I would like to do Challenge Roth next year, and I guess many of you do too. I have heard that it sells out incredibly fast, so I would like to know how the pre-registration works to have a better chance to get in.
Any who have already done Challenge Roth can give us some tips? That would be great.
1 - I know the pre-registration opens next Monday at 10:00 German time, but now I could not find any link for it on their website, just the “Application” section with some information. Will there be a link on the website when the pre-registration opens?
Or is the pre-registration through a different link? I found this one in google, which seems legit and says when the pre-registration will open: http://roth-preregister.r.mikatiming.de/2017/
2 - If the pre-registration is through the previous link, are there different registration processes for German and International participants? According to that website, it appears so, although that seems a bit weird to me.
Also, this website lets you try to pre-register if you do it as International, but it says the race is already fully booked. However, if you try to pre-register as a German participant, it says the pre-registration will open next Monday at 10:00.
Please let me know your specific questions. The link to register doesn’t become live until 10:00 CET, and then you have about 19 seconds (if you are lucky) to get it done. Basically just your name and e-mail as I recall and then they send you a link to register and pay. I got set up last year with 3 computers at 4:00 EDT and had family lined up the fill them out as fast as possible…one got in!
To answer your Qs:
The link does not actually appear until exactly 10:00 CETThe process is the same, they just go into different grouping electronically on their end - I believe international had a second or 2 longerThe race is “booked” until those online slots open up . . . there were the first 1000 spots available and taken on site Monday morning (line started at 10:00 pm race day!)
It is the experience of a lifetime that I have had 7 times (so far!).
As said above plus it might help to have your email copied to just paste it in or if your family name is longer or anything. I’m not sure but you maybe need to fill in the date of birth too, but that’s about it as I remember.
Good luck to get into that awesome race.
Please let me know your specific questions. The link to register doesn’t become live until 10:00 CET, and then you have about 19 seconds (if you are lucky) to get it done. Basically just your name and e-mail as I recall and then they send you a link to register and pay. I got set up last year with 3 computers at 4:00 EDT and had family lined up the fill them out as fast as possible…one got in!
To answer your Qs:
The link does not actually appear until exactly 10:00 CETThe process is the same, they just go into different grouping electronically on their end - I believe international had a second or 2 longerThe race is “booked” until those online slots open up . . . there were the first 1000 spots available and taken on site Monday morning (line started at 10:00 pm race day!)
It is the experience of a lifetime that I have had 7 times (so far!).
My wife and I both want to race.
Does that mean that we can signup first with name and email and then if we are both lucky enough to get a link emailed to us, then we pay. Otherwise if only one gets in, we can decline and not proceed with payment.
A couple of years ago we both tried to signup for Arizona, she got in, I didnt, so I had sHerpa duties.
Travelling to Europe, we’d like to make aure we both race.
Yes, I believe that is what that means. It was a 2 step process. There is a time limit on step 2 . . . end of the week or something like that. great race to try to do with a spouse and yes you can decide if both get in at step 2.
Looks like I got in… I’ve been thinking about making my full distance debut in 2017 for a few weeks now, so I figured I’d give the Roth registration a go and to my surprise, it worked. Nothing special, just me at the kitchen table at 10AM local time (Netherlands, Europe), worked on the first try.
Been doing triathlon for five years now, mostly sprints and OD races, did 3 half distance races (1 in '12 and 2 in '13), but this is the real thing! Daunting and a little scary, but excited…
Last year I had 4 computers set up with kids fired up and ready the moment it opened. Last year I believe it filled in 19 seconds. I’m not sure this year but I have been hearing as short as 5! Truly it is the greatest triathlon there is!
In 2013, i had the same experience. Up right when it opened, locked out immediately. Ended up doing IM Copenhagen instead. That was a good time but twice in a row now has me frustrated.
I tried and failed… They threw a curveball in on me, I stumbled when it asked for Nationality, it was automatically set on Duetchland, so I clicked the down arrow to change it and there was nothing to change it to… So I tried it again, same thing, so I left it as is and moved on… I guess that ate up a couple seconds, oh well.
Did I miss something? I clicked the link at 3:55 central time and they already said it was full… When I looked it up 10:00 CET was supposed to be 4:00 Central time…
Sounds like you missed it by a hour… It was 4am eastern time
I almost made the same mistake. I tried googling “Convert 10 AM CET to EST” and it told me 5:00 AM. The very first response said “5:00 AM Monday ET”
But apparently things are a little more complicated than that. If you actually go to the trouble of entering data into an online calculator, most of them will tell you 4:00AM. I would like to be able to say, “fortunately I did that and got in” but nope. Even being ready at 4:00 AM was not enough for me.
Apparently there is a Central European Summer Time (CEST), and I am guessing that is where I messed up… even though it is posted on their website at 10:00 CET… Oh well… I guess I will give it a shot on December 6th and if that doesnt work again next year.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one the got the drop down menu containing only one country. Not sure if it would have matter as the computer was dead set on auto correcting my last name.
I guess I was lucky to get in. Good luck to those who didn’t in December 6th, from what I hear the race is really worth it!
A question for those that have already done the race: during the registration process they try to sell you a lot of merchandising. Can this merchandise be bought later during the race, at the expo? I would like to get some, but would prefer to buy it on site next year.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one the got the drop down menu containing only one country. Not sure if it would have matter as the computer was dead set on auto correcting my last name.
That issue had to do with one of the questions I posted when opening this thread, apparently there were two different registration links, one just for Germans and one for Internationals. You probably used the one for Germans, and that’s why you could only choose Germany as your country. The proper registration link showed this, allowing you to choose between the different categories:
I’ve been thinking about making my full distance debut in 2017 for a few weeks now, so I figured I’d give the Roth registration a go and to my surprise, it worked. Nothing special, just me at the kitchen table at 10AM local time (Netherlands, Europe), worked on the first try.
