Ontario fees
Posted on February 21, 2009
Ok, I usually don’t put people on the spot, but I went to register for the Ontario race and gave up after I saw what my bill would be.
Granted that I efed up on the late registration, thus i will have to pay late fees (but then again, the cut off was 7 or 8 days before the race, which is also ridiculous cause even some stage races accept re a couple of days before it closes) and I want to do the 1/2/3, Cat 3 and the 30+, so my total would have been $61. Now add gas to that and we are close to hitting $100 for 1 day of racing. Taking into consideration that I will win no prize money so I will take the full hit, I am in for $100/day/racing.
I gotta tell you, that is going to be really hard to swallow. I just got done with my taxes (and maybe this is why i am so pissed off) and seeing how high those entry fees are after having to write uncle sam a check for some big bucks, I am having an even harder time to justify my racing.
Historically the first Ontario are really big races and I understand that they want to cover costs and make money, etc, etc, because that is what I am trying to do, but dang… If I decide to hit all Ontario I will be out close to $600 jut for that series. Add stage races, CBRs, local races and I will be joining Octomom in her misery.
Actually I wish I had 8 kids. It works out to having to pay NO TAXES at all. I know, you have 8 people to take care of, but still, it might be worth it.
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I think the math will work out better if you assume you are going to win.
what are you talking about Ron? The kids or the racing
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