Blaze of Glori - 50ish Mile (Experts)

Solo Junior: Female, Male

Solo 18+: Female, Male

Solo 40+: Female, Male

Solo 50+: Female, Male

Solo 60+: Female, Male

Single Speed: Female, Male

Path to Glori - 25ish Mile (Intermediate)

Solo Junior: Female, Male

Solo 18+: Female, Male

Solo 40+: Female, Male

Solo 50+: Female, Male

Solo 60+: Female, Male

Single Speed: Female, Male

Laps to Glori - 6-Hour Option (easier course)

Solo 18+: Female, Male

Solo 40+: Female, Male

Solo 50+: Female, Male

Solo 60+: Female, Male

Solo Open Single Speed: Female, Male

Duo: Female, Male, Coed, Parent/Junior

Adaptive Bike Category: Female, Male

*Zia Rides reserves the right to combine categories if less than three teams register for a category. Please don’t fault us for wanting to have a full podium!

Dates and Deadlines

• Registration Opens: March 1
• Early Bird: register by April 30
• Regular: register by June 30
• Regular Plus: register by August 31
• Late Deadline: register by September 11

Price:

• Register by April 30: 
• Register by June 30
• Register by August 31
• Register by September 11

Discounts

• Juniors (under 18): Half price at checkout
• Full-Time College Students: Half price at checkout (email Seth at elcapitan@ziarides.com for the promo code)

Category Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to the top three in each category. We always try to do something cool and custom for each event

Cash prizes

cash prizes for men and women top five on the 50mile
1st: $1000
2nd: $700
3rd: $500
4th: :$300
5th: $200

Fun Prizes

We realize that fast and riders are not the only people that make our events awesome. Sometimes we recognize other folks, so stick around for awards. We don't recognize all of these things every year, but folks have received prizes for things like the following:

• Congeniality Award: Awarded to the most courteous rider on the course
• Most Fun Rider Award: Awarded to the rider with the most spirit (Anders is not eligible to compete!)
• Endo Award: Awarded to the rider with the worst luck
• Best Costume Award: Awarded to the rider who completes at least one lap in their goofy getup
• Best Classic Bike Award: Awarded to the rider who completes at least one lap on a vintage bike
• Best Mustache Award: Awarded to the rider with the best facial hair
• Best Hype Man/Women Award: Awarded to the most enthusiastic supporter
• Best Volunteer Award: Awarded to your favorite Zia Rides volunteer
• Best Camp Award: Awarded to the camp with the best decorated tent
• Best Family Award: Awarded to one of the awesome families at our race
• Oldest Rider Award: Awarded to the oldest rider
• Youngest Rider Award: Awarded to the youngest rider
• Furthest Traveled Award: Awarded to the rider who travels the longest way to be here

Volunteer

We always need volunteers! In return for your time we promise our undying gratitude. But, you also can count on the following benefits:

• Early access to the venue for primo camping
• Awesome swag from our sponsors
• A damn good time

Please visit the link below from SignUp to see what volunteer opportunities are available.

Sign Up to Volunteer

The Venue

The event is hosted at Glorieta Camps, a full service summer camp with everything you could expect from a fun summer camp . To check out the venue, including virtual tours, visit: Glorieta Camps

Directions

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4oJCQtuLieH8v38Z8

Camping/Hotel - Onsite Accomodations

You can stay onsite at Glorieta Camps. To reserve a room or campsite and to look at options, please follow the following steps:

• 1- Visit https://register.glorieta.org/?retUrl=register%3FId%3Da0LRp000000b7KH
• 2- Enter your email address to create your account. If you have not made an account before, you will also be asked to enter your birthday and a password.
• 3- Click the Begin Registration after logging in
• 4- You will be asked to enter your address if you have not made an account. If there is more than 1 person from your family attending the event, you can "Create a new family member" to add them to your registration.
• 5- Click the check box by each person who will be attending the event and click Next
• 6- You have reached the waiver page, choose the eye icon next to any name that shows their waiver is incomplete, type the participant's name into the text box, and choose next.
• 7- You will then have the option to pre-purchase a parking pass or an activity band. For overnight guests, please use the discount code OVERNIGHTPARK to get the parking pass at a discounted rate. Activity bands will give access to Reneck Paintball, Flylines, Arbor Climb, and Via Ferrata. The Parking Pass includes waterfront access. Please purchase 1 parking pass per vehicle. Activity bands are per person.
• 8- On the next screen, choose your lodging options if you are staying overnight. There are hotel rooms in Hall of States, tent sites, and RV sites. There is an option to change the lodging type in the drop-down by "Building". You can make changes to your check-in and out date as well. Choose the "Book" button next to the resource you would like to book. When you are ready to make a payment, choose the next button at the bottom of the screen.
• 9- Please complete payment before arrival, any room resources are not fully booked until a payment is made. If you choose the one-time payment option, you will be given the option to adjust the amount you would like to pay.

