Registration for Freezing Saddles 2016 is now open!

[cvcalhoun]

Go to this link to register for Freezing Saddles 2016.

Registering is only the first step in entering. Please read this post for further steps, rules, etc.

If you have trouble with the form, please read the remainder of this post. If that doesn’t work, you can send me a private message.

Executive decisions have been made, after as much input as I could get given the short time involved:

• Slackers will not be able to sign up using the registration form. If you really want to be a slacker, you’ll have to wait until January, and then check the forum for how to sign up for the slackers’ Strava club. (There was no consensus on this one, but it seemed to be the best compromise among three positions that got pretty much equal numbers of votes.)
• People who have participated in past years, but have moved out of the area, will be permitted to participate.
• People will be permitted to request that they be put on a team with people in their geographic area.

Some things you might do will cause the form not to submit:

• If you fail to answer any of the questions marked with an *.
• If the Zip Code you enter is not in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.
• If you don’t check the box for “Are you really gonna play?”, the one for “Legal stuff,” or the one for “I’m not a robot.”
• If you select “I’m not really intending to participate in anything, so I’m not registering for Freezing Saddles” under “Will you participate in the reindeer games?”
• If you try to submit the form after the deadline (which is clearly stated on the page, along with a countdown timer). After the deadline, the form will change to one that indicates that you can still register, but may or may not be assigned to a team.

Some things you might do will not interfere with the form submission, but will get you laughed at by the people who have access to view the submissions:

• If you inaccurately state your FS2015 miles.
• If you submit more than once. If you need to make a change, just send me a private message, and I can fix it. We really don’t need two or three of you signed up.

If you need access to the form results, please send me a private message with your e-mail address and why you need access. I already sent a private message to Sunyata. However, Sunyata, if you’re out there and haven’t yet seen your private messages, please come to the white courtesy phone!

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[Steve O]

@cvcalhoun 129149 wrote:

… But I can take it out.

I’m torn between veracity and notoriety.

Maybe just change “weird” to “ingenius.”

[dkel]

@Steve O 129157 wrote:

I’m torn between veracity and notoriety.

Maybe just change “weird” to “ingenius.”

Is this the wrong time to point out that you misspelled ingenious?

[ShawnoftheDread]

@dkel 129160 wrote:

Is this the wrong time to point out that you misspelled ingenious?

[dkel]

Oh, I can definitely die in peace now!

[Vicegrip]

@Steve O 129157 wrote:

I’m torn between veracity and notoriety.

Maybe just change “weird” to “ingenius.”

@dkel 129160 wrote:

Is this the wrong time to point out that you misspelled ingenious?

Oh-my-Dog. I almost spat my afternoon coffee.

[cvcalhoun]

So let’s see, as to the pros and cons of leaving this the way it is:

Pros:

• Avoiding extra work.
• Ability to twit Steve O.
• Perhaps next year, people will pay attention when I request several times that they review the form before it goes final.

Con:

• Increased veracity.

Yeah, I’m not seeing a lot of benefits to changing it!

@Steve O 129137 wrote:

Hey I just signed up and saw this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10198[/ATTACH]

First, whatever systems I may come up with, they are not weird; they are genius. Second, it’s not actually true. Although I have proposed systems in the past, I have consistently been ignored in the end.

[Steve O]

@dkel 129160 wrote:

Is this the wrong time to point out that you misspelled ingenious?

It’s called irony

[consularrider]

@cvcalhoun 129184 wrote:

So let’s see, as to the pros and cons of leaving this the way it is:

Pros:

…
• … twit Steve O.
  …

Con:

• Increased veracity.

Yeah, I’m not seeing a lot of benefits to changing it!

As well as being weird?

[Vicegrip]

@Steve O 129195 wrote:

It’s called iorny

fxd?

[Boomer Cycles]

@Steve O 129137 wrote:

Hey I just signed up and saw this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10198[/ATTACH]

First, whatever systems I may come up with, they are not weird; they are genius. Second, it’s not actually true. Although I have proposed systems in the past, I have consistently been ignored in the end.

…and obtuse, opaque and idiosyncratic [emoji12]

[Raymo853]

Is it ok for those of us not joining the competition to join the Strava group? Plan to to Strava-stalk the proceedings.

[Anonymous]

@Raymo853 129262 wrote:

Is it ok for those of us not joining the competition to join the Strava group? Plan to to Strava-stalk the proceedings.

@Arlingtonrider 128951 wrote:

… slackers … limited to two or three time alumni or those who have made significant volunteer contributions…

Pretty sure you qualify. I won’t kick you off. (regardless of whether someone actually makes a slacker group that you can join).

…now SteveO you might need to worry about…

[cyclingfool]

So… first off. Hello everyone. I haven’t been on the forums in ages. My apologies. I trust you enjoyed my absence.

Secondly, and more importantly, I am trying to sign up for FS16. The registration form won’t accept my Strava number (83324), which is only five digits long. The form keeps insisting my Strava number have 6 digits (“at least 111111”). I tried adding a leading 0 so that the number was six digits long, but it still won’t take it. Suggestions???

[cvcalhoun]

Sorry, I didn’t know there were numbers that low. I’ve fixed it now. Can you please try again?
@cyclingfool 129313 wrote:

So… first off. Hello everyone. I haven’t been on the forums in ages. My apologies. I trust you enjoyed my absence.

Secondly, and more importantly, I am trying to sign up for FS16. The registration form won’t accept my Strava number (83324), which is only five digits long. The form keeps insisting my Strava number have 6 digits (“at least 111111”). I tried adding a leading 0 so that the number was six digits long, but it still won’t take it. Suggestions???

[hozn]

Yes, Strava numbers presumably start at 1. It is just an incrementing sequence so far as I can tell.

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