RACE CANCELLED

Quick info: Socially-distanced cyclocross racing. $30 per day. Sunday April 11th and 18th, MN State Fairgrounds. Park in the north lot off Hoyt Avenue. Six categories - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced men, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced women. Put yourself in the category you’re comfortable in. Register online at bikereg.com. Pre-registration only, no day-of registration. No USA Cycling racing license required.

Timetrial format: Riders will start at one minute intervals. Two laps of the longest cyclocross course you’ve ever ridden, unless you were at Jingle Cross the year the cat 5 race was two laps, then samesies. We’ve been given permission to use a huge chunk of the fairgrounds for the event, so we’ll have some widely varied terrain. Count on the hillside behind the Grandstand and as many cool Fairgrounds attractions as we can string together. Sorry, no Miracle of Birth unless things get really sideways on us.

Pre-registration only! There will be no on-site registration so that we can more easily maintain COVID safety protocols and minimize the amount of time you spend on-site. We’ll seed riders at one minute intervals and will email a start list with times the Friday before the race. Riders will be seeded in order of registration, so if you want to go early, sign up NOW. If you want to go late, sign up closer to the deadline. Start times will begin at 11am and may run all the way to 4:00pm, as we’re allotting 300 start times. If it sells out, it sells out. We’re not adding additional start times. Click Here to Register

Mountain and gravel bikes are okay! Yeah, a CX-specific bike is probably best, but you’ll get by just fine on a gravel bike, MTB, or fat bike. The course will be a mix of gravel, pavement, grass, and whatever else we can find to make you ride or run over. You can expect a dismount or two per lap unless you can seriously send it. We’ll try to add a Hero Barrier or two that most folks will be able to hop if they commit to it, but we’ll also have Endurance Promotions’ blue walls out there somewhere.

Race day info: Masks are required anytime you’re not racing. Please do not arrive more than an hour before your start time, and do not plan to mix and mingle unless you’re maintaining safe social distancing. There will be no pre-riding allowed on course, so have your warm up plan figured out. Park in the north parking lot on Hoyt Avenue. Come through the open gate to the registration table, where a volunteer will point you toward your timing chip and bib number. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE START CHUTE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOUR START TIME. Single file only in the chute, with at least six feet between riders. You must wear a mask when checking in and while in the chute. Once the rider in front of you starts, you may remove your mask. Put it back on once you’re done with your race and have finished questioning every training decision you’ve made since March of last year. Results will be posted at endurancepromotions.com after the race wraps up, so please don’t hang around afterwards waiting for them since we will not post them at the race.

Distancing will be enforced via Super Soaker. Its contents will be shockingly cold. You have been warned.

Email endurancepromotions@gmail.com with questions.