Race Manifest
Last night I was in Tallahassee for an awesome Harry Potter inspired alley cat race- the Diagon Alley Cat. The organizer put together an awesome route and checkpoints and a tremendous selection of prizes and goodies. Despite the massive hills of Tally and the steady rain that continued throughout the race, it was easily the most fun I’ve had in a long time.
The race began at Krank It Up in Railroad Square. From there the 50 plus riders had to navigate their way through a manifest of eight Potter themed checkpoints using our Diagon Alley Cat Marauder’s Map.
Tasks at each stop included things like answering trivia questions for house points, drinking one of Snape’s potions, completing Quidditch based tasks using bike polo rules, and even picking up a small box from “Godric’s Hollow”containing a baby Harry Potter which had to be safely delivered to another location.
Hip Bag from Babybird Collaborations
The race, which totaled about 13 miles (or more if you took some wrong turns), ended at Hogwarts Castle (Westcott Fountain) which allowed for folks to take a dip and cool off in the iconic “bathing” hole. Once all the racers made it across the finish line, manifests were checked for completion, house points were totaled, and the prize ceremony commenced. Among the prizes was a 53cm frame from Old Field Cycles and some awesome hip bags from Babybird Collaborations.
In addition to the race prizes, there was also a prize for house cup (racers could answer Potter trivia questions at various checkpoints in an effort to win the house cup). Gryffindor (my house) won and we were rewarded with cupcakes, chocolate frogs, and PBR.
Delicious Chocolate Frogs
In all, the event was a high quality evening of celebrating cycling and Harry Potter (two of my favorite things). In honor of upcoming Harry film (out on Friday) I’ll be putting together an enormous selection of Harry Potter button sets which will be posted in my Ebay store in the next day or two, so keep your eyes peeled for the post about that.
