Registration

This, as of March 10:  Registration is now absolutely closed… unless you’re a Vet and you don’t mind the buckets of Boner Minutes for dragging your ass, er, sorry, feet for so long before entering when all the other folks did, but if you don’t try before Monday, March 14, you’re welcome to come watch, but not enough time to work you into the game itself…  Send a separate note to the Buffoon on point to work out the details of your delinquent addiction.  There ya have it…  ow-WOOOOO!!

$317.17 for 100M ($247.47 for Vets not wanting a jacket), $284.84 for 100K ($216.16 for Vets not wanting a jacket).  If you’ve not done C2M before, you do NOT have the option of lower fee without jacket.  When registering, don’t blow off giving history of recent runs, as that information is central to calculating your Start Group time; and if random searches on other sites produces times you don’t disclose, you can only guess how that might affect the math… and the instant award of boner minutes!

Within the Registration fees above, $45 from each 100K entry fee and $60 from each 100M entry fee will be dedicated as “Event Operations” — that means expenses associated with putting you on the trail (USFS permit included), maintaining your well-being while on the trail (don’t go thinking you’re absolved of self-responsibility on this issue…), and recognizing trail performances (“awards” in a very loose fashion).  All other costs, as noted below, constitute hospitality and ancillary costs for staging an event that’s not quite like most others:  find a “fat ass” and you won’t get a T, much less a jacket; or, how many events offer both pre- and post-run feeds?  Read on…

Your entry includes yummy pre- and post-race meals; nifty Patagonia technical shirt and your soon-to-be-most-favorite jacket (check the Goodies section to see what was offered for 2010, as hint of what’s in store for 2011); a really snazzy buckle (for newbie finishers of the 100M (once you’ve earned one, that’s your single C2M hardware claim to infamy); a splendid assortment of tasty yet marginally nutritious treats at strategic aid stations; and perhaps another swell surprise of much greater value than the stuff we normally scour from thrift store shelves (collecting Coyote goodies is a year-long excursion).

Add to that mix what our sponsors cough up for your consumption, and you’ll be busy explaining to your seatmates on the flight home just what you did to earn such bounty (oh, go ahead, embellish a bit…)

If your wallet/purse burped loudly over the entry fee, then you haven’t been paying attention to other comparable events’ fees, none of which offer up as much in quality/goodies as this one…  And if you just don’t want all that extra stuff, then please choose to spend your money elsewhere – if you’re going to shortchange yourself on the event amenities, you probably wouldn’t enjoy all the other stupidity we invite our Coyotes to enjoy, either.

Too, a part of each entry will aggregate to a donation (hopefully near $1000) to Thacher School (www.thacher.org) as appreciation for their letting us base from their grounds.

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