We're almost there! One day until the 10th running of the Ragnarok 105! Is there a better day than April Fools Day to ride this course?
Some quick details for those not on facebook , or in case my phone stopped working.
Today:
Night before check in will be at the Red Wing Brewery yet again. I'll be there around 7:30 or so with waivers, cue sheets, and numbers. We'll be there until 9:30 or thereabouts, so if you're staying in town, or just want a few more minutes of sleepy time tomorrow morning please come on down!
Tomorrow:
We'll try and have everything set-up by 6:15 or a little earlier. I'd love to have everyone checked in and getting close to ready by 7:15 or so to allow for a prompt 7:30 getaway time.
You will have until 11:45 to get to Zumbro Falls and check in with our volunteers, and 4:45 to get to Lake City and do the same. While going into the checkpoint, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE slow down and come in a semi-orderly fashion. Make sure that we get you recorded.
Random Notes:
The Zumbro Endurance Race is actually next weekend, not this, so don't count on any friendly faces in the Bottoms (though I would guess you won't see any grumpy ones either)... they may actually be out doing course prep, so you might still get some waves.
We're using the same course as last year (and the past few years actually), but we can't vouch for any GPS tracks that you may find or use or whatever, so we will require you to carry our cue sheets, which you'll get at each checkpoint. One of these years we will change things up!
The latest weather forecast is actually looking better and better. 60 degrees and sunny? Yes please. That means sunscreen for me. If it means sunscreen for you please remember it as we won't have a ton on us on the course.
We will not have any water or any supplies of the like on course with us. If you need that stuff either bring it along or stop at a convenience store, which are conveniently close to checkpoints.
Now some thanks, in no particular order, and I'm sure with some exclusions... since this weekend will be crazy and I'm thinking semi-clearly now:
Huge thanks to Mississippi National and the Red Wing Brewery. Their accommodation of our little event (at no cost to us) really makes it possible and keeps my heartburn to a minimum.
Thanks to my wife and family! We've been busy moving, and work has been crazy for me, so I haven't gotten as much time on course as I would like, but they have been patient and very supportive of continuing on what Larry, Jake, and I started 10 years ago. Without that we wouldn't be here.
Thanks to Larry! The work he put in to the race years ago still keeps it going strong now years after he stepped away from the pre-race organizing. Also, the day of help that he provides is invaluable.
Thanks to Jake for flying in from Colorado for this! What I said about Larry goes for Jake!
Thanks to Mark S of Trans-Iowa fame and Chris S, founder of the Almanzo for providing the inspiration/motivation to start this event so long ago.
Thanks to everyone who has ridden, and will be riding the Rok. It's humbling having people drive down and give up a day (or more) of their valuable time to ride.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Details for Saturday
I posted up the most important info on facebook, but here is a more thorough version of it:
The ride is April 1 (this Saturday). We start at 7:30, but please be at Mississippi National and checked in by at least 7:15. If everyone waits until 7:15 it may just be chaos, as with the weather looking pretty decent (knocking on wood) my guess is there will be less no shows (thus more riders) than ever before.
The Ragnarok Volunteer Crew will be at the golf course and set-up by 6:15 or so (maybe even a bit earlier). When you come in please park in the "lower" lot, which will be where our table is set up. I'm assuming that we'll need to use some of the upper lot too, which is fine, I just don't want to use up their whole lot. Please park efficiently!
A quick timeline:
6:15 Check-in opens
7:25 Announcements
7:30 Start
approximately 11:30 Checkpoint 1 closes
approximately 4:30 Checkpoint 2 closes
7:30 Cut-off time to "finish"
We will still try and have night before check-in. With life being crazy I haven't finalized this yet, but will look to today. Expect to be able to sign your waiver, get your number and cues Friday sometime in town if you want a more streamlined Saturday experience.
Remember:
Always ride within yourself and be aware of your surroundings.
You are responsible for yourself! (both while riding, and if you need to get extracted from the course)
You can certainly give or receive help from other riders though.
The ride is April 1 (this Saturday). We start at 7:30, but please be at Mississippi National and checked in by at least 7:15. If everyone waits until 7:15 it may just be chaos, as with the weather looking pretty decent (knocking on wood) my guess is there will be less no shows (thus more riders) than ever before.
