Background:
Owner/Manager
Celia Bertoia and her husband Kyle Klicker have timed and organized
runs on a volunteer basis for a decade before PERFECT TIMING
became more than a whisper. In 1999 Kyle was the Race Director
and Timer of Bozeman's largest race at the time known as the
Sweet Pea Run. The following year Celia was head of the planning
committee for the race and decided to hire a professional timing
service to help make Kyle's job of Race Director easier. The
closest timing company we could locate was in Oregon. As we watched
what they did, and noted how much we had to pay them, we realized
that, hey, we can do that and we can do it better and cheaper!
The next year Celia and Kyle did do that, for less money and
with more accuracy and better service and PERFECT TIMING was
born in 2001. PERFECT TIMING is the only company of its kind
in Montana. In 2010, PERFECT TIMING has expanded to offer the
ChronoTrack disposable "D" and "B" chip tag
timing.
Celia and Kyle have experienced races from all angles: as casual
participants, volunteers, competitive runners, coaches, event
directors, and consultants. Celia has the organizational, management,
and people skills while Kyle, a registered Professional Engineer,
has the technical know-how and calm demeanor necessary for making
your next race a success.
Our goal is to make the registration process and race day smooth
and seamless, so you can concentrate on other important areas.
Make life as a race director easier by letting PERFECT TIMING
time your next event!
References:
"PERFECT
TIMING did a great job. They were easy to work with and got the
results to us in time for the awards ceremony. No matter how
many thousands of participants you may have, every runner's time
is critical!"
Beth Woody, Riverbank Run Race Director, Missoula bwoody@ymcamissoula.org
"Thank
you for all your efforts. You exceeded expectations and everyone
was very happy with the timing/results/accuracy. How/why did
I do it before? Again, thank you very much."
Bill R., Missoula, MT, Race Director, Bitterroot Endurance Runs.
"Great
race and excellent job on the timing! I'm constantly amazed at
the job you do, Celia. Like so many other aspects of our little
mountain town, your race timing could hold its own in a city
ten times the size of Bozeman. Nice work."
Mike, Bozeman runner and publisher"
"We are both too tired to appreciate how well every thing
went. You and Kyle take a great load off us race directors."
Bob Wade, Kathy Brown, Race Directors Bozeman Classic, Bozeman,
MT
"Thanks
to you as well. Your timing service is very efficient."
Tim Dumas, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Runners
Comments:
You can't
improve the job you do. I pride myself on timing my own run accurately--very
careful about starting and stopping my stopwatch. Your time was
exactly the same as mine, to the tenth of a second. I don't think
that's ever happened to me in a road race. Great job.
Ray C.
This is unbelievable!
In my prime, I ran the Boston Marathon 13 times, the Marine Corps
Marathon 18 times and the New York City Marathon 5 times. I have
run hundreds of other races in big cities and small. Never before
have I seen such service -- first a call from the race director
the day before reminding me of the race and then these personalized
results. You guys are incredible. For the past two years, yours
is the only race I have run. If I can still run, walk, hobble
or crawl next year, you can be sure I will be there.
Douglas R.
Your email
is a very nice touch to a wonderful day. I've run 51 marathons
in 38 states and never have I received an email like this within
a few hours after finishing the race.
Jack T., 50 state marathon runner.
