Race Information
About
8 Hours of Superior Singletrack is an eight hour solo or team mountain bike relay race.
The race is staged in the beautiful Kinsmen Park and Hiawatha Highlands area of
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Kinsmen Club of Sault Ste. Marie is proudly hosting
the inaugural edition of this race, with all proceeds to support cystic fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis is the chief fundraising project for Kin clubs across Canada, so sign up for our race to help beat this disease!
The Course
The course is still being designed by the Algoma Trail Crew (a division of the
Sault Cycling Club), and it's sure
to include some fantastic singletrack! New singletrack will be added
to the excellent trail system solely for this event. The course will wind around the cross-country
ski trail system, providing enough doubletrack to allow for passing, but not enough
to lull you to sleep! You'll be thrilled by beautiful forested terrain, views of
crystal creek, and some challenging windy singletrack.
Course Map | Course Profile | View our photo gallery
For directions on how to get to Sault Ste. Marie or to Kinsmen Park, please visit our Local Information section, which has links to outside websites with all the information you need to get to Sault Ste. Marie.
Registration
Registration is available online. Race packages will
be given out to all registrants, but t-shirts can only be guaranteed for those who
register before the earlybird deadline of July 5th, 2008. We
will NOT be accepting registrations the day of the event, so be sure to register
online in advance!
The race categories are as follows: solo male, solo female, 2 person male, 2 person female, 2 person mixed, 4-6 person mixed (or all male) and 4-6 person female.
Registration is $20.00, and must include a minimum of $40.00 in pledges, per member, for cystic fibrosis. Pledges must be submitted at check-in.
Race Check-in and Race Day
Race check-in and last minute registration is available from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm Friday, July 18th at Great Northern Resort & Conference Centre Sault Ste. Marie. On race day, check-in is available at the race site from 7:30 am to 10:00
am. Check-in will close at 10:00 am sharp.
At this time your team will hand in $40 minimum per person in cystic fibrosis pledges,
receive your race package, receive your t-shirts (if you signed up before the earlybird
deadline), and receive your race plates.
The race will begin at 11:00 am. The last lap must start before 7:00 pm. Be sure
to stick around as there will be food and drinks to follow!
Please read our race rules.
Prizes
We'd like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting
8 Hours of Superior Singletrack. Their generous support has has allowed us to offer
up about $5000 worth of prizes. Some highlights:
Earlybird Registration Prize
Register before July 5th, 2008 and a member of your team could win a Light and
Motion ARC Li-ion valued at $770! The lucky winner will be announced at
the event, so sign up now!
Category Prizes
- 1st place: $120 per team/solo, plus 1st choice of product prizes
- 2nd place: $60 per team/solo, plus choice 2nd choice of product prizes
- 3rd place: 3rd choice of product prizes
Door Prizes / Race Package Prizes
- 2 different weekend prize getaways for Great Northern Resort & Conference Centre Sault Ste. Marie
- 1 year subscription to Superior
Outdoors Magazine for the first 75 registrants
- Single copies of Superior
Outdoors Magazine in each racer's package
- Energy bars
- Water bottles
- T-shirts
- Swag from Algoma Bicycle Company, Brodie, Chico Racing, Duke of Windsor, Norco, Schwalbe, Scott and others
Top Fundraiser Prize
The top single pledge gatherer will win a Garmin Edge 205! Valued at $415, the Edge 205 automatically measures your speed, distance, time, calories burned and altitude, and records this data for your review. Pledges are to support Cystic Fibrosis, so get out there and raise some money for this great cause!
The Party
8 Hours of Superior Singletrack isn't just about the race! Bring your family along
to enjoy a barbecue and beverages! This will be a licensed event, so plan to stick
around after and have some fun! Kinsmen Park also has excellent facilities for kids,
including playground equipment.
About Kin Canada and the Kinsmen Club of Sault Ste. Marie
The Association of Kinsmen, Kinette and Kin clubs is proud to be an all-Canadian service organization made up of outstanding community volunteers. From coast to coast, members are enhancing quality of life in their communities by promoting service, fellowship, positive values and national pride. The Association boasts a proud 88-year history dedicated to fostering lifelong friendships while "Serving the Community’s Greatest Need."
The Kinsmen Club of Sault Ste. Marie was chartered as a club in 1938. Today, our main task in the community is to manage Kinsmen Park, an incredibly beautiful and recreationally vital piece of land. Our approximately 250 acres of land is used by cross-country skiers, snowshoers, mountain bikers, hikers, bird watchers, families, non-profit groups, and so on.
About Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common, fatal genetic disease affecting young Canadians. CF is a multi-organ disease affecting primarily the lungs and the digestive system. In the lungs, CF causes severe breathing problems. A build-up of thick mucus makes it difficult to clear bacteria and leads to cycles of infection and inflammation, which damage the delicate lung tissues. In the digestive tract, CF makes it extremely difficult to digest and absorb adequate nutrients from food. Thick mucus blocks the ducts of the pancreas, preventing enzymes from reaching the intestines to digest food.
At the present time, approximately 3,500 Canadian children, adolescents, and adults with cystic fibrosis attend specialized CF clinics. More information is available at www.cysticfibrosis.ca.
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