The Ragnarok Volunteer Crew will be at the golf course and set-up by 6:15 or so (maybe even a bit earlier). When you come in please park in the "lower" lot, which will be where our table is set up. I'm assuming that we'll need to use some of the upper lot too, which is fine, I just don't want to use up their whole lot. Please park efficiently!
A quick timeline:
6:15 Check-in opens
7:25 Announcements
7:30 Start
approximately 11:30 Checkpoint 1 closes
approximately 4:30 Checkpoint 2 closes
7:30 Cut-off time to "finish"
We will still try and have night before check-in. With life being crazy I haven't finalized this yet, but will look to today. Expect to be able to sign your waiver, get your number and cues Friday sometime in town if you want a more streamlined Saturday experience.
Remember:
Always ride within yourself and be aware of your surroundings.
You are responsible for yourself! (both while riding, and if you need to get extracted from the course)
You can certainly give or receive help from other riders though.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
April 1 is coming up!!
Sorry for the bit of radio silence, work has been (and continues to be) crazy busy and we just moved across town this past weekend. So there has been a lot of stuff going on!
But!
We're under a month away to the big day now. Hopefully you've been logging those miles... or eating those donuts to give you the energy to persevere over the nasty roads that the Rok has to offer.
Course Update!:
The course will be the same as in the past few years. As always life gets in the way of making changes. There is a small change to the end of the course that I hope to get into the 2018 running (if there is a 2018 running) that would add in some not even minimum maintenance road. Just a little nugget.
The main roads should be fast and good to go like normal. We got a foot of snow a week and a half ago so things at the moment are sloppy on the MMR sections. The storms, rain, and then incessant wind we've had the last couple days will be helping dry everything up. Minnesota weather is fickle though so who knows what is in store for the weeks leading up to the race.
Checkpoints will be at the same locations as always. Zumbro Falls (a bit under 40 miles in) and Lake City (right around 80ish miles in). There are convenience stores on the route fairly close to the checkpoints (in Zumbro Falls the one actually on the course is after, though there is one before too... in Lake City is just a bit before the checkpoint).
Other notes:
As I always say: You are responsible for yourself! This is a ride on open roads.
You MUST ride within your limits, obey all posted signs, not trespass, stop at stop signs, etc.
Please don't litter! I know that you'll see a few discarded Natty Ice cans along the way, but don't make more of a mess. I (and those who help me out) like to ride on these very same roads, and don't want to give anyone a chance to think "those darn cyclists".
If you have a mechanical, or need to drop out.... HAVE A PLAN! We are not responsible for any sort of taxi service. We are a small rag tag crew that has to be all over the course for other reasons. We ask that you call me to report that you are dropping out, but other than that you need to have a bail out plan. I cannot stress this enough. You need to be ready for any situation, no matter the weather, etc.
Start and Finish:
We'll be at Mississippi National Golf Links again for the start and finish. Try and park in the "lower" section of the lot. Try and just take one space as well. If the weather is nice they will also want to be golfing so I don't want to affect them too much as they don't ask for anything from us in return. Note, I believe that they now have made to order food along with beer, pop, etc. So your post-ride refueling may have gotten easier.
Night before check in:
I need to confirm the location, but we will have some night before check-in somewhere in Red Wing (either Downtown or at the Brewery or something... details are being hammered out).
What am I missing? Feel free to ask in comments or on whatever social media I'm not ignoring at the moment...
Thanks
Isaac
But!
We're under a month away to the big day now. Hopefully you've been logging those miles... or eating those donuts to give you the energy to persevere over the nasty roads that the Rok has to offer.
Course Update!:
The course will be the same as in the past few years. As always life gets in the way of making changes. There is a small change to the end of the course that I hope to get into the 2018 running (if there is a 2018 running) that would add in some not even minimum maintenance road. Just a little nugget.
The main roads should be fast and good to go like normal. We got a foot of snow a week and a half ago so things at the moment are sloppy on the MMR sections. The storms, rain, and then incessant wind we've had the last couple days will be helping dry everything up. Minnesota weather is fickle though so who knows what is in store for the weeks leading up to the race.
Checkpoints will be at the same locations as always. Zumbro Falls (a bit under 40 miles in) and Lake City (right around 80ish miles in). There are convenience stores on the route fairly close to the checkpoints (in Zumbro Falls the one actually on the course is after, though there is one before too... in Lake City is just a bit before the checkpoint).
Other notes:
As I always say: You are responsible for yourself! This is a ride on open roads.
You MUST ride within your limits, obey all posted signs, not trespass, stop at stop signs, etc.
