Sunday, June 11, 2006
About Registration 2006
As some visitors certainly noted, registration for Across the Years 2006 filled quickly, for some seemingly behind their backs. All races are now full, and there are people on the waiting list for all of them.
Nardini Manor is a beautiful and comfortable facility for presenting a multiday race, and many runners desire to join us each year. It is regrettable that there is not room enough to include everyone who wants to run.
The race organizers have made it a priority to favor runners who have participated in recent years, particularly those who return year after year, regardless of their abilities as runners. Across the Years does not cater to or solicit participation by elite or international runners in order to increase the race's prestige and help to fill it up, though we have certainly had a great number of the world's best runners with us. We no longer need to promote the race, because its history and reputation have served to establish it by word of mouth as one of the best multiday events in the world.
Therefore, it is not the intent of the organizers to be "fair" in the sense of giving every runner in the world an equal chance to register, for the sole reason that we can't do that.
Because we knew that there would be a rush to get spots this year, we took steps to make sure our long-time friends, to whom we refer as the Across the Years Family, had first opportunity. Therefore, we conducted a private registration by invitation only starting on May 1st. Even at that, the 72-hour race filled in just a couple of days, as did one of the 48-hour races.
By the time we got to general registration on June 1st, we had only a handful of slots available. These were taken in a matter of minutes.
The race committee would like everyone to know that we appreciate the interest that runners around the world have shown in this remarkable event, and invite all who have a serious interest in running but were not able to get in this year to keep in touch with us, as perhaps your chances will be greater in another year.
Please keep informed about the progress of things this year by means of the Web site. More and more interactive services are being added as quickly as we can get them operational. We suggest enabling an RSS feed to keep track of new entries to this blog, which is our primary means of communication. We will also be sending periodic mail to all registered runners, including those on the waiting list.
Later this year we hope to add a site registration for the sake of those who have never run the race but would like to keep up with race news.
For questions and discussion on any race related topic, we encourage use of the ZombieRunner Forum starting immediately.
During the race itself, we will once again have a webcam and frequent standings updates in operation, plus a new method of sending greetings to runner during the race. There may be other surprises as well.
Nardini Manor is a beautiful and comfortable facility for presenting a multiday race, and many runners desire to join us each year. It is regrettable that there is not room enough to include everyone who wants to run.
The race organizers have made it a priority to favor runners who have participated in recent years, particularly those who return year after year, regardless of their abilities as runners. Across the Years does not cater to or solicit participation by elite or international runners in order to increase the race's prestige and help to fill it up, though we have certainly had a great number of the world's best runners with us. We no longer need to promote the race, because its history and reputation have served to establish it by word of mouth as one of the best multiday events in the world.
Therefore, it is not the intent of the organizers to be "fair" in the sense of giving every runner in the world an equal chance to register, for the sole reason that we can't do that.
Because we knew that there would be a rush to get spots this year, we took steps to make sure our long-time friends, to whom we refer as the Across the Years Family, had first opportunity. Therefore, we conducted a private registration by invitation only starting on May 1st. Even at that, the 72-hour race filled in just a couple of days, as did one of the 48-hour races.
By the time we got to general registration on June 1st, we had only a handful of slots available. These were taken in a matter of minutes.
The race committee would like everyone to know that we appreciate the interest that runners around the world have shown in this remarkable event, and invite all who have a serious interest in running but were not able to get in this year to keep in touch with us, as perhaps your chances will be greater in another year.
Please keep informed about the progress of things this year by means of the Web site. More and more interactive services are being added as quickly as we can get them operational. We suggest enabling an RSS feed to keep track of new entries to this blog, which is our primary means of communication. We will also be sending periodic mail to all registered runners, including those on the waiting list.
Later this year we hope to add a site registration for the sake of those who have never run the race but would like to keep up with race news.
For questions and discussion on any race related topic, we encourage use of the ZombieRunner Forum starting immediately.
During the race itself, we will once again have a webcam and frequent standings updates in operation, plus a new method of sending greetings to runner during the race. There may be other surprises as well.
