Fifth Street Cross - Black Friday 100
About this race
Before you sign up, read this:
**NO USAC MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED FOR BIKING / NO REFUNDS**
You must bring a 6-pack (beer or the like) or pay an additional $20 when you show up.
You can start at any time of day, but everyone's time to participate will end at 4:20pm.
The Black Friday 100
On Friday, November 28th, we will repeat the best-worst idea of running and/or riding 100 miles or some combination thereof on the Fifth Street Cross course. Jake Looney and Finn Harrington came up with this amazing idea in 2021, and we just keep punishing ourselves each year. In fact, nearly 100 of you came out in 2023 and 2024, so I guess you all love it! In addition to cycling, our running community can choose from 10k, 13mi, 26mi, and 50k options! For you super crazies, jump in on the halvsies and combo your effort with a run and ride effort. No one has ever run 50 miles AND ridden 50 miles. Will it be you this year?
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a 6-pack event, so don't forget to bring a 6-pack along with your entry fee if you haven't signed up already. Alternatively, if you are not bringing a 6-pack, you can bring an additional $20 for the prize pot.
SCORING
The winner of distance events is the first person to reach the goal in their category in the shortest amount of elapsed time. That means we don't care about your ride time; we care about how much time has passed since you started the clock.
Example: Rider A starts at midnight and finishes 100 miles at 2pm for a total elapsed time of 14 hours. Rider B starts at 7am and finishes at 4pm for 9 hours. Rider B wins because their elapsed time is less than Rider A, even though Rider A finished earlier in the day.
The winner of the timed events is the person who rides/runs the farthest distance in their category based on elapsed time.
Pick your distance
Running
10k (4-laps)
13mi Half Marathon (8-laps)
26mi Marathon (16-laps)
50k Ultra (19-laps)
Full FSX Season in One Day (24-laps)
Go the extra distance to complete the equivalent distance of all 12 weeks of 5ks at FSX! This is approximately 60k
Ultra Rock Relay Team
If you want to participate but think 100 kilometers or 100 miles might be a bit much for you, create a team! Teams are $25/person, and each member needs to bring a 6-pack (equivalent) prize for the winners of each team category. Tell us your teams race distance on race day!
Duathlon
50/50 50k Run (19-laps) and 50k Ride (19-laps)
Ride 50k and Ride 50k. You can choose to either one first, as long as you get to the finish before 4:20pm. We've had ONE finisher in five years. Will you be the next?
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Emmaus, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:02 AM and sets at 4:37 PM local time (EST) in Emmaus on November 27, 2026 — 9h 35m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Emmaus
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- Emmaus 5K Races 3 races
- Emmaus Running Calendar 2026 7 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 7 Emmaus events
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