Please don't litter! I know that you'll see a few discarded Natty Ice cans along the way, but don't make more of a mess. I (and those who help me out) like to ride on these very same roads, and don't want to give anyone a chance to think "those darn cyclists".
If you have a mechanical, or need to drop out.... HAVE A PLAN! We are not responsible for any sort of taxi service. We are a small rag tag crew that has to be all over the course for other reasons. We ask that you call me to report that you are dropping out, but other than that you need to have a bail out plan. I cannot stress this enough. You need to be ready for any situation, no matter the weather, etc.
Start and Finish:
We'll be at Mississippi National Golf Links again for the start and finish. Try and park in the "lower" section of the lot. Try and just take one space as well. If the weather is nice they will also want to be golfing so I don't want to affect them too much as they don't ask for anything from us in return. Note, I believe that they now have made to order food along with beer, pop, etc. So your post-ride refueling may have gotten easier.
Night before check in:
I need to confirm the location, but we will have some night before check-in somewhere in Red Wing (either Downtown or at the Brewery or something... details are being hammered out).
What am I missing? Feel free to ask in comments or on whatever social media I'm not ignoring at the moment...
Thanks
Isaac
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Official Rok Roster - 2017
So, I tried a new way of doing the lottery this year. And with the small number of unlucky people this year (earlier race date? getting bored with it? sick of not just getting in like many other races? who knows) I just pulled up www.random.org and started pulling numbers (since Excel had the rows numbered... it was easy!). If your number came up, you were put on the waiting list. Sorry! If it makes you feel any better I think we went through about 50 waiters all told last year. So I would be shocked if I didn't end up notifying all of the waiters that they are in by the end of Feb.
Having said that... if you are on the official roster and can't make it. LET ME KNOW by emailing isaac.m.giesen AT gmail DOT com. I can then get you off of the list and move someone in.
I will not be accepting any email requests to be added to the waiting list. So if you aren't on either the Roster or Wait List... you are out of luck. Lots of other great rides though. So don't sell your bike just yet!
Without further ado:
ROSTER
Having said that... if you are on the official roster and can't make it. LET ME KNOW by emailing isaac.m.giesen AT gmail DOT com. I can then get you off of the list and move someone in.
I will not be accepting any email requests to be added to the waiting list. So if you aren't on either the Roster or Wait List... you are out of luck. Lots of other great rides though. So don't sell your bike just yet!
Without further ado:
ROSTER
| Abel, Matthew | |
| Anderson, Bruce | |
| Anderson, Jon | |
| Backman, Daniel | |
| Bakker, Carl | |
| Barr, Megan Bell, David |
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| Bell, Pete | |
| Belz, Rob | |
| Benton, Joel | |
| Berhane, Hanah | |
| Berkland, Sam | |
| Birkemeier, Ryan | |
Brager, Luke Brendal, Randy |
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| Bushendorf, Jeff | |
| Bushinski, Mark | |
| Callas, Bill | |
| Carey, Andrew | |
Carroll, Paul |
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| Cary, Neal (O) | |
| Clark, James | |
| Clausen, Ted Condon, Cody |
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| Cotter, Shawn | |
| Cox, Ben | |
| Cure, Bob | |
| Curtis, Rick | |
| Davis, Kyle | |
| Deckert, Steven | |
| DeMars, Joe | |
| Denis, Charles | |
| Denis, Matt | |
| Dingemans, Max | |
| Donovan, Jack | |
| Dorow, Linda | |
| Dresler, Dennis | |
| Earley, Ken Egbers, John |
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| El Medkouri, Mohammed | |
| Elson, Brandt | |
| Engen, Mark | |
| Engen, Matt Erickson, Thomas |
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| Estes, Lynn (???) | |
| Foster, Todd | |
| Fournier, Maggy | |
| Funke, Dan | |
| Gaffke, Dustin Garrett, Jim |
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| Greenwaldt, Tyler | |
| Gruhn, Leah | |
| Hamlin, Joe | |
| Hathaway, Eric | |
| Haye, Jeff | |
| Hedin, Cory | |
| Hest, Robert | |
| Hey, Ben Hippen, Scott |
