ILLINI WEEKEND GETAWAY
THE CHAMPAIGN OF RIDES!
Overall Information
Check
In and Opening Meeting • Riding
Times • Showers • Dinner
and Evening Activities • Nightly
Lodging
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Check In and Opening Meeting
We will have three separate, identical
opening meetings:
- Friday evening: 7:30 pm
at the supported hotel
- Saturday morning: 8:00 am at the central
rest stop location
- Sunday morning: 8:00 am at the central
rest stop location
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Our main opening meeting will be on Friday at 7:30
pm at the supported hotel. If possible,
we prefer that you attend this session so
you can
have the most amount of time to review our routes,
meet and socialize with your
fellow participants, and install our individual GPS
units on your handlebars and practice using
them (if we provide them instead of painting the
routes).
If you will not be able to check in and attend the
opening meeting on Friday evening, you must check
in and attend the opening meeting at 8:00
am
on the
first day you
want to ride. We will also give you your registration
materials
at this time.
- Click
Here for more information about our supported
hotel.
- Click
Here for more information about
checking in to the event.
- Click
Here for more information about
our opening meeting.
After you attend an opening meeting you can begin
riding whenever you want. For example, participants
who check in on Friday evening will be able to start
riding any time they want on Saturday and Sunday.
Riding Times
Friday
Friday will be a transportation and administrative
day only. We will not offer any on road support services
on
Friday - our only days of supported cycling will
be on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday
The route will open at 8:00 am both days.
This will give participants staying at the supported
hotel
plenty of time to eat breakfast
and ride over to the central rest stop location.
The route will close at 4:00 pm
both days. At this time all riders
must be done riding and off the route and rest stop
and on road support support services will no longer
be available.
This closing time will give all participants plenty
of time to take a shower and travel over to the train
and
bus
station
if they will be using our transportation service
from Champaign to Chicago after the end of the ride
on Sunday.
Showers
We will have showers available available
after the end of the ride both days very close to
the central rest stop location. This is particularly
useful on Sunday when participants staying at the
hotel will not be
able to shower there since they will have to check
out of the hotel before they are done riding.
After you are done riding for the day you should
walk over to the showers with your shower items (towels,
washcloth, soap, etc.) and leave your bike and other
baggage at the central rest stop location. We will
watch them for you since there will not be a secure
place to these them at the showers.
- Click
Here for more information about
the showers.
- Click
Here for more information about
the central rest stop location.
Dinner and Evening Activities
Dinner and evening activities will be
on your own and are not included in registration. Restaurants
are available within an easy walking or biking distance
from the supported hotel. Most participants are usually
interested in going out together to get to know each
other a little better and we will help coordinate this
on an informal basis.
Nightly Lodging
Nightly lodging is not included with registration.
We highly recommend making your reservations at our
supported hotel now to
reserve your room and avoid potential availability
issues from other participants or anyone else (you
can always cancel later).
- Click Here for more information
about our supported hotel.
We will not have any included camping options available.
Click
on one of the links at left for more overall information
about the event. |