Race Update

Ladies and Gentlemen -
First, the race website is now listing the race date as MARCH 28TH. It still says tentative. Craig Romrell is calling to verify, but for now, please leave the March 28th and April 4th OPEN.

We now have the makings for 7 teams. Wow! I never expected that many, but this will be a blast! Because our numbers are growing it is now more important than ever that the team captains coordinate the details of their team needs from now until race day. If you haven't already, please check www.adventurexstream.com for race details, gear requirements, etc...

Now for some important stuff. Seriously, it is.

Registration - Please also have your team ready to register at 9:00AM January 5th.

www.MapMyRun.com - Ryan Ashworth has created a group on MapMyRun.com called Moab Xtreme Teams. I hereby ask Ryan to provide everyone with a couple things. (1) an invitation to the group; (2) a brief overview of the site functionality and benefits.

Training Routes - Craig Romrell has graciously offered to upload some "Routes" to the group site on MapMy Run. It has been suggested that everyone take some time to actually run or bike the routes once they are uploaded. Ryan Ashworth and Craig Romrell will be providing some additional details shortly. The power of this idea is simple: Everyone will run the same route and record their time to the group site. This will act as a training aid and provide inspiration to catch the leaders or at least help teams track one anothers performance in advance of race day. A fun and motivational tool.

Ropes Certification - Ric Bruce has graciously offered to provide the ropes certification training. Ric is and has been with Salt Lake County Search and Rescue for many years. Ric is also a member of one of our racing teams. If you are unable to make it to Ric's class please plan to sign up for a class at Black Diamond or some other gym. I hereby ask Ric to provide the group with a date, place, and time for this training.

Training Groups - I had several people ask me if their are groups of us training together. It sounds like there is interest in getting together to train together. If you are training as a group or would like to please send out emails to the group with details of training times and places.

Next Meeting - Besides Ric's Ropes Training Class, our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday March 11th at 12:30. Let me know if you have suggestions for the meeting place.

Since we are not meeting again as a complete group till Ric's class, everyone have a happy holiday and coordinate any interim meetings with your team captains AND DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!