100 Miles of Hell

HELL is now worth a total of $10,000.00*

Hell is fun, right? No? Okay, we totally agree, but it wouldn’t be Homegrown Gravel without featuring a full 50/50 mix of the best Georgia/Alabama border gravel we can throw at you. We’re talking 8,500 feet of climbing and 40-ish gravel segments, including all the secluded pavé, gravel, dirt, sand, and streams you can handle. Our 100-mile course is a rough-riding gravel adventure that you’ll hate us for just after the ride, but you’ll love us for a few days later. We’ll have four fully stocked Aid Stations to soften the blow and keep you going. We’ll even have some warm soup, should the weather dictate that you’ll need it. We don’t deny that it’s a challenging course for this early in the season, but finishing will be a well-deserved accomplishment that will come with a finisher prize waiting just for you at the finish line. However, should you muster up the energy to win, it will cement your name among the best, and we will now reward you with a bit of green for your hard fought achievement.*

$10,000 Prize Purse*
We’re excited and proud that we have scrapped together a prize list fitting for the event’s difficulty. The $10,000 purse will be split equally between men and women and will be for the top male and top female, regardless of category. You can read more about the purse and rules here and then we can stop adding all these asterisks.

All the Details

Start Location: Franklin, GA
Date: Feb. 28, 2026
Start Time: Men – 8:30am, Women – 8:45am
Field Limit: 300
Distance: 100-MILES
Estimated Completion: 6:00pm (10mph avg)
Difficulty: Difficult

Additional Info: The cost of registration comes with entry to the ride, rider tee, swag bag, and post-ride festivities and post-ride drawing. (must register by Jan. 24 to be guaranteed a rider Tee)

Camping: We’re excited to be able to add camping for both tent and RV this year. Click here for full details.

Post Ride Food: Soups, chili, burgers, hotdogs and a few other things, including vegetarian options (and chips – as promised). There will also be a variety of beverage options including delicious frosty beer from our friends at Halfway Crooks.

COST

$125

Hell Brought to you By Wahoo

When you’re in the thick of it, you don’t want to be second-guessing where you’re going. Today’s technology has all but eliminated the need for printed cue sheets, not to mention reducing our reliance on course signage. We love course signage until – oops – it falls over, goes missing, or turned around for someone’s amusement in the wee hours of the night before the ride. (It happens more than you think)

All three Homegrown routes are extensively vetted, researched, and engineered to maximize the awesomeness of your day. To keep you on track and get you home safely, we provide detailed ridewithgps.com files that pair perfectly with any Wahoo Bike Computer or Watch. If you’re not using the Atlanta-based tech from Wahoo, that’s cool; we’ll have FIT and TCX files for you, too. Do you need a new computer? Check out our friends at Wahoo Fitness online or at the event.

WHAT YOU GET WITH REGISTRATION

When you register, you’re not just signing up for a race or ride; you’re signing up for an experience. Your registration includes a Dope Rider t-shirt, Morning Snacks & Coffee to fuel your start, Paved Parking for easy convenience to the festivities, SAG Support for any on-road assistance, Aid Stop Food and Drink to keep you hydrated and energized. Finisher embroidered badge for completing the distance, plus a Post-Ride Meal and Drink(s) to replenish your energy, Post-ride Entertainment to keep the fun going, and a Post-Ride Drawing for a chance to win exciting prizes. Registration also includes as much Kick-a$$ Photography and Video as our crew can manage to get.

PLUS FRIDAY SHAKEOUT RIDE
This year we will be including a 20ish mile shakeout ride starting in Downtown Franklin at 2:00PM. We’ll head out on some different roads from the route for an afternoon fun to get the legs primed for Saturday. We’ll supply the route the week before, so there’s no surprises.

SUNDAY COFFEE RIDE
Before you hit the road, let’s get the blood going again in the legs. We’ll have some morning Joe then head out for a 20ish mile very casual ride using another route not yet traveled. We’ll start from Downtown Franklin at 10:00AM. Like Friday’s shakeout ride, we’ll supply the route a week before.

FIELD LIMIT, Categories & PRIZES

300 total riders for the 100-mile field.
First come, first serve. We will not have a waitlist and there will be NO DAY OF REGISTRATION.

CATEGORIES

MEN’S OPEN – MEN 40-54 – MEN 55-64, Men 66+, MEN SINGLESPEED

WOMEN’S OPEN – WOMEN 40-54 – WOMEN 55-64, Women 65+, WOMEN SINGLESPEED

NON-BINARY OPEN

MIXED TANDEM $140 (Prizes only)

PRIZES

MEN’S OVERALL* – $5,000.00 ($2,000, $1,350, $750, $500, $250, $150)

WOMEN’S OVERALL* – $5,000.00 ($2,000, $1,350, $750, $500, $250, $150)

ALL CATEGORY WINNERS – CUSTOM THROWN CERAMIC TROPHY, COURTESY OF GROUCHY ASS POTTERY STUDIO – Handmade trophies valued at $150 each, though in our eyes, they’re priceless

ALL 1ST, 2ND, 3RD CATEGORY PODIUMS – MEDALS AND FREE REGISTRATION FOR 2027

100-Mile Route

Update Feb 19, 2026: This is the final version of this year’s 100-mile course.

NOTE: Should the weather turn south for the event, we will modify the course to keep you off the worst roads. We can’t guarantee there won’t be any mud, but we can limit enough of it to make it still a great day out on the bike, just maybe a little soggier than you like.