UTMB etc 2012

[MorganW]

Registration opens on 16 December. Details here:

http://www.ultratrailmb.com/page/139/Enrolment.html

For anyone relying on a Bob Graham completion during 2010 or 2011, details of all successful completions up to and including member number 1710, Gary Thorpe, have been provided to the UTMB organisers.

Morgan

[Dave Hardy]

Not sure if anyone would know the answer to this; when you enter the draw for a place in the various UTMB races, does exceeding the minimum point total give you more chance of obtaining a place, with your application perhaps being seen to have more ‘merit’ as it were, or is it instead a case of everybody who meets the minimum standard being put into a hat and then it’s purely a matter of chance?

[BritNick]

I suspect it's the latter, Dave.

[tomphillips]

I think the latter, otherwise there would be people doing all events possible to get huge numbers of points. I only have 6 points, despite doing BG X 2, Ramsay and Paddy B.

[Derby Tup]

Is there a list of UK races which count towards one's points total? I had a quick look at the UTMB web-site and it didn't seem to show which events count; only confirm the number of points if you put in a race that's a counter

EDIT:

I found this

[MorganW]

I was about to post the full list, but they seem to have switched over to a search type proposition instead:

http://www.ultratrailmb.com/page/87/...ing_races.html

The full list was getting rather unmanageable mind.

Just tested the search function and it does produce answers.

The more helpful thing is that the on-line entry form often recognises names and brings up the associated qualifying data automatically.

[MorganW]

I found this

I guess if they don't move back to a complete listing anywhere on the UTMB site, this will become out of date in due course.

The UK "list" has grown quite considerably in recent years.

[MorganW]

Registration now open:

http://www.ultratrailmb.com/page/139/Enrolment.html

Link right at the bottom of this page.

[Dixie]

Help what dose general classification mean trying to sign up.

[Britta]

Thanks Morgan! My 'no ultras in 2011' mantra went straight out of the window and i pre-registered for the TDS - no idea how that happened!
Britta