FPC Down & Dirty (Number Collection)

[wackwack]

Please excuse my ignorance but...

Is the main aim of having pre race number collection to avoid having to stand in the queues on race day???

 

If so then maybe Wessel could enlighten me as to why i need to go back on race day to collect my goodie bag & stand in the queues...why not have it when one collects their race number? Just like every other race I have ever done!

 

If it was intended this way & not due to bad organising or planning then why have a pre race number collection in the first place?

 

I drove out 280km yesterday to collect just my number board...only to be told i must get the goodie bag on race day?

 

NOT IMPRESSED

[Wazza]

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I went to FPC in Brooklyn to get 7 race numbers for friends and colleagues to avoid the rush. Now we all have to stand in the queues tomorrow for the goodie bag.

 

Damn!

[Sean Badenhorst]

Haven't done a race in a while, what's in the goodie bags that's so important these days?

[DeeV]

lets hope there's something special cuz this has been the most exp race of the year so far...

[pedal menace]

Well I'm riding with my bike to the start tomorrow morning. What do I do with goodie bag...pretty crappy organizing I agree!

[rad006]

Agreed it was a joke... I even had to write my name on a piece of paper as they didnt have a list

[Wazza]

Haven't done a race in a while' date=' what's in the goodie bags that's so important these days? [/quote']

 

Goodies, like chocolates, womans razors , sunscreen, and those bling handlebar protectors (Magalies Monster), energy drinks etc.

 

It's like Christmas, it's a beeeg surprise!

[wackwack]

Haven't done a race in a while' date=' what's in the goodie bags that's so important these days? [/quote']

 

Sometimes you even get a bicycling magazine from a few months back...so that you can read it again...just incase you forgot what you read.

 

It's kinda like a recap!

wackwack2008-09-12 05:53:50

[GIRR]

Haven't done a race in a while' date=' what's in the goodie bags that's so important these days? [/quote']

 

Goodies, like chocolates, womans razors , sunscreen, and those bling handlebar protectors (Magalies Monster), energy drinks etc.

 

It's like Christmas, it's a beeeg surprise!

 

I love it when they give you sunscreen, but then get sad when its an SPF 8

[NotSoBigBen]

Looking at Centurion now, don't worry GIRR you won't need any tomorrow .........

We gonna enter on the day so I guess we better arrive early!

[philip.maree]

 

 

Looking at Centurion now' date=' don't worry GIRR you won't need any tomorrow .........

We gonna enter on the day so I guess we better arrive early!

[/quote']

 

Phoned FPC Irene yesterday, they expect 1000 entrants.

 

It's going to be a mess with all having to collect goodie bags

philip.maree2008-09-12 04:11:38

[NotSoBigBen]

Went to Irene, entered painlessly! Very efficient and out in about 7 minutes (give or take a few seconds ).

 

Don't really care about the goodie bag, if the qeue queu cue<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

line isn't too long we'll get else we're there to race not collect freebies!

 

Hope it's gonna be dry .............

 

Heard that DR is riding the girly race

[scotty]

 

Heard that DR is riding the girly race

 

LoL

[Zoo Cookie]

Well I'm riding with my bike to the start tomorrow morning. What do I do with goodie bag...pretty crappy organizing I agree!

i'm also riding to the start. and somehow I missed where it says where to collect my number. sooooo it's going to be a early morning for me..... riding there, stand in line to collect number + goodiebag - that i hope I can leave with some friendly people till after ther race. eish...

[Wazza]

Well, we did they race eventually on Saturday.

 

Just a few points regarding the organisation and our experience of it all:

 

- As mentioned in a previous post - I collected 7 race number on the Thursday and was then told to collect the goodie bags on the morning of the race.

 

- When we got there there was one helluva queue and after a 30 min wait we were told there is water bottle and lip-ice in the goodie bag. So we upped and left it.

 

- When a friend stood in line to collect his t-shirt there were only small and x-small left.

 

- The race started 30 min late as a result of all the number collection and goodie bag collections.

 

- I measured 37km on my computer and a friend measured 35.7km on his Garmin 705, which can only be more accurate. The race was advertised as a 30km. Now I don't have a problem with the distance, if only I had known before the time. At 29km I got a puncture and saw a hill ahead, which according to the route description, should have been near the end. So I decided to push my bike for the last km. Only to see at the top of this hill that the riders were far from finished. So I changed my tube and carried on till the end. Surely the organisers ride and measure the race before? What would the elite okes riding the race and preparing for a 30km say if the end up doing a whole 5km more?

 

- They ran out of medals.

 

I hope the organisers take note of these things and prepare better next time.

 

BTW: how was the D2D?

Wazza2008-09-15 00:19:26

[2teeth]

Wazza you should have waited for the bottle man, it had some HARDEN THE F#$% UP in it, buddy

For those who didnt hear it on the day, if you phone today they can orginize you a t shirt and a medal.

 

And a extra 5 km isnt that bad, even if you are racing elite.....