Once parked, everyone will check in at Base Camp: walk toward the Amphitheater entrance. Race day packet pickup and check-in will be located behind the Nature Center, (follow the signs – we refer to this area as ‘Base Camp’). There are restrooms to use here.  See the course map for locations of all services.

Checkout our Poca Go! gear tent at Base Camp. Friends of Pocahontas State Park will have soft drinks and beer for sale, and the Brew food truck will be on-site.

We recommend that you leave base camp at least 30 minutes prior to your race start time. From the registration/Base Camp, ride your bike through the parking lot, down the hill toward the boat ramp, over the pedestrian bridge and up the fireroads to Start of Stage 1. There will be course marshal volunteers and signs to direct you.

The start times are included below, and an email will go out before race day with official start times for each category. The HUB will be at the top where most of the trailheads are located (Swift Creek trailhead) where a bike maintenance tent, a hydration station, a porta-pottie, and our first aid/emergency medics are in this area.

Volunteers will be stationed along the course. If you need help or have questions, please ask a volunteer in a green shirt.  Each stage starting gate (chute), will be monitored by volunteers to aid the racers on when they can start. Racers can start 30 seconds – 1 minute after the person in front of them depending on racer speeds. Starts will be rolling: you will start at the beginning of the chute but the timing sensor won’t pick up your chip until you exit the chute.