Hard to believe that the year 2010 is almost here and that we are in the planning stages for our fourth Race the Phantom. I don’t think Nat and I thought we would be planning another one four years later. I can only speak for myself, but I am glad we are, I have enjoyed the ride so far.

What will the year 2010 bring to Race the Phantom (RTP)? Hopefully a larger field of racers. The growth and support that we have experienced with the race over the past three years has been great. The first RTP in 2007 had 5 teams participating, 2008 had 9 teams sign up and our best showing in 2009 had a turn out of 15 teams. Our racers came from NS, ON, QC, PE, and NB. What will next year bring? Maybe we can get a team or two from South of the border, I am working on Grant from Untamed New England to get some ideas on how to attract some of our US neighbors.

One thing we are going to focus on for 2010 is establishing a stronger support element to our event. Each year with more racers comes greater responsibility for Nat and I. At this time I think we are at a point where we need to form a committee or two to help deal with some of the details of hosting a 24 or 30hr event. If you are interested in helping us out over the next year with promotion, planning, or execution of those details, please get in touch with me, I would love to hear from you. This includes your ideas, if you have a way to make RTP better in 2010, let me know.

Now for some of the good stuff…..how long will RTP10 be? Will we return to our 24hr format or will we continue to add hours to the 30hr venue we offered in 2009? I guess you will have to keep up with this blog to know for sure. Until next time…..

Cheers

Troy

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