Post-Race Results Update (@5/14/12)
Preliminary Race Results are now being posted at the links below.
We have asked our vendor to remove their scoring results from their page to reduce confusion.
We want to thank you for providing the feedback to correct your scoring tabulations. Please check these corrected scores and provide any corrections to Jeff Stephens by Friday, May 19.
Please send Jeff an e-mail if we still need to mail you a medal. We plan to compile our mailing next weekend. Thanks again!!
Thanks for your patience and kind words of encouragement as we've struggled with receiving results! We hope this scoring experience doesn't deter from your overall experience and inspiration at Calvin's Challenge!
Join us for Calvin's Challenge 2013 on
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
2013 registration and main hotel venue is the Quality Inn
Check the Hotel Page for additional information.
Photos from 2012 Calvin's Challenge (UltraRacePics.com)
Updated – 5/15/2012
Race Directors Larry and Christine Graham were recently interviewed on
The Outspoken Cyclist on WJCU. Listen to the interview.
(if you download the audio file, you can fast forward to the Calvin's interview)
Calvin's Challenge 12 Hour Bike Race is held each year on the weekend before Mother's Day, starting at Shawnee High School in Springfield, Ohio. Male and female age classes start at age 10 and increase in 5 year increments, depending on the class.
Classes including traditional bikes as well as:
• 3 Tandem classes
• Singlespeed/fixed gear
• Recumbents
• HPV
• High wheelers
• Triples
• Trikes
• 2-person team
• 4-person team
• Ellipticals (check out their Facebook Page)
We hope this will give more people a chance to compete with riders of similar abilities. There are custom designed medals for 1st three places in each class. Printed results and medals will be handed out 30 minutes after the finish. We believe this is the best organized 12 hour event in the U.S. as well as the best marked route of any ride. Both the 50 mile long loop and the 7 mile short loop are flat to rolling on lightly traveled roads. Drafting and aerobars are allowed. Since we encourage new riders to test themselves, we offer a non-racer option on the same route that includes a map and snacks.
Bike mounted or helmet mounted mirrors are required for all riders.
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Back for 2012! 2 & 4 Person Relay Teams (12 hour race only) Relay style racing has become quite popular in ultra endurance events. The Race Across America is exploding with relay teams, which is reducing the barriers to entry for many potential competitors. Relay team racing could be a means to do a final team shakedown prior to racing RAAM, a means to have an intense competitive experience with your racing team, or a way to introduce your weekend warrior friends to an ultra event in a non-threatening way. We allow racer exchanges at designated checkpoints only. |
The 2012 T-shirt Design
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