A Big Thanks!

We'd like to thank all of our sponsors, racers, medical support crews, and volunteers for coming out to the 2009 12 Hours of Blue Mound! It was a beautiful day!

Thanks!

Thanks to Zap Event!

A big thanks to Zap Event and thier staff, especially owner Jeff Wedren, for helping us get online registration up and running for the 12 Hours of Blue Mound!

Online registration offers many advantages. It allows participants to pay for your entry with credit and debit cards, if that's your preferred method of payment, and it allows us to draw on those funds before the race actually happens, giving us a means to prepare for the big day.

Other event promoters can contact Zap Event to set up online preregistration for your event at 1.866.770.3355 or support@zapevent.com

Thanks again Jeff!

Reminder! Pre-ride tonight!

Just a reminder about the group pre-ride tonight at 6:00-6:30.

Start is at the top of the mound by the observation towers...not the normal start area by the swimming pool.

Get a guided lap around the 6 and 12 hour course.

A few of us may get there early enough (about 5:30) to do a lap of the 3 hour course before hand.

Weather.

This is in repsonse to another comment made to the post below this one. I'm having trouble with the Blogger website and it won't let me add another comment there, so I'll do it here.

In the event of a cancellation, we will post here as soon as we know.

Keep your fingers crossed for good weather this week!

Pre-Ride Group Ride!

For those of you interested in pre-riding the race course in it's entirety (including the normally off-limits to bikes Flint Rock Nature Trail), come out to the park on Wednesday evening 8-19 at 6:00PM.

The ride will be guided and swept. There is also the possibility of some grilling and adult beverage consumption afterwards. There is at least one CORP member who's weekend is starting 0n Wed and is camping at the park.

Come on out and see what's in store for you on Saturday. For those racers who have never been to BMSP, it'll give you an opportunity to decide on proper equipment for the big day!

See you Wednesday!

A note about registration

Just wanted to post an answer to a comment posted below...blogger is giving me some trouble with posting comments so I'll answer your question here instead Kristi.

Registration the day of the event is completely OK, in fact, that's how most participants will register. We're hoping that the online registration with Zap Events will take off for the future of the 12 Hours of Blue Mound as well as the rest of the races in the WEMS series. Even if that doesn happen, onsite registration will still be available.

The 12 Hours of Blue Mound won't fill up early either. We're still very much a grass-roots race and race series, so there is absolutely no chance of being left out.

The date is fast approaching! Hope to see a lot of racers next Saturday!

Volunteers Needed

We're getting a lot of positive feedback about the revised race course, and it sounds like we should have a great turnout this year. We want as many people as possible to come out and enjoy our event, and entering the race is the most obvious way to do that. However, if you don't want to race but do want to come out and watch the action, help out your fellow riders, and have a great time, please volunteer to help us run the event. Most volunteer positions involve sitting at a low traffic road crossing with a buddy (or many buddies) for a 4-hour shift. All you have to do is help alert racers as they approach the road if there are any cars coming. That's it, pretty easy. So shoot us an email if you can help out. Thanks!