So I marked my calender to sign up for the Westchester Tri. As I said before, I have not done the race since 2004 since it keeps selling out. I used to sign up for the race the week before (and that was in 2002, 2003 which is not ancient history).
So I grabbed my sleeping bag and headed outside to spend the night near the cyber ticketmaster. It really felt like getting tickets to a rock concert that was expected to sell out quickly.
I asked Mike to get them, but he can not access these types of things at work. So I rushed home between school and my home care cases to buy them. I checked at 1:50 and discovered the entry fee was $175. WTF!!!! That was almost triple the fee we paid 4 years ago! I called Mike to confer, and he called me back at 2. When I logged back in, THE EVENT WAS SOLD OUT :(
They really need a lottery, or at least open registration on a Sat so everyone would have a fair chance entering the race. I sent a whiny email to the race director, and now we are on a waiting list. Oh wait, I could have signed up and paid $300 for a charity slot. They also had $500 slots selling a training program. I wonder how many of those they reserved. It is so crazy. What are they, Golden circle entries? I think for $300 I should get a message on the run every mile (or a push).
So enough of my whining, at least I saved us 350 dollars!
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