Route Description
This course features hot laps around the 4.5-mile Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park loop, which includes one city limit sprint sign at about the 4-mile mark, followed by a steep climb up to Battlefield Park to finish at the park entrance just before the intersection of Douglas Street (62B). The big question is whether to go for the flat-ground sprint or conserve energy for the uphill finish! After the first lap, we’ll slow roll together back to the lap start for another round.
There are two sprint signs on the way out and two on the way back (see map above). All are fair game, but let’s make sure everyone is caught back on afterwards.
Ride Notes
Neutral Rollout:
- Head South on Church Avenue to Center Street and then School Avenue
- Turn right onto Cato Springs Road and then left onto Highway 265
Ride Begins:
- Keep the group together headed south on Highway 265
- Race for the sprint sign at the top of the hill coming into Greenland and then soft regroup to stay together
- Turn right onto Illinois Chapel Road
- Race for the sprint sign coming into Prairie Grove, then soft regroup to stay together through town
- Turn right onto Viney Grove Road to begin race pace
- Turn right onto Battlefield Park Road
- Race for the sprint sign on the long straightaway or conserve energy for the uphill finish
- Hard regroup at the top of the climb, then return to Viney Grove to start another lap
Return Home:
- Keep the group together headed east on Illinois Chapel Road
- Turn left onto Highway 265
- Race for the sprint sign after the climb into Greenland then soft regroup to stay together
- Race for the sprint sign after the descent coming into Fayetteville then soft regroup to stay together
- Take Tsa La Gi Trail back to Spring Street and then it’s around the block and back to Puritan
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