September 26, 2010 (Fernie, BC) – Registration opened on September 17th and the inaugural Furious3 is 80% sold out! Sign up while you can! Furious3 is a 3-day multistage mountain bike race hosted in beautiful Fernie, British Columbia. It is a race that caters to many different types of riders. Whether you need a warm up or training race for the one of the longer stage races, a shorter race to have a taste of multi day competition or you just don’t have the time or the money to invest in doing one of the longer multiday races then this is the perfect option for you.

The format of the Furious3 lends itself to a friends and family oriented event. What does that mean you ask? Well – your supporters can cheer you on throughout the days challenge. Once they’ve watched you ride out of sight they can either go out on the course and support you at various course lookouts or enjoy some time hiking, biking, golfing, white water rafting, shopping or whatever their hearts desire. And, with time to spare they can welcome you at the finish line as you collapse to the ground with a permanent smile on your face.

With Fernie as the host of Furious3 you have many, many accommodation and dining options to choose from. Whether you are roughing it at Fernie Mountain Provincial Campground or staying at a 5 star hotel. Maybe its eating hot dogs cooked over a campfire or dining at one of the many establishments that Fernie has to offer – or perhaps anything in between. The choices are yours to make. Bottom line, you make the Furious3 experience whatever you want it to be.

There are 6 different categories to choose from: Solo Male, Solo Female, 2 Man Team, 2 Women Team, Coed 2 Person Team and Relay Team. Pick your poison – so to speak! There is a limit of 200 entries plus 20 relay team entries. So you will want to sign up early for the Furious3 experience. Registration begins in September 17, 2010 at 12:01 am Mountain Time

Solo
Solo is pretty straight forward. Nobody to count on but yourself and the goal is just to get from the start to the finish as fast as you can. Solo will be broken down into 4 categories for prize purposes. They are;

– Women Open
– Women 40 +
– Men Open
– Men 40 +

2-Person Teams
This includes 2 Man, 2 Women and Coed. Both members of the team will ride the full day each day. The 2 team members may never be more than 2 minutes apart. There will be random checkpoints on the course. If they are found to be more than 2 minutes apart a 30 minute penalty will be added to their time for that stage. If one or both of the members of the team cannot continue for any reason the team is a DNF(did not finish)The member that can continue may continue the race and finish, but will not be given an official time nor a finishers award. Two person teams will be broken down into 6 categories for prize purposes. They are;

– Women Open Team (combined ages add up to less than 80)
– Women 80 +(combined ages add up to 80 or more)
– Men Open Team(combined ages add up to less than 80)
– Men 80 +(combined ages add up to 80 or more)

Relay Team
The relay team can be a team of either 2 or 3 members. One member of the team will ride at a time and that one member will complete the whole stage for that particular day. Any member can do any stage, but each member must do at least one stage.

To read more about this event and to register visit www.furious3.com