RAINSTORM™ Preview and Registration Information
July 16-21, 2012

• Route Preview
• Rates & Deadlines
• Cancellation Policy
• RAINSTORM™ Details
• RAINSTORM™ Newsletter (PDF)
• RAINSTORM™ details

Route Preview

RAINSTORM™ offers an intensive week of cycling for riders preferring longer distances. Each day's route is approximately 100 miles, and there are no layover days.

RAINSTORM™ travels over hard-surfaced back roads in southern Indiana. Terrain ranges from rolling to hilly; expect to be challenged. Lodging in Indiana State Park inns (three nights) and nice hotels (two nights) is included in the tour fee. All accommodations offer comfortable beds, air conditioning, and free WiFi.

Four breakfasts and three dinners are included; menus are carefully planned for sound nutrition and variety, and include options for vegetarian and diabetic participants. At the Indiana State Park Inns, buffets are served in the inn dining rooms. Dinners in Bloomington and Terre Haute (carbo loading the night before RAIN™) are on your own.

• Monday Century: Richmond to Brown County State Park. (113 miles) Overnight and dinner buffet at Abe Martin Lodge.

  
  

• Tuesday Century: Brown County State Park to Clifty Falls State Park (100 miles). Breakfast buffet at Abe Martin Lodge; dinner buffet and overnight at Clifty Inn.

  
  

• Wednesday Century: Clifty Falls State Park to Spring Mill State Park. (105 miles) Breakfast buffet at Clifty Inn; dinner buffet, beer garden & overnight at Spring Mill Inn.

  
  

• Thursday Century: Spring Mill State Park to Bloomington. (100 miles with metric option) Breakfast buffet at Spring Mill Inn; overnight at the Courtyard Marriott in Bloomington, with dinner on your own.

  
  

• Friday Century: Bloomington to Terre Haute. (100 miles) Breakfast buffet at Courtyard Marriott; overnight at Drury Inn in Terre Haute, with dinner on your own.

  
  

• Saturday (160 miles): Join the RAIN™ Ride: Terre Haute to Richmond. Breakfast at Drury Inn.

Rates & Deadlines

*If you're a single rider wishing to share a room but haven't found a roommate before you register, pay the single occupancy rate and we'll reimburse you after your roommate signs up, prior to the close of registration. Contact us for help finding a roommate.

Your RAINSTORM™ registration fee includes:

• lodging for the week (five nights), including the night before RAIN™;
• four breakfasts and three dinner buffets;
• a commemorative RAINSTORM™ jersey;
• a RAINSTORM™ t-shirt;
• a RAIN™ t-shirt;
• entry fees for Brown County, Clifty Falls, and Spring Mill State Parks;
• RAIN™ entry fee (you will need to pay for crew lunches or extra t-shirts);
• baggage transport and SAG support;
• massage therapy availability; and
• maps and marked routes.

You may bring your own registered SAG driver and vehicle on the tour. All personal SAGs must follow the conduct expected on the RAIN™ ride: no hand-offs to cyclists from moving vehicles will be allowed. Any SAG driver or cyclist engaging in reckless behavior will be excused from the tour without a refund.

Minors (anyone under the age of 18 years) must be accompanied by a supervising, registered adult, and that adult must be identified on the minor's registration form.

Registration for 2012 will open January 1 and close May 2. Sign up in January to receive $100 off your entry fee. Sign up in February to receive $50 off your entry fee. Discounts are automatically applied when you register.

Please note that our closing date will be midnight, May 2. This closing date allows us to hand out RAINSTORM™ jerseys at packet pick-up.

A maximum of 50 people may participate. We reserve the right to cancel the tour and refund your entry fee in full if fewer than 25 people register. In 2011, we had 31 participants. RAINSTORM™ will celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2012.

RAINSTORM™ Cancellation Policy

Please read our cancellation policy carefully:

All cancellations must be received in writing (see Contact Us for assistance) and received by the specified date. Cancellations are subject to a $100.00/person fee; the remainder of your payment will be refunded. No refunds will be given for any reason after May 2.

We urge you to purchase trip cancellation insurance in case you are forced to withdraw from the tour after the closing date. Trip cancellation insurance is available by visiting McKay Insurance or calling 800.942.0283. Our participants who have used this insurance find it very reasonable in cost.

After your entry has been received, you'll get a confirmation postcard in the mail. Please contact us if you do not receive one. Registration packets will be available at our host hotel the evening before the ride, and at Earlham College the morning of the ride.

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