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Race Across California

100 Day Virtual Challenge

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!

IMPORTANT INFO:

The event tracking and live leaderboards are hosted on Sodisp. You will receive an email with the Verification Instructions to Sodisp within a few hours of registering for the event. If you use gmail, please be aware that gmail will often send emails from info@mermaidseries.com to your "promotions" folder rather than your inbox. If you don't see the email in your inbox, PLEASE check your "promotions" and "spam" folders.

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60e50bbd7b094.jpgThe Race Across California is a 200 mile walk/run/hike or 600 mile bike virtual challenge taking you from the California & Nevada border west to the Pacific Ocean! You'll have until October 13th to finish!! Not ready for 200 miles, we've got you covered with the first 105 Mile Challenge. The course will take you from Lake Tahoe, up and over the Sierra Mountains, across the San Joaquin Valley, and finally over the San Francisco Bay to finish at the Pacific Ocean.

- Walk, jog, run 200 Miles
- Bike 600 Miles
- One registration gives you access to both the walk/run/hike and bike categories!
- Participate as an Individual or Relay Team
- Log your miles and track your progress on the interactive map via our partner site, Sodisp
- Follow along as we Race Across California
- All participants have the option to receive an awesome shirt, medal and necklace

**For all RELAY Teams it will be the combined mileage of everyone on your team.

**As an INDIVIDUAL you can affiliate yourself with a group, club, training team, corporation, etc. This will allow you to search for you group in the results, but will not total your team miles together.

**IMPORTANT FAQ Section**

Sign up to get ALL the swag or during registration pick and choose the swag you want mailed to you! Race packets will be mailed out to participants in August.

Before July 5th (prices increase by $5.00 after July 5th)
*Note: Opting out of the various swag items during your registration will reduce your entry fee at checkout.
$34.00 (no shirt, no medal, no necklace)
$39.00 (One item: Medal OR Necklace)
$44.00 (Just the Shirt)
$49.00 (Two Items: Shirt+Medal OR Shirt+Necklace)
$54.00 (All the Swag: Shirt, Medal & Necklace)


Join the Mermaid Athlete Facebook Group as we keep you motivated and inspired for this epic challenge. Plus, stay tuned as we unveil the shirt and medal.

Registration fees

Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees

Individual [Walk/Run/Hike 200 Miles or Bike 600 Miles] Closed

Online registration closed

  • Individuals can choose to Walk/Run/Hike 200 miles or Bike 600 miles. All registered participants can do either or both categories (walk/run/hike or bike). You do not need to register more than once if you want to do both. *** Individuals can affiliate themselves with a team, group of friends, a training club, corporation, etc. when they register. Use the create or join a team function. Results for this category are individual. ***

    1. $38.37
      Feb 12 – Jun 2
    2. $59.76
      Jun 3 – Jul 4
    3. $65.11
      Jul 5 – Oct 12

Individual Walk/Run/Hike - [First 105 miles = California Mountain Challenge] Closed

Online registration closed

  • Not ready for 200 miles, no worries. Sign up for the FIRST 105 miles and complete the California Mountain Challenge going from Lake Tahoe to the state capitol building in Sacramento.

    1. $38.37
      Feb 12 – Jun 2
    2. $59.76
      Jun 3 – Jul 4
    3. $65.11
      Jul 5 – Oct 12

Relay Team Closed

Online registration closed

  • Relay team miles are combined to Run Across California. Create a new team or join your friends. There's no max or min number of teammates. Each member receives a shirt and medal. [Price is per person]

    1. $38.37
      Feb 12 – Jun 2
    2. $59.76
      Jun 3 – Jul 4
    3. $65.11
      Jul 5 – Oct 12

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

INDIVIDUAL or RELAY TEAM:

Individuals: [200 miles for walk/run and 600 miles for bike] Solo challenge, but individuals can affiliate to a group, club or team.
- Example. Stephanie signs up to complete all 200 miles as an Individual. She creates the group named: Tails Across California. She tells her friends to sign up and wants them all to be affiliated with her group name. Her friends sign up as “Individuals” and have the option to affiliate their entry to Tails Across California. Once the challenge starts, you'll be able to search in the results for “Tails Across California” to see everyone associated to this group. Associating to a group allows your group to stay engaged, challenge each other and cheer each other on! [Note: Each individual needs to complete the 200 miles to finish]

Relay: [200 miles walk/run/hike] combine the miles of each team member to reach 200 miles. The more participants on your team, the faster your team will cover the 200 miles.
- Example: Brenda is the CEO of her company and she wants to encourage her co-workers to a healthy and team building challenge. She creates two teams for her company, "Awesome Company All-Stars" and "Awesome Company High Rollers." She invites everyone to sign up and join one of the teams.
- On the first day of the competition, the "Awesome Company All-Stars" start logging their first activities. Brenda completes 6 miles, Melissa completes 2 miles and Sally completes 4 miles. Together, team Awesome Company All-Stars has completed 12 miles and now has 188 miles to go.
- Each team member can walk, jog or run at anytime and in any location. Once the team member completes their walk, jog or run they need to log and record their miles on our website in order to add their miles to the team.
- The team, Awesome Company All-Stars will show up in the results and they'll be able to see how the team ranks in comparison to all the other teams. Each team member will also be able to see how many miles they've contributed towards the 200 mile goal.

