Series Description

In the Spirit of Mike Wardian, we have designed an event series that allows you to CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE, but still get the required nourishment and hydration for an Ultra Marathon/Duathlon or a Really Darn Long Bike Ride.

Join us for a local challenge where Old Dominion Racing teams up with local food joints, breweries, and the like to give you “watering holes” in a safe and secure manner. Our pit stops are strategically placed along trails as much as possible, each location will have Gatorade and/or water bottles (individual containers) for your consumption, provided by ODR. In addition, these locations have partnered with ODR to provide a meal, a beer, or something of similar worth to all participants.

Registration Levels

1. Self-Supported - $35
This option is cool for a couple of scenarios. Let’s say you’re doing another race. Register for this “self-supported” option and you can get credit for two races at the same time! Just make sure you tie your device out to your Epoch Hybrid registration. This is also a great option if you aren’t near any of our partners - like maybe you live on the West Coast. Sign up for this race and tell all your friends you just did a Virginian race ;)
Includes:

• Access to compete in your selected Epoch Hybrid event

• Opportunity to win great prizes

• Mike Wardian Outdoor Challenge Series official microfiber wicking buff

• Opportunity to get your Finisher t-shirt and medals (see Finisher Tiers below)

• Free shipping inside the USA

2. Low Tide - $40
Includes:

• Access to compete in your selected Epoch Hybrid event

• Opportunity to win great prizes

• Mike Wardian Outdoor Challenge Series official microfiber wicking buff

• Opportunity to get your Finisher t-shirt and medals (see Finisher Tiers below)

• Free shipping inside the USA

• “All-Access Wristband” for snacks, Gatorade, and water

3. Flashdance - $55
Includes:

• Access to compete in your selected Epoch Hybrid event

• Opportunity to win great prizes

• Mike Wardian Outdoor Challenge Series official microfiber wicking buff

• Opportunity to get your Finisher t-shirt and medals (see Finisher Tiers below)

• “All-Access Wristband” for snacks, Gatorade, and water

• Free shipping inside the USA

• One “Sustenance Wristband” to be exchanged for a meal, beer, or equivalent

4. Full Throttle - $65
Includes:

• Access to compete in your selected Epoch Hybrid event

• Opportunity to win great prizes

• Mike Wardian Outdoor Challenge Series official microfiber wicking buff

• Opportunity to get your Finisher t-shirt and medals (see Finisher Tiers below)

• “All-Access Wristband” for snacks, Gatorade, and water

• Free shipping inside the USA

• Two “Sustenance Wristbands” to be exchanged for a meal, beer, or equivalent

• Personal discount code for future ODR events (spend more = bigger discount)

*Please note that we will only be able to mail out your pre-race packet (wristbands) if you register by the Saturday before your targeted event date. Otherwise, you can pick up your wristbands from ODR’s allocated location (see details below).

How It Works

1. Register with Old Dominion Racing.

2. ODR will send you the Pre-Race Packet.

   • Depending on your registration level, the Pre-Race Packet will include Epoch Hybrid Tyvek “Sustenance Wristbands” for food/beer/etc and “All-Access Wristbands” for snacks/Gatorade/water bottles.

   • We will send out your Full Packet after the event based on your purchase level, giveaways, and how many miles you put in (see Finisher Tier section below).

3. Register your Strava, Fitbit, Polar, or Garmin account with ODR’s new Racing Web App, raceIOT using the raceIOT.io PIN (make this something you will remember) you provided at registration.

4. On the day of your event you will RUN or BIKE or DO BOTH for your given timeframe.

   • MAKE SURE TO LOG ALL YOUR MILES THROUGH YOUR DEVICE (see step 3).

   • You are welcome to run/ride anywhere you would like as long as the activities are logged on your device (STRAVA, GARMIN, POLAR, or FITBIT).

   • If you plan on hitting our Watering Holes plan your route so that you arrive at partnering locations during their operating hours.

5. When you feel hunger or thirst during your sojourn in the wilderness, you are welcome to stop at any of the participating locations.

   • Show your “All-Access Wristband” to have as many snacks/Gatorade/water bottles as you require (anywhere with the Epoch Hybrid Series sign).

   • Show your “Sustenance Wristband” to have a meal, a beer, or equivalent at any participating sponsor location (anywhere with the Epoch Hybrid Series sign).

6. Post your pics on social media with hashtag #EmbarrassGravity to be entered into the raffle!

Participating Locations

Current Dates

4/17/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both
- ODR presence at Old Ox Brewery (9am - 12pm) - come say hi, have a drink with us!

5/15/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both
- ODR presence at Old Ox Brewery (9am - 12pm)

6/12/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both
- ODR presence at Old Ox Brewery (9am - 12pm)

7/17/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

8/14/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

9/11/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

10/9/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

11/27/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

12/18/2021 - This is a 24 hour hybrid race. Take the whole day from 0:00 - 23:59 to get it done!
- Each location is along the W&OD for this event.
- Bike/Run/Both

Finisher Tiers

Medals

Check out the categories below - complete one of these categories during the year and you get an Epoch Hybrid Medal for the FIRST completion plus a Tracer Medal for that level and a corresponding T-Shirt. Did you complete a category again later in the year? Great, we will send you another Tracer Medal! The Tracer Medal will indicate your Finishing Level for that month, plus you can attach the Tracer Medal to your Epoch Hybrid Medal. Because more bling is always better!

Finish with the HIGHEST Tracer Score* (across all our events for a given calendar year) and win a $500 gift card! Everyone needs a new "something” during the holidays, right?

Beowulf

Event Types

Live Events: Old Dominion Racing will host a base location for you to have your own space to put up a pop-up tent for you and your team. We will have food, music, and a huge party for a full day of racing! ODR will comply with all State Health Department regulations in place at the time of opening. As of April 2021, we do not have any Live Events scheduled - YET! Keep checking, we will plan them later as things open up.

Hybrid Events: you start and run from wherever you would like, but still have locations that are partnered with ODR to provide you what you need to carry on and finish your event.

Prizes

• Prizes go to the top male/female overall for each Event date

• Prizes include:

  • Free registrations to ODR races, including the new Virginia Marathon

  • And other great items!

Raffles

Not the head of the pack this time around?

That’s ok, we know you’re still at the top of your game, and we have raffles for you to possibly win!

• Raffles include:

  • Free registrations to the Virginia Marathon

  • Free registrations to your choice of a future Epoch Series event

  • And more!

• Post your pics with hashtag #EmbarrassGravity to be entered into the raffle!

See you on the trail!

*Tracer Score is calculated based on the normalized number of miles you ride or run multiplied by the number of levels you accomplish in an event. Normalization is calculated on the estimate that 3 biking miles is equivalent to 1 mile of running (elevation climb not taken into consideration at this point).

Example: I ride 155 miles on 4/17/2021. RaceIOT.io will divide 155 by 3 to normalize it against running participants, which equals 51.6. Since I rode more than 150 miles (the threshold for the BEOWULF) I will receive just the physical BEOWULF Tracer Medal, and my event Tier Count is the number of all Tiers including and below BEOWULF (Complete Donkey, Calypso, Half Donkey, and Alpha), which is 5. For 4/17/2021 I would receive a Tracer Score of 258.33; i.e., (155/3) * 5.