Monster Cross

🚴‍♂️ XIII ANNUAL MONSTER CROSS!

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🏁 Race Offerings

• Distances: 25 and 50-mile race/ride.
• Course: Supports cross, gravel, or mountain bikes.
• Awards: Given in over 20 divisions.

🎽 Entry Benefits

• Race: Chip timed race: either the 50 or 25-mile distance.
• Post Race Grub: Lee's Chicken located at the "food" tent post-race.
• Beverage: Monster Cross is buying your 1st. Friends of PSP will be selling beer for spectators and extras as a fundraiser for the park/trails.
• Course Map/GPS: Course: Mini=1 lap and full MX =2 lap.

📍 Race Location

Pocahontas State Park
10301 State Park Rd.
Chesterfield, VA 23832

🏆 Awards Details

50 Mile Awards

• Top 3 Pro/Expert M/F: Eligible for prize money $400, $250, and $100 for third.
• Top 8 Pro/Expert M/F: Receive awards and free entries into Monster Cross 2025.
• Top 6 finishers in each category M/F: Receive awards with the 1st place in each category also receiving a free entry into Monster Cross 2025.

25 Mile Awards

• Top 3: Receive awards in each category (jr, open, and over 50).

🅿️ Parking Information

• Pro Tip: Arrive by 8am to avoid congestion.
• Cost: State Park charges $7 parking per carload.
• VA State Park Permit: Please have it on your mirror/dash: they accept REI receipts for payment.
• Directions: Continue straight on State Park Rd for 1 1/2 miles to reach the parking lot.

🚻 Facilities

• Bathrooms: Two separate indoor options at the parking lot.
• Location 1: Halfway into the parking lot on the right behind the vending machines.
• Location 2: The building nearest to shelter #2 (where race day packet pickup is located).

⏱️ Race Start Times

• Wave 1: Pro/Expert M/F at 10 a.m.
• Wave 2: All other 50-mile divisions.
• Wave 3: All 25-mile divisions.

🎟️ Packet Pickup

• Early Packet Pickup: Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Outpost Richmond, 4813 Forest Hill Ave, Richmond, VA 23225.
• Race Day Pickup: Sunday race morning at Pocahontas State Park from 8-10 a.m.

📏 Course Distance

50 or 25 miles on rolling fire roads and double track. On all pre-rides: Please do not ride on any trails that state no bikes! We have approval to use two short segments race day only.

👥 Age Divisions

For age group divisions, we will take your age as of 12/31/2022. So, if you turn 50 in this calendar year, you can enter 50+.

🅰️ Support Stations

We will offer two on-course aid stations and one at the start/finish area.

For more details, visit the Monster Cross race page.