Can I do both the 200 mile Walk/Run AND the 600 mile Bike?
Yes! When you register for the event you will have access to both leaderboards and can join in both categories. You only need to register for the event one time. Walk/Run/Hiking miles will count towards your 200 Mile challenge and any Biking miles will count towards the 600 mile bike. Please note these results will be on separate leaderboards and the walk/run and bike miles cannot all be combined together.

I already signed up as an INDIVIDUAL, can I still CREATE A GROUP/TEAM and affiliate my Individual entry to a group, club or team?
Yes! To create a group, club or team, go to the Race Roster registration page or click here on “Create a Team.” It will open up the create a team webpage. From the Team Type dropdown, select the “Individual - Group, club or Team.” Enter in a team name. Once you’ve created a group, club or team, go to your Race Roster "Athlete Dashboard" and sign in, then look for the "Join A Team” button. Click on the button, find the group/team name and submit. You'll now see the name affiliated with your entry.

I already signed up as an INDIVIDUAL, can I still JOIN A GROUP/TEAM affiliation that my friend created?
Yes, to affiliate your entry to a group, club or team go to your Race Roster "Athlete Dashboard,” sign in, and look for the "Join A Team” button. Click on the button, select the team you want to join and submit. You’ll now see the name affiliated with your entry!

I want to register as an INDIVIDUAL and associate my entry to the group that my friend created. How do I do that?
Great, go to the Registration Page and click on the Individual Entry. During the registration process it will ask if you want to affiliate your entry to a group, club or team. Click on the “Join a group, club or relay team” and from the dropdown menu find the name of the team you want to join.

How do we log our miles?
One way to log your miles is using a GPS enable watch or app on your phone to record your distance. You can sync your device with Sodisp to automatically upload your miles. You can also use a pedometer or simply drive the route in your car to record the distance of your favorite route. Once you’ve finished your walk, jog or run you’ll need to manually record your miles on Sodisp. As the miles get logged, the website will be updated and you’ll be able to see your accumulated progress.

Will we be able to sync our Garmin, Strava, or other GPS device?
Yes! You can sync Garmin, Strava, Fitbit, Coros and Suunto devices to your Sodisp account.

Can we start logging miles before July 5th?
No, the virtual challenge will start on July 5th. You can log miles anytime between 7/5/21 at 12:00am PDT to 10/13/21 at 11:59 pm PDT. Please note, if you join Sodisp and have a synced device, you may see miles in your personal dashboard, but only entries submitted between the dates above will count towards results for this event.

What type of miles count towards my total?
Miles that are completed (walking, jogging, hiking, running or biking) with the intent of exercising will count. Do NOT log miles completed by driving, waterskiing or flying. Please Note: ONLY activities identified in Sodisp as a WALK, RUN, or HIKE will count towards the walk/run/hike category miles and show in the corresponding leaderboard. ONLY activities identified as BIKE will count towards the 600 mile bike category and show in the BIKE leaderboard.

I wear a Fitbit all day long and it records the miles I do when I’m walking around the office and at home. Do these count?
No, miles accumulated during your daily routine or work routine do not count. [Example: walking from the couch to the kitchen to the couch to the bathroom to the couch to bed, do NOT count]

I also like to bike, will the miles I accumulate when biking count?
Yes! Any activities identified as BIKE in Sodisp will count towards the 600 mile bike category and show in the BIKE leaderboard.

I just signed up, will we be getting an update with additional details? Yes, we will be emailing out an Athlete Update the week of the event. The update will also be posted on our website and the Mermaid Athlete Facebook page.


HOW IT WORKS


  • Register online for the Run Across California and start training! Your run will start on July 5th.

  • For additional fun check in on the Mermaid Athlete Facebook Group as we keep you motivated and inspired.

  • Stay tuned as we unveil the race shirt and finisher medal

  • Start logging your miles on July 5th! Consistency wins the game!!! You need to average 2 miles a day to complete the run within 100 days.

  • Track your progress on www.Sodisp.com! Upload your daily miles and watch your progress on our interactive map

Top donors

No. Name Amount
1 Alexandra LaGuardia $107.35
2 Kiuttu Family $54.10
3 Anonymous $54.10
4 Anonymous $27.48
5 Anonymous $27.48
6 Billy Richmond $27.48
7 Judy Simmons $27.48
8 Bobbie Rampley $27.48
9 Susan Anderson $27.48
10 Kelly Hannigan $27.48

Contact information

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Email
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