Ammenities

Activity bands will give access to Reneck Paintball, Flylines, Arbor Climb, and Via Ferrata. The Parking Pass includes waterfront access. Please purchase 1 parking pass per vehicle. Activity bands are per person.

Parking

Please follow the instructions above to purchase you parking pass for the weekend.

Pets

Zia Rides loves your pups, but pets are not allowed at Glorieta Camps due to insurance issues.

Blaze of Glori - 50ish mile

The grand daddy course that includes a full 30+ miles of all of the inner trails of Glorieta including Route 66, the Green Belt, Cairn Me Up, Chips and Salsa, Snack Pack, Holy Mole, Ruiz Canyon, and all the way up Ghost Town to the top and all the way back down. After completing the long lap that includes the Ghost Town climb, you will then do another lap that is a modifiied version of the 25 mile course.  Be ready for an epic day on the bike, definitely some hike-a-bike, and a strong sense of accomplishment with 8500+ feet climbed for the day. 

• Lap 1:
  • Elevation: https://veloviewer.com/routes/3254445357914919982
  • Fatmap: https://fatmap.com/routeid/3882084/gloridays-30m?fmid=cp
• Lap 2:
  • Elevations: GloriDays-Long Course : 2d Lap - VeloViewer
  • Fatmap: https://fatmap.com/routeid/3903834/gloridays-long-course-2d-lap?fmid=cp

Path to Glori - 25ish mile

The same course as the Blaze of Glori but minus the climb up Ghost Town and back. Don't think this means that it is easy. You are still going to climb 4000+ feet over 25 miles. Get ready for some great descents and some tough climbs.

• Elevation: https://veloviewer.com/routes/3255962768581463672
• Fatmap: https://fatmap.com/routeid/3887174/2024-ziarides-gloridays-20m?fmid=cp

Laps to Glori - 6 hour

This course will use Route 66 and the Green Belt trails for a fun loop of 8 miles. Think of this as your introduction to Glorieta. It also makes a great introduction to Zia Rides and what our race series is all about. Great for anyone including juniors and beginners.

• Fatmap: https://fatmap.com/routeid/3903835/gloridays-6-hr-lap-updated?fmid=cp
• Elevation: GloriDays-6-hr Lap : Updated - VeloViewer

Food and Drink

• Umami Moto - delicious Asian inspired food
• B.UN.S - super yummy takes on Philly cheesesteak sandwiches
• Peddler on the Path - mobile cofee cart

Live Music

• Friday, August 30:
  • 4:00-7:00PM: High Desert Playboys
• Saturday, August 31:
  • 11:00AM-1:30pm: The Real Matt Jones
  • 2:00PM-4:30PM: Radio Free Albuquerque
  • 5:00PM-7:30PM: Squash Blossom Boys

Bike Industry

• Giant Bikes
• SRAM
• Fat Tire Cycles - excellent bike shop out of Albuquerque
• BiciFixx - awesome mobile bike repair van
• NICA NM - the middle and high school kids league in the State of NM will have fun activities for kids
• Santa Fe Fat Tire Society - local IMBA chapter will have a booth and will be helping on course

