Directions:  Take I-95 Exit 74-A onto the Downtown Expressway.  Take first exit on Canal Street heading West.  Make a left onto 5th Street South and take it to the riverfront.

Race fee includes:  t-shirt (for pre-register online entrants only), awesome course, recovery food and snacks.

Online through 11:59 p.m. on May 14.

Awards will be handed out to the top three in each race category.

The start is the same for both races: (Course updated May 12)

Short Course:

The riders will start just off 5th Street behind the American Civil War Center. They will go behind the Belle Isle parking lot, under the Lee Bridge then take a sharp right onto the gravel road up to the Lee Bridge.  Ride with traffic across the Lee Bridge then turn right and drop down the 22nd Street stairs and continue west on the gravel road.  Go up the 42nd Street stairs and continue west on Buttermilk Heights to the Boulevard Bridge.  After crossing the bridge you will turn left and enter the North Trail heading east.  Take the North Trail back to the Lee Bridge.  Stay straight under the Lee Bridge to the finish at 5th Street.

Long Course:

The riders will start just off 5th Street behind the American Civil War Center. They will go behind the Belle Isle parking lot, under the Lee Bridge then take a sharp right onto the gravel road up to the Lee Bridge.  Ride with traffic across the Lee Bridge then turn right and drop down the 22nd Street stairs and continue west on the gravel road.  Go up the 42nd Street stairs and head back east on Buttermilk.  When you get to Reedy Creek you will make a right through a tunnel and do a 3.7-mile loop in Forest Hill Park.  When you leave Forest Hill Park you will rejoin the Buttermilk Trail to the east and drop down the 22nd street stairs.  You will head west on the gravel road.  At the 42nd Street stairs you will go up but this time head west on Buttermilk Heights to the Boulevard Bridge.  After crossing the bridge you will turn left and enter the North Trail heading east.  Take the North Trail back to the Lee Bridge.  Stay straight under the Lee Bridge to the finish at 5th Street.