Wilderman Triathlon Relay Option

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/26/2016 - 13:14

Hey ENDracers!

We hope this message finds you all well in the new year. We are getting ready for our first couple of races in 2016 with the Bikecicle fatbike race being first up on February 21. It will be starting and ENDing at Rhombus Guys Brewing Company in downtown Grand Forks. I wonder what they do at a brewing company?!? Join us to find out.

The primary purpose of this post is to let you all know that we are going to open up the infamous Wilderman to relay teams. We love the Pembina Gorge! We want as many people as possible to come up (down for our Canadian friENDs!) to experience the gorge so we’re going to open the race to relay teams of 2 or 3 racers. Think you have what it takes to swim and run, but not bike? Find a biker (or various combinations thereof)! If you are interested in joining a team, but can’t find someone of the right mindset to join you, please let us know. We can play matchmaker for you.

Check the website at http://thewilderman.com to sign up or for more details.

One more update is that we were able to secure Turtle River State Park as the HQ for END-SPAR! We haven’t had an adventure race out there for a few years, so it’ll be good to be back.

As always, if any questions, please email us at joel@endracing.com or matt@endracing.com.

Cheers!

ENDracing team

P.S. don’t forget about END-SURE on March 19! What will mother nature give us this year?

Nominate your 2016 END-WET Guest Swimmer

Submitted by beek on Wed, 12/23/2015 - 15:19

It's the most wonderful time of the year...watching the END-WET roster fill up with excited (terrified?) marathon swimmers from all over the country!

There's just one more thing we're lacking: a guest swimmer. If you've done the race before, you know that we've brought in one special guest each who can give a presentation to the group. We've picked people we think are ambassadors for the sport of open-water swimming in one way or another (sometimes by doing crazy things), but they've all been some of the most awesomely nice people we've ever met: Darren Miller, Jen Schumacher, Annaleise Carr, and Sarah Thomas.

This year, we're asking you, the swimming community, for your nominations. Who exemplifies OWS and/or marathon swimming to you? Who has a story to share, or exemplifies sport in a positive way? Send us an email (hello@endracing.com) and tell us who you're nominating and why. We'll pick someone* and cover their flight, lodging, and food while they're here.

Free race for the price of a short talk? Heck yeah.

2016 travel scheduling is happening now, so send in those nominations ASAP--we plan on figuring this all out by February. Email us here: hello@endracing.com.

Happy Nominating!

*Don't worry if you get nominated and weren't expecting a free trip to North Dakota: we're going to confirm all this stuff in private before announcing. :-)

Two More Races in 2016

Submitted by joel on Sat, 12/12/2015 - 12:34

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2016 is waiting for you.

Hello ENDracers,

All registrations are open, but we also have two more races to put on your calendars:

We have decided to put the Iceman Triathlon on hold for 2016. The timing of the race isn’t great for our crew this year but it won’t be gone forever. Instead of the Iceman, we are going to partner with the Northern Star Cycling Club to put on the Bikecicle fatbike race on Sunday, February 21. This will be a 15-20 mile race depending on how much snow we get and the route we can put together.

This year’s END-SPAR (spring primer adventure race) will be held May 7, 2016. The location isn’t confirmed yet (likely Turtle River State Park), but it will be close to Grand Forks again. This year’s race will be a 6-hour race, so hoping to attract a few more new teams to give the sport a try.

We are still trying to put together END-AR (our flagship adventure race) in late summer or fall, but no date or additional details are known yet.

As always, if you have questions please ask.

Cheers,
ENDracing team

Registration is Open!

Submitted by beek on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 00:00

Except for a few races, we're wide open for 2016! Check out the list to the right to see dates and prices.

END-SPAR is highly likely back at Turtle River State Park, we're just nailing things down. END-AR may happen this fall and be close to home in Grand Forks--that doesn't mean it will be easy!

As for the winter, we're this close (indicates small distance between fingers) to officially announcing what's going on in February. Keep in touch!

Checks? Check.

Submitted by beek on Fri, 11/27/2015 - 09:49

Don't worry, online registration isn't opening until December 1 (wait, that's coming up quick...).

We've always had the "unofficial" option of paying by check when you register, but mostly just for friends and family. Many people don't like using PayPal, however (even if they have an account), so we're going to try an experiment and allow payment by check when you register online. How does this work? When you check out, check, uh, the "Pay by check" box and then (this is the important part) mail us a check at the address on that page.

Although your registration will get into our system and you'll be added to the roster, you will NOT be officially registered until we deposit your payment. Payments must be postmarked before any price increases in order to get those savings.

Checks help us out, too. PayPal's transaction fee is 2.9% + $0.30 per order, which is built into the registration for each race. Those fees add up over several hundred orders a year, so any savings there, we like to use to keep race prices low.

As always, send your registration questions/issues to matt@endracing.com. Other questions and comments should go to hello@endracing.com so we can get them to the right person.