Posted on March 21st, 2012 and has No Comments

Good news for our riders!  We’ve landed another TV for our huge prize raffle this year! John Foto, owner of Santa Fe Seconds (and a good friend of event founder Doug Grant) is a long-time supporter of our ride.  This year he’s pulled out all the stops and is generously donating a Vizio 47″ TV for our Grand Prize raffle.  Way to go John! What?  You’ve never heard of Santa Fe Seconds?  That’s because they’re …

Posted on March 19th, 2012 and has No Comments

Our event organizers have two main goals:  1. Rider safety, and 2. Rider and volunteer FUN.  For rider safety, and to ensure both riders and volunteers make it back to Cooks on time, rider cutoff times will be enforced.    All riders and volunteers must return to Cooks by 2:30pm. Expected checkpoint times assume a reasonable pace (7 miles per hour for 50 milers and 5 miles per hour for 25 milers).  Riders choosing to continue …

Posted on March 11th, 2012 and has No Comments

We’re pleased to welcome the Foothill Ranch location of Chick-fil-A to our growing list of 50MR sponsors.  Every one of our riders will receive a gift card for a free chicken sandwich (included in your rider bag).  At $3.65 per sandwich, this donation is worth over $3000 to our event.  Franchise Owner Jeremy Simpson is also a mountain biker, and he’s going to ride in our event this year!  We haven’t confirmed if he’s going …