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Rough Road 100

April 6, 2024

Rough Road 100

Morris, IL, USA · Rough Road 100

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64 km100 km

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

Rough Road 100 64K

64 km · ↗ 765 ft · 40% gravel · $60 entry

the Midwest Spring Classic

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Rough Road 100

100 km · ↗ 1,400 ft · 40% gravel · $60 entry

the Midwest Spring Classic

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!
​
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!)
Route details ↗

Registration

Opens
January 4, 2024
On-site registration
Yes

Lodging

Holiday Inn Morris, Illinois
Contact Front Desk: 1-815-9418700
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/morris/mrims/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-US-_-MRIMS

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Event organizer

Rough Road 100

Conceived in 2014, the Rough Road 100 is a Spring Classic inspired road/gravel bike event with 9 sectors of mixed surface riding. 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!

https://www.roughroad100.com
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