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IMC 2014 Team Dinner
I'm in charge of organizing the team dinner.
1. Make sure to fill out the Event spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...eb#gid=126
2. Dinner will be Thursday night (unless Friday would be more preferable).
3. Thinking Italian or Irish/English pub/brewhouse place might be the easiest.
4. I'd like a firm headcount by June 12th.
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Bob, Melissa and I won't be arriving in Whistler till Friday.
what does the rest of Team IM CA think?
Thanks Bob. Wasn't aware of that. Unfortunately we don't get in until Friday. Since we are taking 2 weeks off afterwards, work wouldn't allow us to take more time off on the front end. Otherwise we would've been there a day earlier
Just have your packets picked up by 5pm Friday (at least that was the time last year) or neither of you are racing.
Packet pickup for full Ironman races is at least two days before the race.
I contacted the IM headquarters this morning to ask about this. They referred me to Dave Mucyk, the IM Canada race director. I emailed him and I am waiting on a response. If all goes according to plan, we should be able to be there before 5 pm on Friday. But you sure got myself and Melissa worried. I feel like I am pretty well informed on a lot of things Ironman thru the forums and coaches talks and all that, but this was the first time I heard of this. I know they advise to be on site either Wednesday or Thursday so then this wouldnt be an issue, however I have a feeling we are not the only ones out of all the competitors who may run into this problem.
It's a pretty hard fast rule and clearly mentioned in the athlete guide and event schedule. Granted, 2014 info isn't out yet but you can/should consult the prior year's schedule and guide as 99% of the info will be the same. Barring some kind of unforeseen or completely unexpected delay you will not get an exception, and even then you might not get one. Sorry to say but work won't give us the time off is generally not an exception as that's not an unforeseen or unexpected situation.
I realize this is your first one but the two-day prior packet pickup is a pretty well known and publicized thing.All that stated, I was actually granted an exception for IMFL in 2010 that I ended up not having to use. I was the lead FBI Agent for a federal trial that was originally set for August of 2010. The trial was delayed and was reset for the week of IMFL. Federal judges don't give a shit if you have an Ironman race to do and you adapt to their schedule whether you like it or not. That particular judge doesn't hold court on Friday so I was going to fly into Panama City on Thursday evening but the last packet pickup was at 5pm on Thursday (as IMFL is a Saturday race). I emailed the race director explained the situation and told him I would be in town Thursday night but just not by 5pm. Basically, I was going to meet up with one of his subordinates and get my packet Thursday night or Friday morning. The trial ended up getting delayed again until January so I didn't need to use my exception. Sure my exception was "work" related but I was also under Federal subpoena and all that.
You're doing the right thing by communicating with the RD. He will probably tell you tough shit but it's worth the chance.
http://www.mjg.ca/brewhouse/
6:00pm on Friday, July 25th. Reservation is under my name for now. I will switch it to EN when I get there. We have a headcount of 16 per the event spreadsheet. The reservation is for 20 so we have room for a few more.
I ate there twice when I was in Whistler last year. I liked it. They have a relatively diverse menu and it's a pretty big place (especially for Whistler). It kind of reminds me of the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants we have in the States.
Thanks for taking the time to figure this out Bob. See you in Whistler
Melissa and I were able to switch our flight to Thursday afternoon. We called AA earlier this week and nothing was available, called back today and it was available. What a stress relief!!