I would suggest you need the whole shebang. Friday to go down and setup, Sat & Sun to race, Monday to stare at the ceiling with drool running down your chin...Taking my submission to the Miinster mysefl this week, can someone tell me what days this is run? Easter is fairly broad.... and full of family duties....
Raf
Only with my Employer. I'm my own Chief Minister of Household Affairs and Treasurer at the moment so don't have to worry about those dramas but things could change.Book your leave. Is easier to cancel a leave request than have it approved.
Oh... are we talking leave with the Chief Minister of Household Affairs and Treasurer or merely your employer?
Either way, good luck!
Bear - out.
The race starts 1200 Saturday and finishes 24+ hours later. You basically need to write off Saturday and Sunday. There will be easter eggs on Sunday morning, for the riders and "significant others".Taking my submission to the Miinster mysefl this week
Raf
http://www.tailwindpromotions.com.au/merida24hr/course.htmlTrue but if you're going to hold it in conjunction with a teams race then you effectively need two tracks... that makes it a bit of an organisational challenge... CORC, Forrest and Hidden Valley are the only places that spring to mind which have enough variety (and land for that matter) to really run two races in one.
Also the extremely short timeframe for submission I think means that the only real options are an extension of an existing race (for teams) which pretty much would be Hidden Valley or a smaller race for solos only - CORC Easter, something small somewhere else... esp as it all needs to happen before July I think...
Oh well I guess we wait for the official answer (btw Easter at Majura works nicely for me
Go Merida! I'll o to Canberra either way - but Nats is the inspiration needed for a trip up to Merida.http://www.tailwindpromotions.com.au/merida24hr/course.html
Tailwind has 2 courses for the Merida24....
.... but July is a good time to be heading north.
I was contemplating the kellivie 24 then backing up for the CORC race. I'll only be keen if the CORC race isn't the Nationals...I was being flippant before, I know full well the toll a 24hr takes on my body, and solo even more so.
But there is no way I will get clearance for this ride, on the back of the SYdney Jet Black in Feb. (3 kids under 5 blah blah blah....)
Merida looks like an option. The QLD thing is a bit of a hassle
Raf
Wow RR you sure get around
Are you racing Wildside as well?
wanted to as I'm 9km lighter but it sold out very quickly. I did it last time, this time it isn't in school holidays eitherWow RR you sure get around
you cant skip the easter 24 hr....
it just wouldnt be the same.....
I believe the implication was that he would ski Kellville to concentrate on Easter if it was Nats - I may be wrong though, but it makes more sense that wayyou cant skip the easter 24 hr....
I'm still curious about the 9km lighter part. Is this some special relativity thing that I'm missing? Kind of like light years being a distance?
i was typing using my iphone, I think it thought I meant to put km instead of kg so it changed it for me
OK - still nothing on the MTBA website as at 1700 10/12/09.Be patient.
Extract from the MTBA guidelines for bid submission under Bid Confirmation:
"A decision on the successful bidder will be made on or before 1st December 2009. MTBA undertakes to notify all bidders, successful or unsuccessful, by email by 4th December 2009."
I'd suggest that the MTBA have until close of business today to advise all bidders. Therefore I would not expect any announcment until later today or possibly even Monday 7 December.
All this excitement about a little ride in the forest.
Bear
Damn,i was typing using my iphone, I think it thought I meant to put km instead of kg so it changed it for me
We would probably have less of a chance because they would fix him up with some super dopper bionic leg that would make him go even faster.
