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May 5th, 2012

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Seventh Time’s a Charm…

Come join us at Boggs Demonstration State Forest for the seventh running of the Boggs 8-hour MTB Relay. This is our longest-running event and is the one that started us off way back when we were spring-chicken promoters. It has since become one of our largest and most fun races.

Thinking Big?:

For those of you committed to saving some money AND a full season of Bike Monkey races, check out our Hope Pass. Get 20% off all our events in one purchase and we throw in a one year subscription to Bike Monkey magazine, all for the low low price of $300.

Knuckling around with a team this season? Bring ‘em along and do a little more paint-swappin’ out on course. We’re offering discounts to teams for Boggs, just contact us at [email protected] for details.

Course

Each year the course changes a bit. Check out the Strava link to the right for an example of our 2010 event. Expect around 1,100′ of climbing on a 9-11 mile course with lots of FAST buffed out single-track alongside nice, steady climbs. You can do it on a cross bike if you must, but it’s more fun on a mountain bike. And this is from people who like to ride cross bikes everywhere.

What you get

Registration for Boggs 7 will be $80/person. Each entry includes a commemorative shirt; a hot,catered, post-race meal; a considerable supply of beer; bumpin’ tunes; prizes; camping; and an overall unforgettable weekend in Boggs State Forest.

Schedule

It’s a weekend affair. We get there early. If you feel like coming up Wednesday or Thursday to hang out, camp, tell stories, and hang up some course markings, we would love the company.

FRIDAY before the race - Camping officially opens to race participants. Registration opens. Pre-ride your heart out.

SATURDAY

6:09am — SUNRISE
8:00am — Mass start
4:00pm — Last rider leaves the staging area; dinner service begins
4:45pm —  Last time finishes will be counted
5:30pm — Awards
8:03pm — SUNSET

SUNDAY - Clean-up, tear-down, roll-out, pack it in, pack it out

Prizes and Awards

Our sponsors are generous folks, and you can rest assured that in addition to having a chance of taking home one of our beautiful medals at the podium, there will be a great big mountain of prizes we’re going to have to get through. We’ll be coming up with a number of creative ways of giving them out, so pay attention come race day. We’ll post a purty little list here of prizes that’ll be up for grabs on the big weekend.

Categories

Solo

Beginner M/W
Sport M/W
Masters 40 M/W
Masters 50 M/W
Expert M/W
Singlespeed M/W

Pro

Pro Singlespeed M/W
Pro Open M/W

Team

2 Person Coed
2 Person Men
2 Person Women
2 Person Singlespeed
3 Person Coed
3 Person Men
3 Person Women
3 Person Singlespeed

Come Prepared

We have a couple of suggestions disguised as rules for you as a participant at Boggs 8-Hour:

  1. Pack it in, pack it out. We don’t do trash service and there’s no dumpsters available.
  2. ABSOLUTELY NO self-made campfire rings. None.
  3. Dress like an onion. It gets cold at night.
  4. Bring your own dishes for eating dinner. Glassware for beer drinkin’ too. Probably should include forks, spoons, knives, and napkins on that list. We’re a couple of decimal points off being a zero waste event with Boggs.
  5. Bring water. There’s not really any available, as it’s all primitive camping, but there are stores nearby.
  6. Keep your dog on a leash.