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| Hoffard, Timothy | |
| Hoogendam, Ian | |
| Hunter, Melissa | |
| Johnson, Kirk Jungers, Jake |
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| Karnopp, Roger | |
| Karow, Eddie Kern, Jon |
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| Kies, Scott | |
| Knox, Dave | |
| Kueffer, Dan | |
| Kueffer, Fred Lageson, Andy Lalonde, Jesse |
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| Lalonde, Mark | |
| Landreville, Michael | |
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| Lee, Mike | |
| Lemke, Nicholas | |
| Lewis, Tim | |
| Lien, Brent | |
| Lindberg, Gary | |
| Loosen, Ted | |
| Loye, Jon | |
| Mailen, Sean | |
| Matalamaki, John | |
| McDaniel, Kent | |
| Meiser, Joe | |
| Meulebroeck, Scott Mohr, Jere |
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| Mosimann, Rob | |
Nederloe, Tryg
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| Nickles, Ray | |
| Nygård, Jonas | |
| O'Neill, Jeff | |
| Oney, Ben | |
| Parsons, Charles Perez, Jose |
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| Peterson, David | |
| Pettes, Jeff | |
| Pletka, Bruce | |
| Rambow, Meredith | |
| Rasmussen, Bryce | |
| Riley, Matt | |
| Ringold, Tom | |
| Ringuette, Jim | |
| Roeser, Josh "Pork Chop" | |
| Rogers, Cole | |
| Sauber, Larry | |
| Schad, Charlie Schlinz, Kyle |
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| Schneider, Jay | |
| Schneider, Joshua Schulz, Thad |
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| Seaburg, Mark | |
| Seipp, Carrie Shanafelt, Todd |
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| Sheedy, Patrick | |
| Sheldrake, John | |
| Shouse, Corey | |
| Shupe, Jeff | |
| Sobota, Kyle | |
| Soltis, Steve | |
| St. Pierre, Sam | |
| Strate, Chelsea | |
| Stringfield, Ryan | |
| Stuckman, Chris | |
| Stunek, Kurt | |
| Sundquist, Christian | |
| Thornton, Jeremy | |
| Thueringer, Frank | |
| Tobias, Sam Tri, Charly |
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| Tuma, Robert | |
| Venteicher, Lee | |
| Vold, Sveta | |
| Watchmaker, Todd | |
| Watercott, Mike | |
| Webb, Matt | |
| Weeks, David | |
| Weinzierl, Andy | |
| Weisbrod, Heath Wentz, Lindsay |
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| Wentz, Nathan | |
| Wilson, Drew | |
| Wolf, Charles | |
| Woll, Dan | |
| Woods, Brian | |
Zylstra, Ken |
WAIT LIST (with horrible formatting... hooray for blooger!)
| empty... closed up.... no more... | |
Thanks again and get training! OR not! As long as you remember that YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU I'm good with any level of readiness!
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Two days to get your card postmarked!
Just two days to get your card postmarked so you can get in the lottery.
I'll probably wait until January 7th or so to actually do the lottery (assuming we get over 150 cards) just to make sure we don't miss any one.
At this time, I won't be accepting any late cards or email grovels this year. I tried to accomodate as many folks as possible last year and (mainly due to my own bad organizational skills) it became a headache keeping things straight. Depending on how the last bit goes maybe I'll come up with something, but not a given.
Have a great rest of the year 2016 and a boffo start to 2017!
I'll probably wait until January 7th or so to actually do the lottery (assuming we get over 150 cards) just to make sure we don't miss any one.
At this time, I won't be accepting any late cards or email grovels this year. I tried to accomodate as many folks as possible last year and (mainly due to my own bad organizational skills) it became a headache keeping things straight. Depending on how the last bit goes maybe I'll come up with something, but not a given.
Have a great rest of the year 2016 and a boffo start to 2017!
Friday, December 23, 2016
List of Lottery Entrants
**Update** The final list of entrants... deciding if I bother with the lottery pomp and circumstance or just let everyone in. I know for a fact that 20-30 people will invariably dropout before the day... so we'll always end up below the 150
To those that sent in a card late. You'll get put on the waiting list and I'll pop you onto the roster as people drop off.
NOTE THAT THIS ISN'T THE OFFICIAL RACE ROSTER YET!
in alphabetical order of your last name:
For sure waiting list:
To those that sent in a card late. You'll get put on the waiting list and I'll pop you onto the roster as people drop off.
