- Who can host a Burpee for a Cause event?
- Anyone who is a registered fitness business, gym, bootcamp, cross-fit-box or personal trainer etc.
- Why do I need to be a registered fitness business?
- For insurance purposes
- How do I become a host?
- Register on this link and propose a suburb location
- You will then be contacted once we finalise the full-list of locations
- Pick a day – Saturday or Sunday (or both) – whichever is most convenient
- The event will commence at 8am on both Saturday and Sunday
- What is expected of a host?
- Engage your client base and share Burpees for a Cause event details on Facebook, Instagram, EDMs, etc.
- Have a minimum of 10 participants signed-up for the event
- You will need to measure out and mark with cones, a full 1KM (likely to be 500m out and back, or even a shorter distance in laps, totalling 1KM) course
- Be there 45 minutes before the event starts, to check in the participants using our App
- Hand out the starting wrist band, to paid participants
- Explain the rules to the participants before they start
- Warm up the participants for five minutes prior to the start
- Hand out patches as participants finish/cross finish line
- Find someone to take photos
- Share photos with Spartan Race as soon as possible during and after the event
- How do I check in the participants on the day?
- Download the App to check in participants on the day
- Make sure you have a decent phone battery, wi-fi connection, etc.
- Once the participant has checked in hand out a silicone wrist band, to prove that they have paid and can join the start line
- What is the Burpee for a Cause charity?
- TBC – likely to be Youth Homelessness & Domestic Violence
- What is real strength? Attitude and behaviours.
- Is there a cost involved?
- Cost of registration for the host – free
- Participants pay $29 – will all proceeds going to charity
- What do participants get?
- A unique BURPEES for a CAUSE patch – only once they’ve completed the full kilometre
- Warm fuzzy vibes a.k.a that feeling you get when you've been helping others!
- What must participants do?
- Bring water for the event
- Participants must show up 15 minutes before the 8:00AM start time
- When is the event?
- Runs over a weekend 20 May – 21 May
- Beginning at 8:00AM on each day
- What happens on the day?
- The event should last approximately 1 hour
- Can I race in a team to share the load?
- Yes! Participants can do the 1km challenge as an individual or as team (maximum of three members) e.g. in a relay, tag-team format
- Two out of three members must be doing burpees at any one time
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