Swan River 1200 Registration Form

• Last Name *

• First Name *

• Gender

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• Birth Year *

• Street Address *

• City *

• Province/State *

• Email *

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• Qualifying

  To qualify for the Swan River 1200 you need to have completed a 200km, 300km, 400km, and 600km prior to 1200. The qualification distances must have been completed between 2015 and 2016. Please provide your homologation numbers for completed qualifying events. Subsequently indicate your intended qualifying events. Completing this form does not guarantee your entry, the event organizers will confirm your entry upon proof of successful completing of your qualifying events.

• 200KM

• Event Name

• Event Date

• Homologation Number

• 300KM

• Event Name

• Event Date

• Homologation Number

• 400KM

• Event Name

• Event Date

• Homologation Number

• 600KM

• Event Name

• Event Date

• Homologation Number

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Swan River 1200 Brevet Waiver

• Manitoba Randonneurs, Olympia Cycle and Ski (Portage Avenue), Olympia Cycling Club, the Province of Manitoba and subsequent municipalities, their directors, officers, employees, instructors, guides, agents, representatives, independent contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sponsors, heirs, family, successors and assigns (all of whom are hereinafter referred as “the Releasees”)DEFINITION In this Release Agreement: the term “brevet” shall include all activities, services and use of facilities either provided by or arranged by the Releasees, including, but not limited to: orientation and instruction sessions; recreational activities undertaken during the event, tour; travel by bike; travel by foot; all travel either within or beyond the designated boundaries, including in the backcountry and on logging roads and trails.

• ASSUMPTION OF RISKS I am aware that brevets involves many inherent risks, dangers and hazards, including but not limited to: exposed rock, earth, water or other natural objects; trees, tree wells, tree stumps, forest deadfall; holes and depressions on or beneath the pavement, trail or surface; variable and difficult weather conditions; changes or variations in the terrain which may create blind spots or areas of reduced visibility; streams and creeks; cliffs; crevasses; travel on highways, municipal roads, back-country roads; road-banks and cut-banks; impact or collision with other vehicles, becoming lost or separated from the guides or other participants; mechanical failure of mountain bikes and related equipment; extreme and rapidly changing weather conditions; encounter with wildlife including bears; avalanches; the failure to operate a bike safely or within one’s own ability; negligence of other cyclists and other persons; AND NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE RELEASEES, INCLUDING THE FAILURE BY THE RELEASEES TO SAFEGUARD OR PROTECT ME FROM THE RISKS, DANGERS AND HAZARDS REFERRED

Iditarod Trail Invitational 2013 I’m at the Anchorage airport on Sunday evening, a little over a week since I started the Iditarod trail invitational. I’ve been finished the race for several days and this has given me time to reflect on my experience between trying to catch up on much needed sleep. I had a very challenging time at last year’s race what with pushing my bike for 190 miles out of the 210 I covered. My race ended with some severe frostbite to my face and hands, which forced me to be evacuated from the Rohn checkpoint. I was facing some demons as I prepared for some this years event. On my first attempt at the race, I carried far too much gear so I made some tough choices and managed to drop the weight of my bike from 73 lbs. to 60. This made a huge difference when it came to pushing my bike up some of the many steep hills. I still had more food than necessary and didn’t need to pick up much at either of the drops but this is a reasonable precaution in case the weather makes the course much slower, so I’ll live with that. The other area I had to address was improving my gear to protect my hands and face against frostbite. Lynne’s friend Sharon did a great job of sewing in more insulation into my handlebar poggies and they proved to be much warmer. In order to protect my nose and cheeks, I got a new balaclava with a built in neoprene cover for my nose, new goggles with a nose piece as well a much better Icebreaker … Read the rest

Club Rides: All members welcome (no MCA license required; but please note that our IMBA-affiliate club insurance is not liability or comprehensive medical insurance.) If you’re a non-member, you can fill out a trial membership at the ride (smartphone version coming — ooh, fancy). Helmets mandatory. Information regarding rides are shared, drop us an email if want in on that information and we’ll add you to the group email. Want to lead a ride? Sounds good. Show up and do it (or drop us a line and let’s make a plan). Here’s what we do:

• Saturday morning – “Tour de Nick’s” breakfast ride: Head towards Nick’s Inn in Headingley for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Meet-up and route varies seasonally, but generally departs Olympia Cyclie and Ski at 7:30 a.m. and heads west on Roblin Blvd and/or Harte/Grand Trunk trails. Basic skill level.
• Weekend endurance gravel road ride: Departure and route vary. Generally 4 hours plus. Self-supported. Details may be posted via OCC Group email. Intermediate to advanced skill level.
• Weekend trail ride: Departure and route vary. Generally 4 hours plus. Self-supported. Intermediate to advanced skill level.