NOTE THAT THIS ISN'T THE OFFICIAL RACE ROSTER YET!
in alphabetical order of your last name:
| Abel, Matthew |
| Anderson, Bruce |
| Anderson, Jon |
| Backman, Daniel |
| Bakker, Carl |
| Barr, Megan |
| Bell, Pete |
| Belz, Rob |
| Benton, Joel |
| Berhane, Hanah |
| Berkland, Sam |
| Birkemeier, Ryan |
| Braasch, Grant |
| Brown, Derek |
| Bushendorf, Jeff |
| Bushinski, Mark |
| Callas, Bill |
| Carey, Andrew |
| Carlton, Philip |
| Carroll, Paul |
| Cary, Neal (O) |
| Casey, Mike |
| Clark, James |
| Clausen, Ted |
| Condon, Cody |
| Cotter, Shawn |
| Cox, Ben |
| Cure, Bob |
| Curtis, Rick |
| Dana, Kevin |
| Davis, Kyle |
| Deckert, Steven |
| DeMars, Joe |
| Denis, Charles |
| Denis, Matt |
| Dingemans, Max |
| Donovan, Jack |
| Doom, Ben |
| Dorow, Linda |
| Dresler, Dennis |
| Earley, Ken |
| Egbers, John |
| Eikenberry, Nicole |
| Eising, Scott |
| Eklund, Lukas |
| El Medkouri, Mohammed |
| Elson, Brandt |
| Engen, Mark |
| Engen, Matt |
| Erickson, Thomas |
| Estes, Lynn (???) |
| Everstone, Hurl |
| Fetzer, Matt |
| Foster, Todd |
| Fournier, Maggy |
| Funke, Dan |
| Gaffke, Dustin |
| Greenwaldt, Tyler |
| Gruhn, Leah |
| Hamlin, Joe |
| Hathaway, Eric |
| Haye, Jeff |
| Hedin, Cory |
| Hest, Robert |
| Hey, Ben |
| Hippen, Scott |
| Hoffard, Timothy |
| Hoogendam, Ian |
| Hunter, Melissa |
| Johnson, Kirk |
| Karnopp, Roger |
| Karow, Eddie |
| Kern, Jon |
| Kies, Scott |
| Knox, Dave |
| Kueffer, Dan |
| Kueffer, Fred |
| Lalonde, Mark |
| Landreville, Michael |
| Larson, Mara |
| Lee, Mike |
| Lewis, Jared |
| Lewis, Tim |
| Lien, Brent |
| Lindberg, Gary |
| Loosen, Ted |
| Loye, Jon |
| Mailen, Sean |
| Malanaphy, Maury |
| Matalamaki, John |
| Mayer, Fred |
| McDaniel, Kent |
| Meiser, Joe |
| Meulebroeck, Scott |
| Mohr, Jere |
| Mosimann, Rob |
| Nederloe, Tryg |
| Nichols, Joel |
| Nickles, Ray |
| Nygård, Jonas |
| O'Neill, Jeff |
| Parenteau, Roger |
| Parsons, Charles |
| Peterson, David |
| Peterson, Erik |
| Peterson, Paul |
| Pettes, Jeff |
| Phernetton, Michael |
| Pletka, Bruce |
| Rambow, Meredith |
| Rasmussen, Bryce |
| Raygor, Trenton |
| Reitz, Andrew |
| Riley, Matt |
| Ringold, Tom |
| Ringuette, Jim |
| Roenfanz, Parker |
| Roeser, Josh "Pork Chop" |
| Rogers, Cole |
| Sauber, Larry |
| Schad, Charlie |
| Schlinz, Kyle |
| Schneider, Jay |
| Schneider, Joshua |
| Schulz, Thad |
| Seaburg, Mark |
| Seipp, Carrie |
| Sheedy, Patrick |
| Sheldrake, John |
| Shepherd, Bob |
| Shouse, Corey |
| Shupe, Jeff |
| Sobota, Kyle |
| Soltis, Steve |
| St. Pierre, Sam |
| Strachan, David |
| Stringfield, Ryan |
| Stuckman, Chris |
| Stunek, Kurt |
| Sundquist, Christian |
| Thornton, Jeremy |
| Thueringer, Frank |
| Tiede, Travis |
| Tobias, Sam |
| Tuma, Robert |
| Van Ryswyk, Jeremie |
| Venteicher, Lee |
| Ward-Packard, Ezra |
| Watchmaker, Todd |
| Watercott, Mike |
| Webb, Matt |
| Weeks, David |
| Weinzierl, Andy |
| Weisbrod, Heath |
| Wentz, Lindsay |
| Wentz, Nathan |
| Williams, Rob |
| Wilson, Drew |
| Wolf, Charles |
| Woll, Dan |
| Woods, Brian |
| Worley, T.C. |
| Yore, Steve |
| Zylstra, Ken |
For sure waiting list:
| Jungers, Jake |
| Lageson, Andy |
| Lemke, Nicholas |
| Mandel, Jeff |
| Perez, Jose |
| Strate, Chelsea |
| Vold, Sveta |
Thursday, December 1, 2016
The 2017 Registration Post
Hi all!
