2011 Great TB Race - news

[+TripCyclone]

After two years of running the Great TB Race, we are now beginning to look at the 2011 race. Before we do that, we need to take care of one critical piece of information...the starting location.

 

Each year, we have held the start of the race in a different location. The first year was a large cache in Kansas City, MO. The 2nd year was a more successful start with a New Year's Day event in Dallas, TX. We would like to continue with the idea of hosting a New Year's Day event as a way to release all racing travel bugs. This is where you come in.

 

We are looking for a volunteer to host the event. The event can be organized however you want, provided that one of the main goals is the release of the TB's. The extra effort will come in the time before the race. As the host of the starting event, the easiest way to ensure that all racing TB's are in place for the event is for you to be the receiving point for all racing TB's. In other words, entrants will ship their entries to you. You would need to take a photo of each item and make a list of all tracking numbers to be sent to me. You would also be attaching the official race tags, but you will not be responsible for making them. I will do that and send them to you.

 

As a "payment", so to speak, for your efforts, you will receive two free entries to the race. This means I send you two travel bugs that you can use to enter the race, one for you and one for someone of your choosing.

 

If you might be interested, check out the official announcement for some extra details. If you decide you would like to submit your city, post a comment there with the name of your city. Please do this before the end of Friday, September 24th. On Saturday, we will open up voting to decide the starting location.

 

And for those of you who might be interested in entering the race, bookmark the site and we hope to have an announcement about registration sometime during the first week of October.

 

Oh yeah, currently, the following cities have been submitted:

Tampa, FL

Anchorage, AK

Toronto, Canada

[+TripCyclone]

Voting for the starting location of the 2011 Great TB Race has opened. ALL votes will count, even if you don't plan on entering the race. Voting will end at 10 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 28th. This vote will help to determine where the race will start at.

 

To participate, go to The 2011 Great TB Race Vote.

 

Thank you to all who vote. This is an important step in setting up next year's race. Stay tuned for an announcement on when registration will begin.