Thursday, August 16, 2007

Registration Scare

OK, Maybe I'm paranoid because it's my first race ever. Or maybe I didn't trust the organization 100% because they charged me the registration fee twice, and then refunded me one when I asked to, but didn't receive any confirmation from them afterwards.

When I checked the website this morning, this very scary message was posted:

*THE TORONTO ISLAND RACES - VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If any spots become availalble, we will contact people on the waiting list. We are no longer taking new names for the waiting list. Below are the participants lists. If you are NOT ON THESE LISTS then YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED.*

And they posted 4 lists:
  • Junior Championship
  • Try-a-Tri
  • Duathlon
  • Triathlon
So I check the triathlon list: I'm not there. "If you are not on these lists then you are not registered." What? Wait. There's nothing about Relays. It might be a different category. Don't panic. So I call. No answer, so I leave a voicemail. 3 hours later they call me to let me know that they haven't put the information on Relays online just yet. How many people did they scare with the "If you are not on these lists then you are not registered"?

Maybe I expected everything to be clearer, especially because it's my first one and I need some direction. Also, they didn't know exactly in which of the waves the relay would be when I talked to them this morning...
Maybe it's just that I'm a paranoid newbie! :oP

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