by iceisnice » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:42 pm
by Cheeseburglar » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:41 am
by MarthaP » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:50 pm
by iceisnice » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:35 pm
Cheeseburglar wrote:My girlfriends mom said something like "If 12 hours isn't enough, why don't you just do it twice?"
8pm to 8am at Sunlight is open to uphill traffic (as it is at all times), maybe we'll set up an informal system to track laps if people want to go for 24.
by iceisnice » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:36 pm
timd wrote:I heard from a Sunlight employee that the organizers have not paid the resort from last year. That is why Sunlight said nope.
by Cheeseburglar » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:41 am
iceisnice wrote:timd wrote:I heard from a Sunlight employee that the organizers have not paid the resort from last year. That is why Sunlight said nope.
And the organisers reply to that is that, in the past, they have used the preregistration money to pay for last year's event since it all falls into the same fiscal yr. Apparently it hasn't been an issue before but Sunlight decided to get pissed about it this time.
by MarthaP » Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:50 am
by Cheeseburglar » Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:20 am
MarthaP wrote:K, here's my take on it.
This event is/was produced by Granny Gear. That's the same folks who do the 24 Hours of Moab, 24 Hours of Vail, yada yada yada. This is not a group that's new to event planning and they have been extremely successful with a high percentage of events.
Small resorts in CO are kinda bitchy, in a word. I worked for Loveland for about a month until I discovered just how bitchy they were (and I worked for Winter Park for 7 years - it's pretty universal). It's all that little power-play thing that goes on with entities that have no cojones. And they make up all kinds of stories to support their argument. Little-mindedness.
Given that, I'm going to side with the 24-hours folks. I've talked with Laird and he's an up-and-up guy. I suspect that the resort folks are getting a little uppity for their britches and tough to work with. Goes with the territory. It's not like Sunlight is a terrific venue for the event - they have almost no useful amenities to support this kind of race.
Listen, there are a bazillion winter events in CO. Check out the COSMIC ski race. Ice, you have info on others that are pretty local.
So what's the big deal? Go do something else.
by MarthaP » Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:44 am
Cheeseburglar wrote:MarthaP wrote:K, here's my take on it.
This event is/was produced by Granny Gear. That's the same folks who do the 24 Hours of Moab, 24 Hours of Vail, yada yada yada. This is not a group that's new to event planning and they have been extremely successful with a high percentage of events.
Small resorts in CO are kinda bitchy, in a word. I worked for Loveland for about a month until I discovered just how bitchy they were (and I worked for Winter Park for 7 years - it's pretty universal). It's all that little power-play thing that goes on with entities that have no cojones. And they make up all kinds of stories to support their argument. Little-mindedness.
Given that, I'm going to side with the 24-hours folks. I've talked with Laird and he's an up-and-up guy. I suspect that the resort folks are getting a little uppity for their britches and tough to work with. Goes with the territory. It's not like Sunlight is a terrific venue for the event - they have almost no useful amenities to support this kind of race.
Listen, there are a bazillion winter events in CO. Check out the COSMIC ski race. Ice, you have info on others that are pretty local.
So what's the big deal? Go do something else.
Kind of seems like you've made some assumptions and jumped to some conclusions.
Side with 24 hour folks based on.... a conversation with someone? and your experience with a completely different ski resort?
Cheeseburglar wrote:COSMIC is a great race series, but is nothing like a 24 hour race. 3 hours or COSMIC vs a 24hr is like a 5 k compared to a marathon or a marathon compared to a 24 hour race...
by Cheeseburglar » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:01 am
by Cheeseburglar » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:15 pm
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