Hi Pain-people!
 
My how time flies.  The 2010 Painathlon field continues to grow with several teams added this week. 
 

How to donate
If your contacts are wondering how to sponsor you for the Painathlon there are a few ways.
1) Painathlon Website - got to 'Donate' and you'll find a link to the Variety WA donation page (minimum $20 for online tax-receipt).
2) Fwd the direct Variety WA link https://www.varietywa.org.au/donate
3) Collect cash and hand in on August 1st (or even Competitor Briefing, Jul 26th if you're super-organised) 
4) Cheque made out to Variety
 
Variety will provide tax receipts for your sponsors if you can provide their details.  A convenient way to keep track is by downloading the paper entry form which includes a sponsor table (under 'resources' and '2010 Entry form' - or direct via
http://www.painathlon.com/2010-entry-form) . 

• DO arrive by 6.30am latest for the 7am start - never a good beginning to a Painathlon running from the carpark onto the beach after the pack.
• DO stay on the right side footpath for your 3 Mount St laps not the road - It doesn't look good when 40 people are holding up residents cars on the hill.
• DO head direct for Jacobs Ladder if it's gone 4pm and you're still in the hills - We want everyone on the ladder before sunset not out on course.  The Painathlon challenge is to complete as much as you can between dawn and dusk.
• DO contact a support car (phone number will be on back of racecard) and ideally a marshall if you're pulling out for any reason on the day
• DO be self sufficient on the day - Save water refills and lunch refuelling stop bring what you need for nutrition / fluid

• DON'T run red lights during the cycles, obey normal road rules - We're a rare event being allowed to operate under road rules for the cycle so don't abuse the privilege.  Immediate disqualification for anyone caught or witnessed.
• DON'T sit on the road (literally) at 'The Truth' (no.6) recharge stop.  Sounds obvious but not to some tired souls last year.  We'll have the racks and tables set further back from the road to discourage this.

**Competitor Briefing / racetop-racecard handout**
If possible keep monday July 26th free to attend the competitor briefing and collect your racetop/racecard.
 
The pre-briefing is your annual chance to be

• taken through the Painathlon challenge by challenge
• get the heads up on any last minute information/changes
• ask any questions of me and clear up any uncertainties

 
I aim to keep it brief and volunteers are also invited to get a handle on how the event works (have any of you tried explaining the concept of Painathlon to anyone?!).
 
As part of smoothing out the on day registration we aim to have all racecards and tops ready to hand out at the pre-briefing, so that come the morning of August 1st, you can rock up, get ticked off and go.
 
Naturally, not everyone will be able to make it there so the fallback will always remain to collect on August 1st at rego (just allow extra time)
 

• Date - Monday July 26th
• Time - 7-9pm
• Location - Upstairs lecture theatre, Notre Dame Uni School of Medicine, 38 Henry St, Fremantle
• Street parking available

 
Hope to see many of you there

Timing
One casualty this year has been the Sport Ident chip timing.  We're unable to rent the set from Orienteering WA this year as they're being used and we haven't managed to locate an alternative set as yet.
So, it will be back to the slightly less accurate marshall timing system for this year, unless something comes up quite shortly.
If any of you have Sport Ident timing system contacts I don't have, we're all ears!
 

 

 
Once more, get on your bike and get those entries in!
 
cheers
 
Jono Hague
Team Pain