* NO USAC MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED *
No refunds
Entry is $25 plus a 6-pack
On Friday, November 28, we will repeat the best-worst idea to ride 100k or 100mi on the Fifth Street Cross course. Thanks to Jake Looney and Finn Harrington, we have been blessed with the idea of riding 100 miles or 100 kilometers in one day on the course. It is a 6-pack ride, so bring a 6-pack in addition to your entry fee. If you do not want to bring a 6-pack, bring an additional $20 for the prize pot.
We start at midnight; you have until 4:20pm on Friday to complete your distance. You are scored in the distance you commit to, both over and under. You can register for multiple things. For example, you can ride 50k and run 50k all in one day. It’s been done.
SCORING
The winner is the first person to reach the total distance in your category in the shortest amount of elapsed time. That means we don’t care what your ride time is; we care how much time has passed from when you started the clock.
Example: Rider A starts at midnight on November 24th and finishes 100 miles at 2pm for a total elapsed time of 14 hours. Rider B starts at 7am and finishes at 4pm for 9 hours. Rider B wins because their elapsed time is less than Rider A, even though Rider A finished earlier in the day.
The same rule applies to Relay Teams. Plan your exchanges accordingly!
FKT for 100 miles: Aaron Longstaff, 2023. 9:22:00
Lap Distances
We will update this section once we have the 2025 course set. Each year, the course measures slightly differently, though we try to create a 1.6mi course distance.
Ride Distances
These are the distance events that we offer for the beer prize:
- 100 Miles (63 laps)
- 100 Kilometers (39 laps)
- 50 miles (31 laps)
- 50 kilometers (19 laps)
All of these distances are open to relay teams!
Run Distances
In 2022, we opened the idea to our running community and they have really taken to the idea! Every year we see about 50 runners attend competing in the following distances:
- 10k (4-lap)
- 13mi (8-lap)
- 26mi (16-lap)
- 50k (19-lap)
- Full FSX Season in one Day of 24 laps
FSX Double Cross 100
For those who want to run and ride, we offer a 50/50 option of the 100k or 100 mi races. That’s right, run 50k then ride 50k! Cynthia Bartus completed this in 2024 as our first ever finisher.
For a “Lite” version, Ride 50k, Run 13mi.
Relay Teams Welcome!
If you want to participate but think 100 kilometers or 100 miles might be a bit much for you, create a team! Teams are $25/person, and each member needs to bring a 6-pack (equivalent) prize for the winners of each team category.
RELAY EXCHANGES
We recommend the Computer-Baton exchange technique. Use a single Garmin or Wahoo and exchange it between riders/runners. The juniors did this in 2021 for the 100km and we’ve seen a few teams do this since then, and it worked well.
Start Time
Anytime after midnight on Friday! It’s door-busters for some of you, while the rest of us will attempt it after dawn.
All riding ends at 4pm. If you are on your final lap at 4pm, we round down to the last time you came through.
Awards
All awards will be as close to 4:20pm, or as soon as we understand who is mathematically the winner. In the event that we know who the winner is, we will take pictures and spray beer on people early. Winners take all the beer/prizes from their category. They are welcome to distribute to the podium.
Food and Drink
BYO-Meat. We will have a grill set up. Feel free to bring something for the grill or bring your own grill.
BYOB, as well.
Parking
We offer parking inside the compost center if you arrive before midnight on Friday morning. We have to close the gate to the compost center, so after that, you have to park in the regular FSX parking area.
Park at 165 Kline’s Lane and Minor St., Emmaus, PA 18049, in the lot at the intersection, and then ride into the recycling center.
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