Plan to enjoy some competition and ElliptiGO community fun at the first GERC Century and 6-Hour Team Championships on May 16, 2026, in Springfield, Ohio.
The GERC Championships will be held in conjunction with well-known, long-standing ultracycling event Calvins Challenge. Key features of the GERC Championships include:
- GERC membership required for participation
- Participants eligible for GOGO organized ride and #state points (as appropriate)
- Century is an individual event
- Teams in the 6-hour event consist of 1 to 3 participants
- GERC participation awards to all competitors
- Championship awards in century by gender (M/F) and bike type (SUB/long-stride)
- Championship awards in 6-hour event by gender (M/F/mixed) and bike type (SUB/long-stride/mixed)
- ElliptiGO participants will ride loops around a flat, 6.9 mile route on farmland roads with minimal automobile traffic
- timing is done electronically (via chip)
Additional information and full registration details will be provided on this page in the months ahead. If you have questions or would like to indicate your interest in the event, please send an email message to gercchamps@elliptigoclub.org
Primary GERC contact for the event: Britt Brewer
2026 Calvin’s Challenge page here: https://www.bikereg.com/calvins-challenge-2026
Note: Calvins Challenge is run under the auspices of the World Ultra Cycling Association (WUCA), an organization associated with many long-distance competitive cycling events and receptive to participation of ElliptiGO riders. The GERC Century and 6-Hour Team Challenge provide a new competitive ElliptiGO event that is different in style and both geographically and temporally distanced from the Elliptical Cycling World Championships held at Mt. Palomar, CA, each fall.