November 14
Hello Relay Runners,
Registration is now open for the 2009 Wild West Relay in Colorado and the
Green Mountain Relay in Vermont.
Scheduled dates for the relay races are:
6th Annual
Wild West Relay
Friday - Saturday
August 7 - 8, 2009
(Full moon is August 6th)
|
4th Annual
Green Mountain Relay
Saturday - Sunday
June 20 - 21, 2009
(around the Summer Solstice) |
Early bird registration for both relays is:
Category |
Price |
12-person Teams
(7 - 12 runners) |
$1080* |
Ultra Teams
(4 - 6 runners) |
$630* |
Super Ultra
(1 - 3 runners) |
$135/person* |
High School Team
|
$300* |
*Online payment is available via PayPal or Credit Card - a 3% convenience fee is added.
Registration includes:
- Tech shirt (High School Teams receive cotton T-shirts)
- Portable Toilets at every exchange
- Excellent directional signage supplemented with leg maps
- Race handbooks with relay information, rules, and leg maps
- Finish Line Meal (hamburgers, veggie burgers, salad, drink, etc.)
- Awards to the top three teams in each of the competitive categories
- Rural Colorado or Vermont hospitality and scenery
Early-bird registration for the WWR ends January 31st and on December 31st for the GMR. Regular registration rates begin the following day.
The Wild West Relay is capped at one hundred 12-person teams and ten High School teams with a total of 135 teams. The Green Mountain Relay is capped at 100 total teams and ten High School teams.
Register and have your payment postmarked by November 30th, and each member of your team will receive a pair of the appropriate SOS socks, a $10 value. Teams will have a chance to order appropriate sizes before the relay and you'll receive your socks at the start.
As with each year, our Volunteers With a Purpose program will be an essential part of each relay. Last year was an incredible success as the program raised and we distributed $18,525 to Colorado non-profit groups, and $11,730 to Vermont non-profit organizations.
Please seriously consider this option. Not only are you giving something back to the communities that you are passing through during the relay, but it can be a less stressful way to satisfy the volunteer requirement.
Remember, you don't need to have a full team to register. And if you do select the non-profit volunteer option, you can choose to be billed for this amount and pay later (by the end of March for the GMR and the end of May for the WWR.
Online Store
Our online store is finally up and running. For sale are the annual WWR posters, route map posters, hats, socks, and left over t-shirts (cotton and tech). The store can be found here.
Here are a couple of items you'll find:
Timberline Events LLC is also a member of 1% For the Planet - one percent of all our revenues are donated to environmental organizations.
Hope you are having a wonderful autumn and we look forward to seeing you next year.
