Just two more sleeps until the 10th running of the Hout Bay Triple Trouble.
Please read carefully through the final details below, noting some important changes to the points allocation system :
- Starting time – 6 for 6:08 – please arrive early to sign in and make sure we have your cell number. Late arrivals = minus 200 points, not a good start…
- The Route – in the spirit of the run you must touch all 3 beacons. Simple and not negotiable. Suther and Judas have a small scramble to the beacon – yes, it has to be done.
- Venue – again we are very grateful to Velocity Sports Lab for the use of the gym and the Vida lounge area. (The Velocity Sports Lab is directly across the road from the Chapmans Peak Hotel)
- Supporters– friends, family & rent-a-crowd are welcome to join in the festivities – the best places to catch the action are at Vida and across the road at the Chapmans Peak Hotel. Again we remind you that these are upmarket establishments, we are privileged to have their support and your respect for this in behaving appropriately is appreciated.
- Food – Please remember a small contribution to the food table. (+ 200 points for the tastiest contribution)
- Shirts – a really stunning design this year thanks to JT, if you ordered please collect when you sign in at the start. If you did not order and would like one bring R 100, we might have one your size.
- Toilets – there are no toilets at the start so please go before you leave home. Toilets will be available once the gym has opened after 7am.
- Showers – if you don’t take pride in looking a like tattered, torn, and filthy trail goat that just stumbled out the bush back into civilisation there will be showers available in the gym. For when you are finished, not between peaks. Minus 10 points if you are caught scrubbing mud off. -20 points for removing blood. And -50 for putting plasters on. Rather use duct tape… +100 points
- Weather – the forecast is looking like we’re in for a stunner out there, clear and getting warmer as the day gets going so please carry enough liquid.
- Crying – tears shed through emotional self-doubt out there = -500 points. Those shed through genuine injury = points awarded based on how grim the wound looks with a max of 1000 points. No tears shed if you break a leg = 200 000 points and a signed Rambo poster. (think about this carefully though – see notes on safety and helicopter evacuation below). Breaking ribs and not crying – 1 million points per rib, and the opportunity to sign a poster of yourself to replace the Rambo poster above for next year. Good luck to the winner this year, who will walk away with a signed poster of Brian Keys from last year. Epic.
- Photographs – We do have a volunteer, Marius, who will be taking some of his usual spectacular shots out there, but please also arm yourself with a camera and shoot away in-between – it should be a pearler up there. Best photo of the day = +100 points and wins a bottle of cheap red wine and goes up on the website.
- Cut-off – there is no official cut-off but we would like to be done by 4:30 in time to catch kick-off at 5pm so please be realistic, in fairness to the organisers and helpers, about achieving this when you leaving for the final peak. Anyone in after 4:30 = minus 2000 points. Anyone in after 5pm = minus 2 millions points, and the opportunity to look for us at the Chappies Hotel.
- Prize-giving– this will take place at 3pm sharp so you can still get to the rugby on time. (If you’re still loitering at 5 the Chapmans Peak Hotel is a great spot to catch the action . If the Boks win every runner gets 5000 points, except those supporting NZ )
- Safety – *NB* – Please note – there are no marshalls to help you cross the roads, no kit-checks, no medics and no emergency rescue teams waiting on standby on this run – YOU ARE TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT – please DO NOT take chances, you are responsible for your own actions out there. Stupidity & recklessness = -10000 points. Having your mates carry you off the mountain = -20000 points. Pulling a Pikker-Washkansky manoeuvre (this is referred to as ‘getting lost’) = – 20000 points per detour. Helicopter evacuation = – 5 millions points and a bill from Search and Rescue to match, don’t even go there.
- Some notes on the route –
- Suther Peak – DO NOT bush-whack off the dunes to find a path. This is not negotiable and you will not be invited back next year. If you are unsure, follow someone who knows the route. There are two well established paths off the dunes, one right at the bottom and one at the top. You can go also go up Eustegia Way if you don’t want to get sand in your shoes (minus 1000 points)
- Judas Peak – please do not take the old path at the top – stick to the new path which is now very obvious and clear.
- Chapmans Peak – if you are keen to take a few kms of tar out of the equation you can run the contour path down Chappies instead of the road (and up if you’re really desperate), it will add a good half hour to your run but the scenery and waterfalls are well worth it.
- The Sunflower Fund – our goal every year is to cover the costs of testing a new donor which is R 2000. Currently our funds collected from the entries are just over R 1000. If you would like to contribute further towards this please let me know. One point for every extra R 1 donated.
The runner with the most points gets a handshake and guaranteed entry for next year
See you on Saturday!