River Raid MTB Race 2008

Categories

Open/Pro	- This cat. is open to any age or gender competing for top 5 prizes (4 Laps)
Women	- This cat. is open to women of any age or gender (2 Laps)
Boys U20	- This cat. is for juniors 19 years or younger (2 Laps)
Men 20-39	- This cat. is for men ages 20 years to 39 years (2 Laps)
Men 40+	- This cat. is for Masters 40+ years (2 Laps)
Kids 4-6	- This cat. is for kids 4-6 years old (Distance and course to be determined)
Kids 7-10	- This cat. is for kids 7-10 years old (2 Laps on a shorter course)
Kids 11-15	- This cat. is for kids from ages 11-15 (3 Laps on a shorter course)

Registration

	Early Fee: (before Feb 10)	Late Fee: (after Feb 10)
Individual (16yrs. Plus):	$60 TT	$80 TT
Kids (15yrs & Under):	$20 TT	$30 TT

Registration can be made in person at any one of our registration locations listed below.
Registration Forms can also be mailed to the address below with a money order in the name of "Rainbow Warriors Triathlon Club".
Must be post dated before Feb. 10th '08 to qualify for "Early Fee".
Register Online using our online form - NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED

Locations:
Online (click here) - No credit card required. Pay on race day.
Penal Bike Shop - 8 Ramjohn Street, Penal - 647-4523
Corkie's - 6 Christina Court, Boissiere Vlg., Maraval
Geronimo's - 15 Pole Carew Street, Woodbrook - 622-2453
West Indies Cycles - 1 Church Street, St. James - 622-6453

Prizes

MEDALS FOR ALL FINISHERS
Open/Pro::	1st - Trophy & prize 2nd - prize 3rd - prize 4th - prize 5th - prize	Women & Men 20-39 Boys U19 Men 50+::	1st - Trophy & prize 2nd - prize 3rd - prize
Kids U.10 ::	1st - Trophy & prize 2nd - prize 3rd - prize	Kids U.16 ::	1st - Trophy & prize 2nd - prize 3rd - prize

Course Map

click on map

2008 Course will be similar to the WMJX course we ran in October 2007. There may be a few changes due to the rains and natural alterations.

We are going to try to have most of the course marked out by Sunday 10th February, and completed by Wednesday 13th February.

Thanks to Huffy from Trailing Edge for providing the map.

No. of laps required

2-4

Est. time per lap

25 minutes (For ages 16 years plus)

Terrain (16 yrs. +)

The race course for the River Raid MTB race is fun and is suited for skilled bikers as well as entry to medium level bikers. It is a combination of some single track through forested area, bamboo and technical dry river beds with fast ups and downs, ins and outs.

There is one technical switch back climb (approx. 100m). The course will be 2 and 3 loops clockwise because it flows better that way as you seem to be going downhill for most of the way. This course is generally fast and an awesome rush.

I would suggest you get there with enough time to do a warm-up lap. The race starts promptly at 9:30am.

How to get to race

Coming for Port of Spain:
Follow Wrightson Road heading West, passing West Mall on the left and continuing. Stay on the Western Main Rd. (you will go through Glencoe, L'Anse Mitan and Carenage). When you pass Pier 1 and reach the "island in the road", turn right onto Tucker Valley Road (the road just before "The Base" nightclub). Follow Tucker Valley Rd. until you see the park with huge Samaan Trees on the right. (approx. 2 miles)

Timing

Odessey Timing Company will be hired for race timing. This race will be done by an "Electronic Chip Timing System". For more details on electronic chip timing, visit their website at www.odesseytiming.com.

Check out the 2007 River Raid Results, 4 Lap Results / 2 Lap Results