[CBCmembers] This weekend's sprint race

[jillaye]

Why do the women do a shorter course at all?

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Walter Warwick <walter.warwick at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi CBCers,
>
>   The official CBC race season starts this Sunday, January 3, with a Sprint
> race (and just in case you hadn't noticed, relay results are on-line at
> http://www.coloradobiathlon.org/results/). On-line, pre-registration is
> available and encouraged; just follow the "active.com"  link from the
> event page on the CBC website (
> http://www.coloradobiathlon.org/schedule.html). On-line registration
> closes at 7:00PM Saturday night. As usual, we'll also have race-day
> registration at the range. In either case, be sure to pick up a trail pass
> at the Nordic center *before* you ski up to the range.
>
>   You'll notice that we'll be running an "A" wave and a "B" wave. The only
> difference between waves is the start time and I hope that racers in one
> wave will be available to help out with race logistics (scoring, target
> resetting etc) for those racing in the other wave and vice versa. For adult
> racers within a given wave, racers will race the distance appropriate to
> their category but results will be compiled across both waves (i.e., each
> race category will have a single rank-ordering). We'll divvy up racers and
> waves at the range as we hand out bibs.
>
>   Also, the staff at Snow Mountain Ranch are very busy these days and so
> our course flagging might be a bit thin (or non-existent). As a heads-up to
> you, dear racers, here are the courses we will be running:
>
> Men will do three laps of the 3.25km course.
> Women will do two laps of the 2.75km course (first and third lap) and one
> lap of the 2.2km course (it was either a slightly long race or a "more
> shorter" race---I opted for long thinking everyone will appreciate the added
> value of their entry fee)
>
> Youth Men and Youth Women will do three laps of the 2.2km course
>
> Kids will do three laps of the 1km course.
>
>   If possible, we'll have the courses flagged Sunday morning and we'll
> announce course colors. But just in case we can't have the course flagged,
> STUDY THESE MAPS! (And thank you for your understanding.)
>
>   Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns.
>
> See you Sunday!
> Walter, CBC President.
>
>
>
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