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The Mid South Wouldn ’ t Happen
Just Anywhere .
More than 3,000 people registered to
ride 100 or 50 miles , run 50K , or run and ride in the Double .
What began as a vision for a local Oklahoma grassroots bicycle race has evolved
COMMERCE | 2021 P r o fi l e Magazine of the Stillwater Chamber of Commerce into a weekend of music , food and community in Downtown Stillwater .
A lot has changed since Bobby Wintle sent 121 cyclists off on the stumbled onto a secret , and we wanted to share this red dirt with inaugural Land Run 100 in 2012 : event attendance has grown anyone willing to come .” from the hundreds to the thousands ; runners joined cyclists
As the years passed and more people came from more places to push to test their mettle against the unforgiving Oklahoma terrain ; their bicycles and bodies to the limit , a community began to form . local musicians shared their sounds ; and while the name of the event “ I wanted this event to bring people together for a reunion of sorts ,” changed , the spirit and identity remained .
Bobby said . “ To celebrate , to laugh , to cry , and to experience this
The Land Run 100 was created from the dirt roads around Stillwater and the adventurous spirit fostered at District Bicycles , where event together .” When registration closed for the 2020 race , more than 3,000 people co-owners Bobby and Crystal Wintle encourage everyone to embrace had registered to ride 100 or 50 miles , run 50K , or run and ride in their inner wanderer . the Double . Everyone was welcome , and the race categories tried to
“ It seemed as if no one had been riding these roads ,” Bobby said of reflect that : there were no exclusive levels for professional or elite his experiences riding around Stillwater in 2011 . “ It felt like we had cyclists , no cash prizes for being the fastest , and race management