Gold Rush Gravel Grinder will be having a Gold Rush Virtual Race/Ride/Tour. Join the first ever (and hopefully last), Gold Rush Virtual Race/Ride/Tour!

1. Price for the Gold Rush Virtual Ride will be $45. You can register on bikereg.com.
   Registration will close on May 31st. Thank you for your support and I hope this will be a means to keep everyone motivated to ride and have fun!!
    
2. Every participant that finishes the distance they signed up for will receive an event T-shirt, finishers patch, Hammer Nutrition samples, and their name entered into our raffle for some great prizes from our sponsors. Raffle items will include a single person bike rack from 1UpUSA, 5 tyre wizes from our sponsors at Quarq, several jerseys, t-shirts and socks from our sponsors at Twin Six, several Strider Bikes from our sponsors at Strider Bikes, some sweet bags from our sponsors at Dirt Bags, a custom wheelset from our sponsors at VelocityUSA, a set of gravel tires from our sponsors at Teravail, and a variety of other prizes from our sponsors at Two Wheeler Dealer, Rushmore Bikes, Acme Bicycles, Dykstra Pottery, Black Hills Vision Care, Crow Peak Brewery and Munro Earthmoving! This raffle will be recorded and posted up on our Facebook page. Prizes/awards and event items will be mailed to every race participant! (we will mail to the address you used when you registered, so take a look and make sure you have the correct address in your registration).
    
3. To make if ‘official’, Print off the # plate from our website www.goldrushgravelgrinder.com on the registration information page, and attach it to your bike. Then finish your virtual distance ride, sometime between June 1st and June 15th, by however means you’d like. Ride a trainer, ride a course in your hometown by planning a route that has the same distance as the ride you are signed up for, or if you come to Spearfish or are a local, you can ride the Gold Rush course you are signed up for if you’d like! The only requirement we’ll have is to take a minimum of: 1 picture/selfie of yourself on the ride, and 1 picture of your odometer, strava, or whatever means you use that will show us that you completed the ride and correct distance, sometime between the 1st and 15th of June. These pictures will be shared on our Facebook page to celebrate the completion of your ride. Let’s make this interactive and see all of the rides people accomplish! Email pictures to Kristi Jewett: kj@kristijewett.com.
    
4. We will also have some special prizes that we will award!
   • Prize for best poem. That’s right, get your creative juices flowing and email us a poem about your ride. Best poem wins a prize.
   • Prize for best photo of an animal. We love animal sightings while out on our gravel rides. While completing your ride, if you see an animal, snap a photo of it to send us.
   • Prize for best photo of bike on course! We love beautiful pictures with cool scenery and a bike.
   • Prize for best dressed. Wear a costume on your ‘virtual’ ride and you could win a prize. You may get some funny looks out there, but hey, it will be fun(ny)! Photo needed.
   • Prize for oldest rider to finish virtual ride.
   • Prize for youngest rider to finish virtual ride.
   • Prize for most elevation gained. If you like to climb, make it fun and find a course with the most elevation! Whoever rides the most elevation wins a prize. (sorry short coursers, if you want to win this one you may have to do hill repeats! ha)
   • Fastest (mens and womens) strava time up the Cement Ridge Climb during your race/ride! (sorry to those who are from out of town and won’t be able to ride this segment).
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