pictures are fantastic.Thanks again, Craig .... Executive Director

Dick,Thank you for promoting this years Race for Hope on your website. Every little bit of exposure helps with spreading the word and hopefully preventing disease and curing brain cancer.I will look forward to seeing you on June 17th at the race.Jeff

Thanks, Dick. You're the greatest. Mike

Thanks for all the work you do, great job! -James

I did want to let you know how much I appreciate your work. My husband and I just love to look at the pictures and we often spend multiple times in the afternoon post-race waiting for you to get the pictures up. You do a wonderful job and the pictures are awesome! Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication to our running community. See you at another race! Best regards, Angela

Dick, Thanks so much for agreeing to share the photos with us and we will most certainly give you credit....You are definitely involved with our running community so we like hear what's going on from you.... Local Running Club

Dick, thanks, you are doing a great job and one the running community appreciates. It is always good to see and visit with you at the races. I do hope you are financially successful enough to continue. till the next time, on behalf of all runners, thanks.don

May 2006 Comments

Dick, Thanks so much for sending the cd’s of KC Express Mother’s Day 5K! I have IMMEDIATE plans for them!

Anyway, YOU ARE AMAZING! And all of those pictures you take are absolutely wonderful. YOU ARE A GIFT to the community, and I'm not sure how all of us can ever say THANK YOU enough.

Thank you, for the photos from the Olathe run today! Those are really fun!! That's a neat website!!
(P.S. I am the Mom who didn't kiss her son.)

Dear Dick,
The CD arrived in fine shape. Thank you so much. It was a very nice thing for you to do.
Hope to see you again at a running function - my wife is big into running, as you know.
Stan

Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures from the Truman Run. We really enjoy and appreciate your taking these for us. (received in the postal mail) ...Sunshine Center

Dick, I not only enjoy it -- I LOVE IT. This is soooo cool., Jane

Thank you Dick, You do a very nice job. I've had a lot of photos taken of me - but nothing I would want to keep... this is the first one that shows that my running form is not awful. I appreciate it and thank you. jenny

Dick, Thank you for taking the pictures in Hillsdale. They are outstanding and bring back the challenge. Hope you enjoyed yourself and look forward to seeing you again at a future race.Mike

Thank you so much for taking pictures at our Run For Mercy event last Saturday. It was great to capture history of our event. I took the opportunity to look through the pictures and they are wonderful! Thanks again and hope to see you next year! Trac

Great photos. Thanks so much for coming to the race. A couple of questions?
Would you consider coming to the Smithville Adventure Race on July 30?
Is Manhattan too far for you to travel for a race? Look forward to hearing from you.Clay

Subject: Lakewood Family Fun Run
Thank you so much for showing an interest in our event. I looked through the pictures and they were great. I'd love to get a cd of them. My address is:
Blair

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