December 21, 2009 by checkpointtracker
The opening line of text on the About page on the Checkpoint Tracker website says:
Checkpoint Tracker represents the evolution of competitive Adventure Racing in the United States. It is a fresh start…a break from the status quo…a new vision for the future of the sport.
Checkpoint Tracker was re-launched on October 17th, 2009 with 41 Events on the calendar. Since then we’ve added 31 Events and have more in the pipeline. We will probably end up at 80 or more races when the dust settles.
Nearly 500 adventure racers have created profiles for more than 150 teams.
I’ve lost track of the number of emails and phone calls I’ve gotten in which racers have expressed excitement about the 2010 racing season and have said flat out that they are basing their entire schedule on Checkpoint Tracker events.
We’re busy putting the finishing touches on site enhancements like online registration, event coverage and rankings. Each of these are critical components of our larger vision. Once we get these new features deployed and smoothed out we’ll be moving to more fun stuff like improving Racer and Team profiles.
Remember that in order to earn Checkpoint Tracker points and be ranked, your Team MUST be registered on the site. That means every member has Signed Up, created a profile, been added to the Team and that you’ve completed your Team Schedule by adding the Events you plan to attend.
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November 25, 2009 by checkpointtracker
We had several folks report that their Racer profiles weren’t showing up on the Racers page. We finally got to the bottom of the problem and just rolled out a fix.
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November 23, 2009 by checkpointtracker
In order to receive points for any Checkpoint Tracker Event your Team MUST create a Team profile at CheckpointTracker.com and add that Event to your Team Schedule BEFORE the official Start time as listed on the Event’s Checkpoint Tracker profile.
If you have not created a Team profile and added a given Event that your Team is competing in before that Event starts…your Team WILL NOT be granted points for that Event.
You will not be allowed to add an Event to your Team Schedule after the Event has started and we will not make adjustments to the distribution of points after the Event Promoter has entered final results into Checkpoint Tracker.
More information coming soon
In the sprint leading up to launching the site and in the weeks since we’ve been focusing on site functionality, including the soon to be released Event Registration module, and have not done as good a job as we would have liked explaining such things as:
- How many Racers can be on a Team?
- How are points allocated if my Team competes in more then one Division?
- Exactly how does a Team qualify for the Checkpoint Tracker National Championship?
These and myriad other questions will be answered in detail when we post the final Rules which we are working hard to finalize now.
For the time being you should focus on what we’ve stated above:
In order to receive points for any Checkpoint Tracker Event your Team MUST create a Team profile and add that Event to your Team Schedule BEFORE the official Start time as listed on the Event’s Checkpoint Tracker profile.
If you have a burning question that can’t wait until the final Rules are published please feel free to email us at admin@checkpointtracker.com at any time…we’d love to hear from you and we’ll do our best to give you whatever information we can.
Thanks again for you interest in our efforts to revolutionize competitive adventure racing in the United States. We look forward to seeing you at Nationals next November.
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November 13, 2009 by checkpointtracker
We’re still 63 days away from the North Georgia Adventure Race, the first event in the 2010 Checkpoint Tracker adventure racing season, and nearly 300 racers have signed up and created more than 100 Team profiles.
What makes a good Team profile?
- A team logo or photo
- Your teammates’ Racer profiles
- A completed Team Schedule
- A Twitter widget
- An RSS feed of your Team blog
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