Rules

1. Don't Be an Asshole: hopefully self explanatory
2. Be nice: to your camp neighbors and fellow riders.
3. No Littering: Please treat the area and trails with respect. Any racer found intentionally littering will be disqualified.
4. Helmets: Required when on the bicycle at anytime, whether racing or not.
5. Race Plates: Athlete “Race Plates” MUST be affixed to the front of the handlebars, and preferably in
   front of any brake or shifting cables. Athlete “Race Plates” MUST NOT be bent, folded, wrapped around the head tube, or in any other position than flat against the handle bars. Improper attachment of the race plate will cause timing chips not to register and may be cause for disqualification. Also, your race plate number is how we visually
   confirm who you are out on the course or in the start/finish area. If we can’t read yournumber, it makes it harder to handle racer concerns that may come up during theevent.
6. Road and Traffic: Athletes are responsible for themselves throughout the duration of the event. This includes:  
   • Navigation of the course. While we will mark significant turns on the course, markings can be altered by weather or non-event related people.
   • We have navigation resources for you on our website which includes GPS files and maps.
   • Riders must be prepared to stop if necessary at all stop signs and road crossings before continuing along the route.
   •  Roads and trails are open to the public, and athletes are expected to follow the applicable laws and regulations in addition to using common sense and general courtesy.
7. Race Calling: Generally speaking, in the case of catastrophic failure due to weather or another extenuating circumstance that prevents the ongoing scoring of the event or creates a
   racing environment that is deemed too dangerous for the participants, the race may be called as of a certain time. Final results will be calculated in one of two ways: 
   • The race will be considered over at the point it was called and the results will be
     taken from the last completed lap. This will be the anticipated method in the event
     racers needed to be evacuated off course instead of completing their laps.
   • Or, The riders will be allowed to finish their current lap after the point the race is called and those results will be taken as final.
8. Race Suspension: In the case that the race is stopped and restarted once the hazard has abated, the combined results of both parts of the race will be used. The race clock (which is based on the actual time of day) will continue without pause during the race suspension. Once the race is restarted, racers who are ready to start a new lap will be free to reenter the course. The time for laps completed prior to the restart will be taken at the time of actual lap completion. This may result in racers who had been running ahead losing some time advantage due to the closure period. While potentially unfortunate in some cases, this is the most straightforward and workable way to account for the race pause. The primary concern is working to maintain the athletes’ safety in the face of hazardous conditions.
9. Ear Buds: Headphones, earbuds, speakers, and other audio devices are highly discouraged. Part of the point of this is to be out in nature taking in the sights AND sounds. If you must wear headphones you may do so in ONE EAR ONLY.  For your safety and the safety of others we ask that you be mindful of your volume and surroundings and ask that you keep the volume low enough that you can hear others. The ability to communicate with each other and other people on the trails is a safety imperative.
10. Course Food/Water Support: any person may supply a racer on the course with food and water.
11. Course Mechanical Support: racers may receive mechanical assistance on the course. A rider providing assistance to another rider must have entered the course under their own power, either on foot or on a bicycle, not by motorized vehicle. Any rider who has entered the course in support of another may bring equipment and tools and may even swap bikes with the rider in need of support. The cannibalizing of bikes is permitted.
13. Canceling a Lap: once on course, a racer is expected to complete the lap. However, should the racer be unable to complete the lap for any reason, including injury, a teammate may restart the lap. If a teammate restarts the lap, the original racer is not permitted to go through the timing gate for that lap. Soloists are S.O.L.
14. Co-ed Team Laps: all co-ed teams are required to have a minimum of one person of the opposite sex. In order to be on the podium, there cannot be a difference of more than 2 laps completed between teammates. Translastion: if she does 6 laps, he has to do at least 4. Sorry, no one and done like some races.
15. Team Laps: each team member is required to complete at least one lap, except in the case of a report of occurrence (confirmation of an injury).
16. Passing Etiquette:  Follow rules #1 and #13. For those that need it spelled out: (A) Racers riding bicycles have the right of way over racers pushing bicycles. When practical, racers pushing should stay on the least rideable portion of the path when being passed. A racer pushing or carrying his bicycle can overtake a racer riding his bicycle provided he does not interfere with the rider’s progress. (B) Slower riders should yield to overtaking riders. Riders should clearly voice the command “On your left, I’d like to pass,” etc, when overtaking another rider. (C) Riders being passed must move over as quickly, efficiently and as safely as possible. (D) It is the responsibility of the passing rider to overtake safely. But that doesn't give the slow rider permission to violation rules #1 and #13. (E) In the event two riders are vying for position, the leading rider does not have to yield his position to the challenging rider. However, a rider may not bodily interfere with the intent to impede another rider’s progress. 
17. Course Cutting: any attempt to cut the course will result in immediate disqualification of that racer’s entire team.
18. Bad Attitudes: if there are two or more complaints about unsportsmanlike behavior, the racer and his or her team will be disqualified from the race, asked to leave the venue, and will not be welcome at future events. We will also talk smack about you. Refer to rules #1 and #13.
19. Penalties: all penalties are determined on a case-by case basis by the Race Director.
20. Assholes will be disqualified.
21. Protests and Changes: must be made during the 15 minute protest period immediately after the race. After that, the results are final.

1b. Have fun!

2024

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