Dear Randonneurs, Please see latest updates on the Audax rules as mandated by Audax Club Parisien and for the PH1300 La Union. Please be guided accordingly.
1) SEASON DATE CHANGE. The Audax calendar now follows the calendar year. Prior to the 2024 season, the audax season would begin on November 1 of the previous calendar year and ends on October 31 of that calendar year. For example, the 2023 Audax season (a PBP year) started on November 1, 2022 and ended on October 31, 2023. Given this new change, the 2024 Audax Season is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. If you are vying for the Super Randonneur status for 2024, your Audax rides (200km, 300km, 400km and 600km) should be homologated within January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
These Audax rules are mandated by Audax Club Parisien and not just by Audax PH. This affects the entire randonneuring world. If it was up to Audax PH, the November and December 2023 rides should be counted as part of the 2024 Audax Season as a good way to transition to this new calendar system and to be considerate to those who did their rides in the months involved without prior notice of change from the greater organization. Just like some of you, I also did my 200km Audax Siargao in November 2023 and I am hoping this ride will be counted as part of the 2024 season. While we wait for the final decision and clarification on this matter, we want to be ready should the worse case scenario be upheld. With this, we are adding a few more rides in the 2024 season to be scheduled on July 27 and August 31 in Subic and on November 2 in Davao. Both Subic dates will have the 200km, 300km and 400km brevets in place. The Davao ride will have the 200km and 300km. For the past few weeks, we have been working and aligning these added changes in the calendar with SBMA, the LGUs, the Audax crew, the Centurion Cycling Club Mindanao and Audax Club Parisien.
We will be offering waived 200km/300km registration fees for those individuals who satisfy the following criteria:
1) They are truly vying for Super Randonneur status in 2024 and only needs this 200km/300km homologated ride that they have done last November/December 2023 to complete the SR requirements.
2) They are registered for the 600km Audax rides in Subic and Cebu or they also plan to register for the 600km Audax in Davao (September) and La Union (October).
3) They have finished the 200km/300km ride in November and December 2023. Finish here means that the ride has been homologated.
* What do you need to do to qualify for the waived registration fee? Simply email info@audax.ph that you are one of those affected and we will manually add you to the registration list for the July 27 or August 31 rides. We will open registration of these rides on June 1.
2) CLOSING OF INTERMEDIATE CHECKPOINTS. All our intermediate checkpoints have cut-off times for the Philippines where we have marshals waiting for participants. Should one arrive after the cut-off time where marshals are already gone, your checkpoint time can still be accounted for as long as you provide proof that you passed through there on that time and day. Not meeting the marshals at the checkpoint doesn't warrant a DNF (Did Not Finish). The intermediate checkpoint cut-off times serve as advisory to gauge if the participant can finish the entire distance within cut-off time. However, we have seen a few participants not meet a certain intermediate cut-off time but still finish the Audax ride within the time allowed. For the Philippines, as proof of passage beyond the intermediate checkpoint cut-off time, all you need to do is submit a selfie or a video showing that you are at that checkpoint with a proper timestamp showing date and time (this can be from your smartwatch or another phone or from your cyclo computer.
3) QUALIFYING RIDE FOR THE PH1300 LA UNION. Aspirants need to finish a homologated 600km Audax or a 1000km Audax or any Les Randonneurs Mondiaux event (1200km and beyond) within the 2024 season. Qualifying Rides should be done before September 30, 2024. Randonneurs who wish to participate in this ride will have to send their qualifying ride to info@audax.ph. We will be opening 50 slots for now for the registration of the PH1300 La Union any day now. You will have to "Request to Register" first and once you have submitted your qualifying ride to us, we will then allow the registration to proceed.