Taming of the Slough Adventure Race

**September 19, 2009**
Save the Date

Thanks for participating in the 2008 Taming of the Slough Adventure Race.

For complete race results, CLICK HERE.

**Race Day Info** Packet Pick Up and Check In

Friday August 22, 2008 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Bier Stube's Beer Garden
417 15th Street, Moline, IL

After picking up your packet head down to the bike course at Sylvan Island. F.O.R.C. will be setting up the course and you can ride a few laps before Saturday’s race.

Saturday August 23, 2008 at 6:30 a.m.
The QCRA Boathouse
17th St. at the Mississippi River, Moline, IL

MESSAGE TO RACERS:

• Race Day Early Birds are welcome! We want to ensure every one is unloaded and ready to go so arrive early.
  Check in will start at 6:30 a.m.
• We encourage every one to arrive by 7 a.m. Racing starts at 7:30 a.m.!
• Participants arrive at the Quad City Rowing Club where 17th Street meets the Mississippi River (off River Drive) in Moline. There is a turn around here. IMPORTANT – unload your gear here before you check-in. There will be volunteers here to help and we need to keep vehicles moving through. After unloading, park and return to check in.
• There is parking in the Shive Hattery lot at the corner of 17th Street and River Drive and also in the public lot across the street in front of the John Deere Collector’s Center.
• All transitions will take place near the QCRA Boat House. There will be volunteers at each staging area to oversee kayaks,canoes, bikes, etc.
• In your race packet, you will receive a tag for
  your canoe or kayak as well as a bike tag to put on your handlebars or seat post. This will serve as your claim ticket to pick up your equipment.
• Volunteers will remain until all equipment is claimed.

Course Changes for 2008

The canoe/kayak leg is an out and back in Sylvan Slough. Racers bike a short stretch on a coned lane of River Drive to Sylvan Island. You will turn off of the paved trail onto Sylvan Island for the mountain bike. The course will be clearly marked. You will then return to the transition point via the riverfront bike trail.

IMPORTANT – The bike trail is not closed! We will have course marshals out but you may encounter bikers or walkers on the trail. Be aware. The run leaves from the boat house transition point, through downtown Moline to a hill climb in Velie Park, and back via the same route.

Click on the map to download a high resolution pdf of the "Taming the Slough"
courses. Map courtesy Townsend Engineering and Rock Island County GIS Dept.

WANT TO JOIN THE FUN?

• Canoe or kayak Sylvan Slough (2 miles)
• Mountain bike on Sylvan Island (7 miles)
• Run through downtown Moline and off-road hill climb (2 miles)

Post race party at Bass Street Landing in Downtown Moline.

The race can be done individually or as a team.

TEAM COMPETITION

• 2-PERSON TEAM: Consists of 2 members (start in canoe) who do all legs of race. Finish time is average of both members’ times.
• 3-PERSON TEAM: Relay Kayak-Bike-Run
• 4-PERSON TEAM: Relay Canoe-Bike-Run

• Racers should arrive before 6:30am.
• Life jackets are required for the kayak or canoe. Helmets are required for the bike.
• You must provide your own equipment: mountain bike, helmet, life jacket, canoe or kayak. There are a limited number of canoes available for rent; please call Jeff @ River Action 563.322.2969.

For questions or for a registration form, contact: jcornelius@riveraction.org or 563.322.2969

Race sponsors include: River Action, Nichols Aluminum, the City of Moline, Subway, Friends of Off Road Cycling, Townsend Engineering, Kennedy Chiropractic, Toltec, Inc., Crawford Company, Shive Hattery, and the Quad City Rowing Association.