Start Time	Class	Duration
9:00	C Race	30 min
9:45	Kid's Race	1 lap
10:00	B Race	45 min
11:15	A Race	60 min

About the categories:

The C Race is for beginners new to bike racing and cyclocross.
The B Race is for fitter racers with some off-road experience, typically Cat-4s and Sport class mountain bike racers. Or good off-road riders who aren't quite as fit as they should be.
The A Race is for experienced and fit cross racers, or anyone fit enough to make up for lack of cyclocross technique. This group would be Cat 1/2/3s, Expert/Pro mountain bike racers, and Ironman qualifiers looking for some sprint training.

Entry Fees:

All races are $15.
Juniors (10-18) are only $3. We were juniors once too, and we remember how much spaghetti a hungry junior can eat.
Kids under 10 can race the one-lap Kids Fun Race for free.

Race Duration / Distance

One thing that often confuses new cross racers is how the times work. It's quite simple - you'll do as many laps as you can to allow for most racers to get their time's worth of racing. We do this by timing the first lap or two and then calculating how many laps total it will take to meet the time without going too much over. For example, in the half-hour C race, if riders are averaging 8 minute laps, the race will be a 4 lap race to get about 32 minutes of racing. If the lap time was 9 minutes, then we would make it a 3 lap race to get about 27 minutes of racing. If we made it 4 laps the leader would finish in 36 minutes, and racers farther back would be finishing at close to 45 minutes!

Another confusing thing is what happens with lapped riders. Since this is a timed race, everyone finishes on the leader's last lap, regardless of whether they are on the same lap or are one or more laps behind. You do not have to finish out the same number of laps as the leader. When the time is up, you're done.

Bicycle Requirements

Bicycles must have a working drivetrain and brake system. That's it. You can ride any bike. We've had strong teens on BMX bikes do extremely well. We do require that if you have forward-facing barends, you take them off for the race.
Unicycles are exempt from the brake requirement, should you be the type of person looking for a real challenge.

Pits and Feeds

We run designated pits and open feed zones at our races. This means that your spare wheels and bikes must be changed out in a designated pit area. Furthermore, if you experience a mechanical problem you must stay on the course until you reach the pit area to receive assistance. You may receive food or water on any part of the course. If we have enough volunteers, we try to pass out cups of water to racers.