The Cedar Cross

The Cedar Cross is an event billed as "Missouri's First Endurance Cross Race". But since they are using a fair amount of gravel and back roads, I'm going to put it up on the site. But the big thing here is the intentions, which are pretty cool.

Here's the low down on what I am talking about here from the site:

"Well, there’s a no-kill animal shelter about 10 minutes from my house. It serves as a refuge for these abandoned animals, and the shelter needs help in a bad way. I’m not talking about money for spa-treatments and fancy dog-sweaters, I’m talking about 2×4′s for fencing, food and water-bowls….inexpensive things that you and I could easily provide for them.

None of this is mandatory; you don’t have to donate anything. BUT.. a little bit of help goes a long way and we have a real opportunity to do some good here. The best part is, we can do it all while having a kickass time riding our bikes across 100+ miles of gravel, singletrack and National Forest.

Now, how great would it feel to be part of an event that did something like that?"

So check out this free event on May 6th, 2012, and maybe you could help out some poor animals in the process. Yeah......it may not be a pure gravel grinder, but that's okay with me!