24hrs Inline Montreal

Before the race

• How can I join or form a team?
  You can post a message on the 24hrs forum. You can also contact your local skating or sporting clubs and propose to the members to join you for the event. Online forums related to inline skating can also help you find teammates. For instance, the Skatelog.com forum has produced many teams each year at the 24hrs Inline Montreal. Good luck with your search for teammates!
• How can I add or change my email address for your mailing list?
  Simply visit the mailing list page and provide your current email address.
• What does it take to do this race and how should I prepare?
  You do not need much to prepare for this 24h race except a good attitude and a need to have fun while skating. This is a race but the first goal is to complete the relays for 24h without stoping. If you care about going fast you can register in the fitness or elite category. Please consult this web site including the Getting ready section for more information.
• Where can we stay during our visit to Montreal?
  There is many hotels (downtown) and motels (south shore) available within a short distance from the race site (30 minutes drive). For your stay in Montreal, room rates vary between 50$ to 200 CA$ per night depending on the type of place you are looking for. Check the Links section for places to stay and what to do before and after the event since you might as well enjoy Montreal and Quebec while you are here.
• What are the directions to get to the race location?
  Please consult the Directions section and the Google map for precise directions.
• What type of banners can we display through sponsoring?
  Most banners are 1 meter by 2 meters long (3 x 6 feet) with holes (on the 4 conners and on the sides). Banners are attached using tie-wraps on the fence along the relay zone. You must give us your banners which we will place after we have put the ones from our main sponsors. It is your responsability to pick up your banners after the end of the event. For more information regarding sponsorships, please consult the section Become a sponsor.
• Are lamps required for the night skate?
  The racetrack is not lit everywhere but all critical parts are lit. Neverhteless, many skaters use 2 frontal lights, one for each skater of the relay. Make sure you wear clothing with reflective stripes to be visible by other skaters and vehicules.

During the race

• Can I park my car close by during the 24h?
  Yes, there is parking meters near the paddocks (please consult the Directions and parking section for more information).
• Can my family and friends comes to support me?
  Yes! However they can't sleep in the village.
• Can I leave the village during the event?
  Yes but there is a possibility that you will have to pay a second time your 10$ admission fee at the park entrance.
• Where are the washrooms?
  Paddock space 14 (floor level) and 28 (level 2)
• Where can I take a shower?
  You will find showers at the beach's water sports pavillon. Access to the beach is free for 24hrs Inline Montreal race participants with their bracelets
• Where are the water spots?
  Paddock space 8B, 22B
• Where is the first aid center?
  Paddock space 14 near the information center
• Can I buy some food on the 24hrs village?
  Beverages and dry food will be sold at the booth of the Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. A supper and a Sunday breakfast will also be offered. Please consult the services section for more information.
• Can I buy some food at a nearby restaurant?
  There are several food concessions available in Jean-Drapeau Park
  1) The beach restaurant (10AM to 5PM)
  2) Espace Bouffe, healthy food (11AM to 8PM)
  3) A snack bar (near the Casino bridge from 8 am to 8 pm) as well as all the restaurants in the Montreal Casino (open all night)
• Do you close the lights at night for sleeping?
  No, the lights are on in the paddocks all night long. Eye covers can be appropriate.
• Is there a curfew for music and noise?
  The DJ animation will end near midnight and will be followed by ambient music all night. You will possibly hear also the shouts of the skaters for their relays all night. So ear plugs cab be helpful for the light sleepers.
• Is ther a kiosk for the lost and found objects?
  Please go to the information center.
• Can we go swim at the beach?
  Yes the access to the beach is permited if you have your bracelet
• I noticed a skater doing an infraction. What should I do?
  Please signal it at the officals' tent
• I have a problem with my skates, where can i find some help?
  At the RollerBlade tent

After the race

• Where can I get the results of the race?
  The detailed and final results are published on this web site (results section) about 2 weeks after the race.