The “Café to Café” Concept

 

 

Our Principles

• Top Quality
• Ultra distances
• Family atmosphere – crews and walkers, volunteers and organization all being the same important and valued. Everybody helping everybody.
• Having fun

Walking as a Group

• Synergy effect

• Helping each other

• No searching for course

• Together it's easier to get through the night

• Meeting other walkers, making friends

• Staying together: As the course is not marked, as long as we can see each other, it's okay

 

"Café to Café"

• We meet at a coffee place before the start – currently it’s Starbucks. As we are using this place, please buy something, a cup of coffee, herb tea or whatever
• Walking as a group we move from one “Café” to the next. These places are mostly self- serve deli departments in big supermarkets, with chairs, tables and restrooms. In some cases we go to a chinese buffet or similar place. At many stops co-director Traudl will be there; she will also set up some moving aid stations between “Cafés”
• Doing loops of different length, we will come back several times to the place where we started (especially at night). This way you can get to the stuff in your car or even take a break for a loop.
• Finish is at the same coffee place where we started – at least as long as our crowd doesn’t get too big. Again, please buy something to ensure we are welcome and can come back next time
• Crews can meet walking team also outside official stops, helping all team members
• We will have pre-race and post-race activities. Walkers and crews have to pay whatever they consume
• Awards will be mailed afterwards. This way names and distances covered can be engraved

 

Advantages of the “Café to Café” Concept

• Very low entry fee. You pay for food and drinks at the “Cafés”. This way you only spend money on what you really want
• Stops are in most cases in a building (warm, dry), with chairs, tables and restrooms
• Easy to find and lots of parking for crews
• If you want to skip a section, your crew (not the organization) or a taxi can bring you to the next stop, where you can enjoy life warm and sheltered at the deli till the group shows up
• Course changes are possible while walking. Reasons can be: extreme weather like lots if snow and ice, unforeseen trail closures etc.

 

"Café to Café 100" in 2002 was a great success. Check out the reports.