Remember, the GoatNZ team always hope for the best (ala 2021 and 2022), but we plan for EVERYTHING:
A repeat of 2021, 2022 is ordered – bring it on!
Timeline – Modifications to the main course can be announced at anytime.
Scenarios like severe weather warnings, road closures etc may modify/delay/shorten/re-route, or stop some aspects of the planned event for some entrants.
The modified Goat may involve one of our contingency courses, and/or other health and safety measures. The Goat team will look after all the detail and clearly communicate with you – just come and enjoy yourself! In these scenarios, there will still be a Goat event in the stunning Tongariro National Park.
Timeline – A Virtual Format can only be announced once we are less than 72 hours away from the event registration opening.
This is not how The Goat would ever want to roll, but once we are inside the final 72 hours from registration opening (or between registration and the start of the first wave) a Virtual Format might be a possibility should no physical event be possible.
Should the event organisers need to switch to a Virtual Format less than 72 hours out from event registration opening:
– Your entry will not be transferred to the 2024 event.
– Your bus and dinner tickets will be refunded in full.
– You will receive a partial event credit to use for the 2024 event.
– You will recieve priority entry into the 2024 event.
– You will receive your event medal, event gift and spot prize (if a winner) by mail after the event.
A Virtual Format would look like this:
– Start your adventure as early as needed in order to finish your Virtual Goat Run by 2.00pm (the ideal run is approx 20km and has approx 1000m of vertical climbing). Yes, some will have to get very creative!
– Give us a ‘run down’ 3.00pm (if a Virtual Goat is called for, we will communicate everything with you in race week)
– Get into your after-party get-up!
– View the live prizegiving held at 5.00pm.
– The same pool of prizes will be awarded to entrants but in a different way (i.e. more prizes for the most stunning run options, the most creative run options, the longest run, the best on-course selfie photos as selected by Photos4Sale, highest elevation stats run, the run that most closely matches the Goat Run profile, prizes for dress-ups, great Goat banter, etc. It will be a full Goat-style prizegiving, and post-prizegiving you can continue to interact with your Goat friends online as the night progresses.
Timeline – A fully cancelled event would only be announced if we are more than 72 hours away from the event registration opening.
Again, while this is not how The Goat would ever want to roll, again, it must be planned for as an outside possibility.
Should the event organisers need to cancel your entry more than 72 hours out from event registration opening.
– Your bus and dinner tickets will be refunded in full.
– You will receive a partial event credit to use for the 2024 event, or a full transfer to the 2024 event (depending on the timing and nature of cancellation)
– You will receive priority entry into the 2024 event.
All entry questions to entries@thegoat.co.nz