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Enrollment runs for 30 days, October 1 through October 30th. 

Late enrollments are not considered without an active (last 12 months) race resume' (example). 

The reason behind this is three-fold. 

1. Bringing riders on late puts them behind their peers, often irrevocably so 

2. Bringing on riders late burdens the coaching staff, often doubling the coaching requirements for a POD 

3. Bringing on riders late burdens the existing athletes with riders that haven't been trained, negatively affecting their training rides

Negative outcomes from late enrollments

Take, for instance, a rider who is brand new and would naturally slot into our Bronze POD in October. If we were to accept that rider in January he's going to be 2-3 months behind on fitness and technical training. By January, our Bronze POD's speed is equivalent to Silver POD's October speed. This results in the late enrollment finding themselves behind a group that would have been fitness and technical peers at the beginning of the season. This results in a few negative outcomes:

• The late enrollment now believes they're slow

• The late enrollment now believes that MTB is more hard than fun

• The late enrollment now has an incorrectly skewed view of their relative ability

• The late enrollment is much less likely to ride for the team the following year

• The late enrollment is much more likely to abandon MTB