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Is a locally organized and homegrown cycling challenge for the masses that can be easily customized to suit your fitness level and fondness for elevated frolicking.
Five laps of The Course That Cannot Be Defeated is the signature ride (71.9 miles and 9,190′ of elevation gain), but you can ride as many or as few laps as your mind can handle and your legs will allow…all for the same price!
Offering several course options, all on neighborhood roads, and donating a portion of each registration to Chipeta Elementary School and Kids on Bikes, the 719 Rides welds cycling and community together from beginning to end.
From its Personal Challenge Rides to its Epic Elevation Quests, the 719 Ride is like gelato for the soul and like wrestling a gorilla.
Elevate yourself to new heights of accomplishment and fun. Register for some Type I or Type II F-U-N.
Saturday July 20, 2024
Registration Deadline: July 19
Chipeta Elementary School (2340 Ramsgate Terrace, Colorado Springs, CO 80919)
SUAREZ GRAN FONDO NATIONAL SERIES:
Timing tags are included with Carbon Fiber and Titanium registrations and can be purchased separately ($10) during registration if you register at the Aluminum level.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS:
There will be a modified route to accommodate Special Olympics cyclists.
Please contact Chaka (css@specialolympicsco.org) if you are interested.
TRAIN FOR THE 719 RIDE:
Enjoy FREE structured training plans to help you go faster and/or go farther on The Course That Cannot Be Defeated.
The signature distance of the 719 Ride is 71.9 miles (i.e., five laps of The Course That Cannot Be Defeated, the traditional and original course), but 45% of 719 Ride participants complete fewer than five laps.
Whether you do two or three laps, ride just one, or work to subjugate one of the alternate courses, the 719 Ride will transport you from “The Couch of Potato” through “The Door of Personal Excellence.”
Complete as many or as few laps of whichever course you want, or combine time on each, your registration doesn’t care. It’s the same reasonable price to ride as many laps as you want of our new GoldiLITE 719 course or our new 719 Ride SE route as it is to ride our signature distance on The Course That Cannot Be Defeated.
START/FINISHÂ TIMES:
You may start riding at any time.
A “departure window” between 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. is suggested. Colorado Springs Police will be on course at four key intersections beginning at 6:30 a.m. to help make your turning experiences more pleasant.
On-course support will only be available through 2:00 p.m. This includes the aid station, basic first aid medical tent, food truck, start/finish and aid station mechanical support, on-course pickup assistance for mechanicals that strand you, and the traffic assistance from Colorado Springs Police Department.
COURSE MARKING:
-High visibility Route Arrows will be placed on the asphalt and on signs in advance of all turns.
*Follow the ORANGE arrows to pit yourself against The Course That Cannot Be Defeated.
*Follow the BLUE arrows to skip the two steepest climbs on The Course That Cannot Be Defeated and reduce each lap by 2.2 miles and 350′ of elevation gain.
*Follow the YELLOW arrows to frolic on four miles of family-friendly friskiness or just to tack on some extra flat-ish miles.
*The RMSG has a NO REFUND policy.  Click here for details on eligibility, inclement weather, refunds, etc.
