Virtual P2P Basics

Passport2Pain goes Virtual in 2020!
Join us on September 12th: your ride is solo, but your Pain is shared!

Here's how the VP2P works (comments welcome):

Right now
  • Set yourself a goal: How many vertical feet can you ride in one day?
  • The "traditional" P2P courses on Vashon Island provide guidance: 1,000' = The Granny; 3,500' = The Weenie; 6,500' = The Weasel; 10,000' = The Idiot. And did you know that Mt. Rainier is 14,411'? Just sayin'.
  • What song gets you up hills better than any other? Let us know it when you register so we can put it in the VP2P Playlist
  • Did someone say register? This whole thing is a fundraiser, but it’s $60 this year instead of $100 since we don't get to feed you and we want to keep the P2P spirit alive. Also, your bib number this year will reflect the order in which you registered rather than your age. If you don't want to lug around a big, heavy number all day, register now!
  • But wait! there's more! We will send you a cool, tech-fabric t-shirt designed by David Waterworth to wear with pride
  • Considering the circumstances, we are grateful to split the net proceeds from this year's VP2P with two worthy and important local organizations
    • 25% of the net proceeds will go to the Vashon Food Bank
    • 25% will go to Vashon’s domestic violence agency, The DOVE Project
    • The other half will help ensure that the Vashon Island Rowing Club will be able to put on The Decade of Pain next year
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Between Now and September 12th
  • Challenge your friends to sign up for VP2P and match you -- from wherever they are. Bragging rights for the winter are at stake here!
  • Train for it like you mean it
  • Watch for your VP2P bib number (based on order of registration this year) and the techno VP2P t-shirt we will send you
  • Monitor VP2P's Instagram & Facebook posts and The P2P Party Page as we scheme up ways to pump essential P2P vapors into the VP2P
On September 12th
  • Instead of coming to Vashon Island in the midst of a pandemic, go to your favorite local hill(s) and have at it, with gusto!
  • One Big Hill? Lots of little ones? You’re the Decider
  • While you're riding, wear your bib number +/or t-shirt to attract curious stares and spontaneous admiration from passers-by
  • Make your selfies, texts, ride profiles, pictures & videos part of our LIVE multi-media coverage of the VP2P (and win Fabulous Prizes!)
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After Your Ride
  • Send us your vertical total and the miles you rode to get it
  • We'll stamp a Genuine VP2P Passport for you with one stamp for every 500 feet you climb, and we'll send it to you in the US Mail. If you already have a P2P Passport you know we're talking about a hard-earned treasure
  • Send us a review of your ride, with any pictures you didn't send in day-of
  • Check out our P2P Party Page for how little you have to do to win a nifty bit of P2P Merch, a free registration for The Decade of Pain next year, or who knows what else.
Passport2Pain is a fundraiser for the
Vashon Island
Rowing Club