Run or Bike Across the USA - Relay or Solo Options!
A new challenging virtual event that will keep you motivated and connected through the year!
Choose from run or bike options as well as solo or relay. Relay: 8 person teams will race across the USA (virtually). If you have a team of fewer than 8, you can email us to get a discount for the registration fee: racedirector@destinationtrailrun.com.
We have a live map leaderboard and you'll upload your mileage daily or weekly to see yourself move across the USA!
Learn more at: https://www.destinationtrailrun.com/race-across-usa.html
Event Charity
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society will receive 10% of the proceeds from these events. WVHS rescues, protects, cares for and adopts out animals in the Wenatchee/Chelan area of Washington State. https://www.wenatcheehumane.org/
Relay Info
Getting together with friends on a big challenge is fun! Get together up to 8 of your friends and join us for a much quicker 2572 miles! You can choose the biking or running relay. If you'd like to do fewer than 8, shoot us an email and we can give you a discount on your team price! Email racedirector@destinationtrailrun.com
Team Captains will signup initially with the names and emails of their teams. Then, an email will be auto-sent from ultrasignup with ah link for each runner (or cyclist) to register. Each member will signup but will get a full discount since the captain pays the fees. Each member can purchase their own add-ons (like a buckle or extra shirts). Every signup (so every team member) gets a shirt with their entry! Logging miles starts June 1. Each team member will upload their miles each day (or as often as they run) and the live map and leaderboard will show where you are at individually, as a team and on the map!
Once the team captain has registered, they can login to their Ultrasignup account and send invites to their team, here's how:
1. Login to Ultrasigup
2. Hover your mouse over the upper right corner where you see your name and "account info"
3. Choose "registration history"
4. Next to "Race Across the USA" choose "manage team"
5. From this page you will see the names of your team and 'send invite' option. Send an invite to each member. You can use this page to manage your team, change your team name and edit members if needed.
2,572 miles from San Francisco to New York!
Have you ever dreamed about crossing the USA on foot or bike? Now is your chance and do it from the safety of your own home, trails, or roads. You can use your daily training to build up to running the entire span of the USA in this long and possibly insanely stupid challenge. Our live leaderboard will keep track of each runner's daily results as you upload them, showing as miles toward completing this 2,572 mile trans-America route that will take you from the foggy coast of San Francisco to the bustling city of New York! This is (obviously) not for everyone and we are pretty sure most of you are not crazy enough to entertain this idea, but we've never been ones to avoid an idea because of its length!
RATUSA Options
To get an official time we will need you to upload a time by Jan 1, 2021. For those who want to take as long as, well, it takes that's fine too! We have beautiful buckles and awards made by artist Kali in Utah.
Solo 2,572 miles: entire US crossing. 2,572 miles on your own, for the most extreme runners
Solo 1000 miles: Partial Crossing of 1000 miles, want to join solo but have a lot on your plate? This is the one for you!
Team 2,572 miles: Get up to 8 of your friends/co-workers/running club to join your team
Solo 2,572 Mile Bike: Why run when you can bike?! This is our first ever bike race! Full distance only (2,572 miles)
Team 2,572 Mile Bike: Get together 8 of your friends and count each of your mileage each day to see how quickly your team can get across the USA!
What do you get with your entry? All participants get a race t-shirt with their entry, logging mileage system via ultrasignup until Jan 1, 2020 and online support from us including a Facebook group for participants!
Buckles for all distances/relay/solo are add-on options and we will post pictures here as soon as we have a few mockups for you. They will be similar to our Rise Up buckles - by the same artist in Utah.
Can you join from outside of the USA? Yes! You can run from anywhere in the world. Please choose the $10 extra add on shipping option for orders outside of the USA.
Expect orders to take 2-4 weeks due to production and shipping
Recording mileage starts June 1.
How many miles do you need to do each day to finish?
Our cut off date for an official finish is Jan 1, 2021, but you can take as long as you want if you don't care about a finish time.
Solo 2,572 miles: Can you average 12 miles a day? That's 87 miles a week! You can also do it with no cut off time, but to get an official finish we need times in by Jan 1, 2021
Solo 1000 miles: You'll need to average 4.7 miles a day, that's roughly 32.9 miles a week.?
Team 2,572 miles: Teams can take as long as a solo runner, however since they are made up of up to 8 people they will likely finish a lot faster! Each team can count all miles run by each team member each day. We suggest teams have members sent mileages to the captain to submit on a weekly basis.
Solo 2,572 Mile Bike: Bikes also have up to Jan 1 to finish and will need to average 12 miles a day or 87 miles a week to finish
Team 2,572 Mile Bike: Teams can take as long as a solo runner, however since they are made up of up to 8 people they will likely finish a lot faster! Each team can count all miles run by each team member each day.
Do you need to do a certain mileage each day? No, we have averaged out what you need to do to reach your goal mileage, however you may do as many or as few miles as you like.
Event's current local time: 9:11 PM PT
