Marc, 

I should have mentioned this earlier . Volunteers can't be just members of the club. If you have a loved one, relative, warm body etc bring them. You can get free race entries based on their labor. Rumor also has it that the Volunteer of the Year award is back

Gwynna Smith  (and others with this question)  - thanks - Myles or I will post an answer to this shortly.

Gwynna Smith said:

Myles, sorry for another stoopid question, but I already reg'd, THEN signed up to volunteer. And I roped conned bribed gently persuaded a friend to vol with me. Can I get a refund, or am I making a well-deserved donation to the cause?

And I don't know who most of these people are, which makes this hard, but I'll bust open the Photoshop this weekend and see what spills out.

Gwynna Smith. 

This is not a stupid question.  For it can be answered with a video link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaavQNGsMY

in all seriousness, well be happy to refund you post event. Log your hours, race your races, and go  go go. 

Remember. Long flowing hair.  Turn it to 11.

Gauntlet Thrown

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Volunteer Bump! 

Research was accomplished!

The big thing is Sharing and Retweeting.  If you can, please do.

All.

It appears that due to a potential conflict with darkness, we are adjusting start times for supercross by 15 minutes, both days, all races.  This change should be posted on bikereg shortly. 

Hey, it's still not a 620am prospect park start...

M

Myles, and all...

I don't know if this is a possibility, but another way at combating the darkness is to combine and/or reduce the number of races.

For example, you could, as the Verge New England series does this time of year, combine the 4/5s and 35+ 4/5s for a single start time (while still offering separate podiums...or not).

And you could simply eliminate the Cat 3/4 race and move those folks over to the 2/3/4 category as the MAC series does.

that gets weird.

mostly bc jp wants to race 9 times

Oh Aaron, sweet young Aaron...racing a 3/4 race for your first cross race just might. in terms of pain levels, be the closest thing to childbirth you'll ever experience. I recommend sticking with the 4/5s which will only be slightly less miserable mostly because the race will be 30 minutes or less. And trust me, about 12 minutes in, you'll be praying for bell lap. Because...this is cross.

Aaron... Imagine the pain of a 4 lap scratch. Now imagine instead of being 3-5 minutes long, try 30 plus.

I'm registered 4/5 both days, And the club championship. If I win the hole shot I'll consider that a win and drop out. Err... Similar to my green jersey campaign. Woo!!

no, we thought about that. its a potential solution for 14. really at this point eliminating a field wasnt what we wanted to do. (last field typically retains some spectators)..

park says it's dark dark at 5pm. my guy said we should be fine as is, but if 15 min pads it for us....so be it.

The field format is part social experiment and part....? we will figure it out for next time assuredly. people must want to race cause they signed up

Aaron Blum said:

This may be true, I fear the 3/4s now. But if all else fails, I could just go as hard as I can and fall down half way through the race. Then lay in a fetal position and whimper in the mud about how people can actually race like that for more than 30 mins.

That's going happen anyway.  

Aaron, you can just hang out with me at the back.  It will be my first time doing the barriers and jumping off my bike and all that good stuff.  Should be fun and funny.

I'm without a cross bike, renting one day of, so I can't do much cross practicing.  I guess I could dis/mount but honestly I'd rather just do my park laps and save the joys of falling on my face for Supercross weekend

Here's an idea, if you guys could get away on Friday, come up to the course set up where I and other much pro-er crossers like Todd McLoughlin and Myles will be, then we can set shit up extra fast, then have time for practicing too!

Say it with me, TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE!

Damnit @Marc! Now I'm wondering if I could swing a "work from holeshot" situation next Friday. Three birds, one stone!

Gwynna, for folks in our neighborhood, best closest place to practice cross is [in a van] "down by the river."

Gwynna, 

I made a little map. I marked out two rather short circuits. I go around and around until I find the right lines and then feel comfortable taking the turns at speed. The course on the east side of the path is possible without using your brakes.

View satellite image. There are rocks to the east, a combination of rocks and trees to the west of the path.



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