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Rough Road 100

April 1, 2023

Rough Road 100

Morris, IL, USA · Rough Road 100 LLC

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40 mi62 mi

About this event

Styled as a Spring Classic bike race/ride our course is friendly to nearly every style of bike and bike rider. This presents you with a fantastic opportunity to try something new. Courses stack up as 63% road to 37% gravel surface mixture for both 100K and 64K courses. If you're gravel curious, cycling curious, want to level up to your next distance, come out and be surrounded by your peers in the cycling community. Starting and finishing in the welcoming town of Morris, Illinois about an hour outside of Chicago with some classic farm country roads. You'll face some short punchy climbs, wind on the open portions, and a run into the finish on the Historic I&M Canal tow path.
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Due to the distances there is no on course support, but there are available mini-marts well placed in Marseilles and Seneca if you need a Snickers and a Coke!
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We have approximately 6 intersections with law enforcement present for everyone's safe passage! The course is very well marked with ground arrows, turn signage and turn confirmation signs (after you've turned you see these!)

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Routes

Route

75% gravel

Rough Road 100

40 mi · ↗ 778 ft · 65% gravel · $65 entry

64K route

The 64K route option is both great and welcoming for first timers and gravel curious. Give yourself a target goal this winter and start your season right with 6 sectors of gravel and mixed surfaces to test your skills and have some fun. Flat and fast with a couple punchy climbs to test your grit and feel the burn. Scenic farm country roads an hour outside of Chicago, bring a friend!
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Rough Road 100

62 mi · ↗ 1,450 ft · 65% gravel · $65 entry

full course

Start your season right with 9 sectors of gravel and mixed surfaces to test your skills and have some fun. Flat and fast with a few punchy climbs to seperate yourself from the crowd and feel the burn. Scenic farm country roads an hour outside of Chicago. 100 & 64K route options both great and welcoming for first timers and gravel curious.
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Volunteer info

our volunteer team is represented by the wonderful community organization We Care of Grundy County

Lodging

Morris, Holiday Inn

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Registration

Opens
December 1, 2022
Deadline
March 26, 2023
On-site registration
Yes

Event organizer

Rough Road 100 LLC

Conceived in 2014, the Rough Road 100 is a Spring Classic inspired road/gravel bike event. From the beginning we wanted to create a community of welcoming cyclists and become a Midwest yearly staple for cyclists of all varieties. Distances of 60 and 40 miles make coming out of a Winter slumber a great opportunity to stretch your legs and start your cycling season off right! Whether that includes a bunch of races or rides we want you, and your friends, out here to share these roads and our hometown. Early April in the Midwest is always a weather gamble; snow, rain, wind, sunny, balmy, it's part of the fun and part of the challenge to experience that camaraderie with those who toed the line! This is an ALL inclusive event we believe in community and opportunity, we want you to try something new, challenge yourself, find like minded folks and have a whole lot of FUN doing it!!

https://www.roughroad100.com/

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