This will be mostly a copy/paste job since no actual details have changed to get into the lottery.
Here are the details, from now until December 31 (postmarked by):
1 ) Please send a STANDARD POSTCARD to:
Ragnarok 105 c/o
Isaac Giesen
428 Franklin St.
Red Wing, MN 55066
2) NOTE that I said STANDARD POSTCARD. This does not mean a randomly sized chunk of cardboard, or a slip of paper in an envelope. Go out to countless places and buy a postcard. We will be holding a random lottery style drawing and no one will get preferential treatment (outside of the previous winners or those who have been through all of the editions of the 'Rok. Goofy sized cards stack the deck one way or the other...
3) On the postcard, please LEGIBLY write out the following:
Your Name
Your Email Address
and the statement "I am responsible for myself"
I'll start a post that will list everyone who has gotten into the lottery. Don't be worried yet, I'll try and do it this weekend (work is crazy busy).
4) Black Friday is the first day that I'll "accept" cards, and you have until December 31 to have your card postmarked and on its way to Red Wing.
5) I'm not actually a total stickler for the rules, but we really do appreciate not getting random little bits of paper with names, oddly shaped chunks of cardboard, etc. It just makes things easier for us.
6) You must send in a card YOURSELF! If I see that the same person has sent in multiple cards for different folks, then those cards are going in the trash. There is a requirement to write out "I am responsible for myself" and it pretty much defeats the purpose of that if you can't even be bothered to send in your own card.
7) We will cap the roster at 150 riders. So there is a chance that the lottery will not be needed. If we have more than 150 cards, the drawing will take place a week or so after the new year. I will keep all those not pulled in the lottery on a waiting list. Last year EVERYONE on the waiting list got in (though some were very late notice so couldn't make it).
8) Previous winners still need to send in a card. You just won't go into the drawing (this goes for Men and Women)
9) I think that is it. Ask questions if you have any.
10) Happy Holidays!
This will be mostly a copy/paste job since no actual details have changed to get into the lottery.
Here are the details, from now until December 31 (postmarked by):
1 ) Please send a STANDARD POSTCARD to:
Ragnarok 105 c/o
Isaac Giesen
428 Franklin St.
Red Wing, MN 55066
2) NOTE that I said STANDARD POSTCARD. This does not mean a randomly sized chunk of cardboard, or a slip of paper in an envelope. Go out to countless places and buy a postcard. We will be holding a random lottery style drawing and no one will get preferential treatment (outside of the previous winners or those who have been through all of the editions of the 'Rok. Goofy sized cards stack the deck one way or the other...
3) On the postcard, please LEGIBLY write out the following:
Your Name
Your Email Address
and the statement "I am responsible for myself"
I'll start a post that will list everyone who has gotten into the lottery. Don't be worried yet, I'll try and do it this weekend (work is crazy busy).
4) Black Friday is the first day that I'll "accept" cards, and you have until December 31 to have your card postmarked and on its way to Red Wing.
5) I'm not actually a total stickler for the rules, but we really do appreciate not getting random little bits of paper with names, oddly shaped chunks of cardboard, etc. It just makes things easier for us.
6) You must send in a card YOURSELF! If I see that the same person has sent in multiple cards for different folks, then those cards are going in the trash. There is a requirement to write out "I am responsible for myself" and it pretty much defeats the purpose of that if you can't even be bothered to send in your own card.
7) We will cap the roster at 150 riders. So there is a chance that the lottery will not be needed. If we have more than 150 cards, the drawing will take place a week or so after the new year. I will keep all those not pulled in the lottery on a waiting list. Last year EVERYONE on the waiting list got in (though some were very late notice so couldn't make it).
8) Previous winners still need to send in a card. You just won't go into the drawing (this goes for Men and Women)
9) I think that is it. Ask questions if you have any.
10) Happy Holidays!
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