Tuesday, July 2

2013 Tranquility Tire Trantrum Post Mortem



06/29/13 About 11:15




Post Mortem
138 racers started
21 DNS
·         Great weather – rainy, hot, humid previous weeks to 70’s, sunny, rain Thursday – perfect
·         Great THOR effort to bring jungle into shape
·         Great race workers and officials
·         Pics by Jennifer, Tom, Mike, Paul, John A helped me see race I missed
·         Full blue course helped bring out Cat 3 weekend warriors
·         Good junior length with option for adult cat 3 for juniors wanting full course
·         Maria Bonita off loaded logistics and manpower needs for food
·         NEED Maria Bonita to stay 2.5 hours. Left before cat 1 and marathon finished
·         NEED sweeper for juniors – one junior got lost in nursery area
·         NEED to discuss passing etiquette in racers’ meetings
·         Marathon 50+ - 5 signed up (cat 3 – 7; cat 2 – 6; cat 1 - 1); Fat Bike – 2 – beer podium

Plan
-          Ambulance – no
-          Food Bus – Maria Bonita – scheduled 7 days before race
-          Map for start area – done and sent to Roxy 4 days before race
-          Intersection directions – used Hannah’s paper (same size as bike race signs) and markers
-          Map of course – Phil N
-          Move picnic tables – Omaha Parks – sent request 4 days before race
-          Wed - have signs on course, flagged and taped, for THORsday – Dale taped Southhill Wed.
-          THORsday bbq –
-          Friday 18:00 – mark course – Chris, Dale
-          Sat 08:00 setup – Jennifer, Emilie, Danna, Chris, Dave, Eric, Brian, Mike
-          08:30 check course – Paul, Dave N, Chris
-          08:30-09:30 Registration open for Junior, First Timer, Cat 3, 4hr
o    Hand out chips -Jennifer
o    hand out bib numbers - Emilie
o    Day of Registration - Danna
o    Psycowpath T-shirts
-          09:45 Racers’ Meeting – officials – must be present at 11:50 to win Mahogany GC’s
-          10:00-11:00 course marshals – till cat 3 are through
o    camel humps, upper ridgeline, lower ridgeline (end of upper ridgeline) – Steve
o    nw drop-in - Brian
-          10:15-11:30 Registration open for Cat 2 and 1
o    hand out chips -Jennifer
o    hand out bib numbers - Emilie
o    Day of Registration - Danna
o    Psycowpath T-shirts
-          11:30 Awards to Jr, 1st Timer, Cat 3 (announcer, hand out)
-          11:50 Pull winners from all for Maghogany GC’s 4x$100, 2x$50 – must be present to win
-          10:30-14:30 help officials – Jennifer
-          10:30-14:30 chip return
-          12:00-14:00 course marshals
o     Ridgeline – Steve
o    NW drop-in – Eric
-          14:00; 14:30 Awards to Cat 2, 1, 4hr (announce, hand out - Emilie)
-          15:00 Teardown –  
-          TTT option signs – assuming cat 3 will want blue sections
o   Camel humps – all cats, 4hr – no sign, post/yellow tape, flags
o   Preridgeline – all cats, 4hr no sign, tape, flag, paint
o   Upper Ridgeline – all cats, 4hr no sign, tape, flag, paint
o   Lower Ridgeline – all cats, 4hr no sign, tape, flag, paint
o   Flats Dirtpile – all cats, 4hr – no sign, post/orange tape, flags
o   Inner Loop – all cats, 4hr; no sign, flags, paint
o   Motivator – all cats, 4hr; bypass for Juniors and 1st timers; sign, post/orange tape
o   Truncated lap – First timers, Juniors (No Southhill); signs (Hannah’s paper size/colors on caution bike race signs)



Payouts
·         Marathon Women Open – $50, $30, $25
·         Marathon Men 19-49 - $50, $40, $30, $25, $25
·         Marathon Men 50+ - $50, $30, $25
·         Cat 1 Women Open – 100% payout for 3+ racers
·         Cat 1 Men Open - $125, $90, $80, $60, $50 (max payout for 15+ racers)
·         Cat 1 Men - medals (for non-cash placement)
o   19-29
o   30-39
o   40-49
o   50+
·         Cat 2 Women Open – GC 40, 30, 20
·         Cat 2 Men – GC 40, 30, 20
o   19-29
o   30-39
o   40-49
o   50+
·         Cat 3 Women Open – medal only
·         Cat 3 Men – medal only
o   19-29
o   30-39
o   40-49
o   50+
·         Junior Girls – medal only
o   Under 10
o   10-12
o   13-15
o   16-18
·         Junior Boys – medal only
o   Under 10
o   10-12
o   13-15
o   16-18
·         First Timers – certificate only
o   Women
o   Men

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