Start Times

Start Times & Race Day Schedule
Important! Check-In closes 20-minutes before the race wave! 

Please bring your timing chip and bib number to registration before every race. New timing chips are $5.

8:45 – Race Check-In/Open Course

10:00 – Morning Races (Check-in and Reg. closes at 9:40)

10:00 – Men B 50+ (45min)

10:01 – Men B

10:10 – Men C 50+ (35min)

10:11 – Men C/Beginner Male Juniors

10:50 – Morning Race Podiums/Open Course

11:00 – Free U12 Kids Race (15min)

11:30 – Women’s Races (Check-in and Reg. closes at 11:10)

11:30 – Women A (60min)

11:40 – Women Singlespeed (50min)

11:45 – Women B/Elite Female Juniors/40+ Masters (45min)

11:55 – Women C/Beginner Female Juniors (35min)

12:45 – Women’s Race Podiums/Open Course

1:00 – Afternoon Races (Check-in and Reg. closes at 12:40)

1:00 – Men A/Trans/Non-Binary (60min)

1:10 – Men Singlespeed (5omin)

1:15 – Elite Male Juniors (45min)

2:10 – Adaptive Race (25min)

2:45 – Afternoon Race Podiums

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Categories

RETURNING FOR 2025! Junior categories race free! Any U18 youth racing in any of our Beginner or Elite Junior categories races for free in 2024, no string attached*!

Race categories are self-appointed, meaning that YOU choose the best race for YOU.

If you are sand-bagging (racing in too low of category), people will heckle you and you won’t do it again.

If you race in too high of category, people will feel your pain. However, you can downgrade at the next race if necessary.

Please note: Series points are not transferred between categories.

The Cascade Cross General Guide:

  • C Racers are absolute beginners to cyclocross or other kinds of bike racing. Have a dedicated cyclocross bike? Great! But don’t be shy if you want to ride your gravel, mountain, or experimental klunker bike. Bring it on.
  • B Racers are people with some cyclocross racing under their belt and are ready for a challenge by moving up from the C Racers. Cyclocross is about anaerobic conditioning, mental fortitude, focus, and pure bike handling. Do you have those things? If you don’t know, try Cs, then upgrade if you are seriously demolishing people out there.
  • A Racers are fit, fast, and experienced. You’ve raced a season or two in the Bs and held your own. You train hard and your bike handling skills are on point. Racing As is not for the faint of heart, as the races run many, many laps.
  • Singlespeeders (SS) have only one gear on their bicycle, and it’s fair to say they are a notoriously eclectic group of riders, as the popularity of this category grows. The tradeoff for having only one gear is a relatively problem-free drivetrain that survives the worst mud and guck a cyclocross course can dish out.

Remember, you can always race up! For example, if you are 50+ but should be racing As, race As! If you are a fast woman and want a longer, faster race, race with the A or B men! If you are fast junior and not feeling challenged in the Men C, race with the Men B!

*Junior racers must still check-in and register online. Not applicable to U18 racing in non-Junior categories.