Australian Centurion Club 2010 24 hour walk

The next Australian Centurions 24 Hour Walk will be held in conjunction with the Coburg 24 Hour Carnival on 17-18 April 2010. The carnival is actually spaced over two weekends with 6 Hour walk/run events being held on Sunday 7 March and the 24 Hour walk/run events in April.

Both the 6 Hour walk and the 24 Hour walk are held on a 400m athletics track in Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne.

The events were opened on Thursday 1 October 2009 and we are now taking entries. As this is a very popular carnival, potential entrants are advised to enter early.

The 24 Hour Walk event includes Racewalking Australia 100 km Walk Championships for men and women. These additional championships are run under the auspices of the Australian Federation of Race Walking Clubs. The walks are judged according to Centurion rules rather than the stricter racewalking rules.

How do I enter the 100 km Australian Walk Championship?
Any walkers who enter the 24 Hour event are automatically entered in the 100 km Australian Walk Championship at no additional cost.

Dates	Sunday 7 March 2010 - 6 Hour Walk and Run Sat 17 - Sun 18 April 2010 - 24 Hour Walk and Run
Where	Harold Stevens Track Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Start Times	6 Hour Race: 8AM start, Sunday 7 March 2010 24 Hour Races: 10AM start, Saturday 17 April 1010
Finish Time	6 Hour Race: 2PM finish, Sunday 7 March 2010 24 Hour Races: 10AM finish, Sunday 18 April, 2010
Entries	To Tim Erickson 1 Avoca Cres Pascoe Vale Victoria, 3044 Australia
Where do I get an entry form?	Right here => coburg2010_eform.pdf

While our events have Public Liability Insurance, we do not offer anything in the way of Personal Accident Insurance. In the event that you suffer an injury during our event and subsequently incur either medical expenses or time off work, it comes out of your pocket. But I can advise that AURA does offer this benefit to its members. Since our event is an accredited AURA race, that means that if you are a current AURA member, you are covered in this regard (subject to the conditions of the AURA coverage). Therefore I recommend AURA membership to any Australian competitors who regularly compete in these ultra events and I refer you to their website at http://www.aura.asn.au

I must also alert you to a second matter of importance, given the possibility of hot weather, especially on the day of the 6 Hour event. With this in mind, we have formulated the following statement of intent

If the forecast is for extremely hot weather on the day of the race, we reserve the right to postpone the event to either later in the day or to a different day. As per the guidelines issued by Sports Medicine Australia, we regard extreme conditions as conditions where the forecast temperature is expected to be 35 C or higher. Such a decision would normally be made on the morning of the race. For further reading on this matter, you are referred to Hot Weather Guidelines

This is just a hands up in case the worst happens and is an indication of the fact that ultra race organisers will increasingly have to factor such a 'duty of care' into their race plans. Note that we have never had to implement this crisis plan.