Schedule (HP) - Best Buddies Challenge

Schedule of Events

Once You Register

Upon registering, you’ll receive an email confirmation with access to your personal fundraising webpage and all fundraising and training resources. A Best Buddies Challenge Coach will be assigned to you. Best Buddies Challenge Coaches are full-time staff members dedicated to helping Challenge participants meet their training and fundraising goals.

The day before – Friday, May 31, 2019

11 AM – 7 PM
Early check-in and packet pick-up for all start lines
Harvard Stadium, 79 N Harvard Street, Allston, MA
6 – 10 PM
Tom Brady Best Buddies Football Challenge & Guy Cooking with Best Buddies, Celebrity Chef Food and Wine Festival, Presented by Pepsi-Cola and Shaw’s and Star Market
Harvard Stadium, 79 N Harvard Street, Allston, MA
Football Game 6-8:15 PM Reserve Free Tickets
Food Festival 6-10 PM Purchase Tickets

Day of Event – Saturday, June 1, 2019

6:30 AM
Shuttle departs 100-mile start line to the 50-mile start line in Carver.
Boarding starts at 5:30 AM
7:00 AM
Shuttle departs 100-mile start line to the 20-mile start line in Sandwich.
Boarding starts at 5:30 AM
100-mile ride starts at Santander Bank
2 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester, MA
Check-in & breakfast opens at 5:30 AM
9:30 AM
5K run/walk starts at Craigville Beach Finish
1040 Craigville Beach Rd., Centerville, MA
Check-in opens at 7:30 AM

50-mile ride starts at CVS Pharmacy in Carver
100 North Main Street, Carver, MA
Check-in & breakfast opens at 8:00 AM
10:30 AM
20-mile ride starts at CVS Pharmacy in Sandwich
65 Tupper Road, Sandwich, MA
Check-in & breakfast opens at 9:00 AM
12:00 PM
Craigville Beach Finish Line showers, massages and luncheon opens and shuttles begin making loops of local Hyannis Port hotels.
1040 Craigville Beach Rd., Centerville, MA
2:30 PM
Friendship Criterium races, featuring Best Buddies program participants matched with celebrities and other special guests.
2:30-6:30 PM
Post-event party with a lobster clambake, followed by a live concert.
4:30 PM
Early Bus transportation available back to your start line
Boarding starts at 4:00 PM
6:30 PM
Concert and afterparty ends
6:30 PM
Last Bus transportation available back to your start line
Boarding starts at 6:00 PM
6:30-8:30 PM
VIP reception at the Kennedy Compound for top fundraisers and event sponsors

The day after – Sunday, June 2, 2019

9:00 AM
Bus transportation from Hyannis Port hotels available back to your start line
Please be outside your hotel lobby no later than 8:30 AM to board your shuttle

Transportation Schedule

As part of the five-star experience, the Best Buddies Challenge provides our participants shuttle transportation options to all event starts and finishes. Show up in Boston, and we’ll get you to the 50 mile, 20 mile, or run/walk starts. We’ll bring your bag down to Hyannis Port so you’ll have a change of clothes waiting for you at the finish. After the party, we’ll get you to your hotel in Hyannis Port or back to your start line. And if you stay in Hyannis Port after the event, we’ll get you and your bike back to your start line on Sunday following the event. You take the Challenge, we’ll handle the rest.

Saturday, June 2, 2018

6:30 AM
Shuttles depart the 100-mile start to the 50-mile start in Carver
Boarding starts at 5:30 am
7:00 AM
Shuttles depart the 100-mile start to the 20-mile start in Sandwich
Boarding starts at 5:30 am
12:00 PM
Finish line shuttles begin making loops of local Hyannis Port hotels for those participants wishing to visit their hotel room prior to the event after party and concert.
4:30 PM
Early shuttle option for riders who selected to go back to either the 100, 50 and 20-Mile Start Lines on Saturday. Expected to arrive in Boston at approximately 6:00 p.m.
Boarding starts at 4:00 pm
6:30 PM
Last shuttle option for riders who selected to go back to either the 100, 50 and 20-Mile Start Lines on Saturday. Expected to arrive in Boston at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Boarding starts at 6:00 pm

Sunday, June 3, 2018

9:00 AM
Shuttles begin picking up riders from local Hyannis Port hotels departing for the 100, 50 and 20-mile Start Lines.
Please be outside your hotel lobby no later than 8:30 AM to board your shuttle.

Directions

FRIDAY:

Early Check-In:
Harvard Stadium
79 N Harvard Street, Allston, MA 02134
Starts: 11:00 AM
Best Buddies Tom Brady Football Challenge and Guy Cooking with Best Buddies Food and Wine Festival presented by Pepsi-Cola and Shaw’s and Star Market Foundation:
Harvard Stadium
79 North Harvard St, Allston, MA 02134
Starts: 6:00 PM

SATURDAY:

100-Mile Start Line:
100-Mile Ride Starts: 7:00 AM
Santander Bank
2 William T Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester, MA 02125

50-Mile Start Line:
50-Mile Ride Starts: 9:30 AM
CVS Pharmacy in Carver
100 North Main Street, Carver, MA 02330
20-Mile Start Line:
20-Mile Ride Starts: 10:30 AM
CVS Pharmacy in Sandwich
65 Tupper Road, Sandwich, MA 02563
5k RunWalk Start Line, Bike Ride Finish Line, & Victory Celebration:
5k RunWalk Starts: 9:30 AM
Craigville Beach Hyannis Port
Craigville Beach Road, Centerville, MA 02632

REST STOP LOCATIONS

COMFORT STOP (Mile 4.5, Miles to go: 95)
CVS Pharmacy, 321 Quincy Shore Drive, Quincy, MA 02170
Cyclists arrive: 7:15 AM Restroom Stop only
REST STOP 1 (Mile 16.2, Miles to go: 83.7)
Wompatuck State Park Visitors Center, 204 Union St., Hingham, MA 02043 Cyclists arrive: 7:48 AM– 8:36 AM; Stop closes: 9:00 AM
REST STOP 2 (Mile 38, Miles to go: 62)
Duxbury Senior Center, 10 Mayflower St., Duxbury, MA 02332
Cyclists arrive: 8:54 AM– 10:48 AM; Stop closes: 11:15 AM
REST STOP 3 (Mile 50, Miles to go: 50)
CVS Pharmacy (Also 50-mile start line), Carver Shaw’s Plaza, 100D N. Main St., Carver, MA 02330
Cyclists arrive: 9:35 AM – 12:00 PM; Stop closes: 12:15 PM
REST STOP 4 (Mile 64, Miles to go: 36)
College Pond Bath House, Myles Standish Forest, Lower College Pond Rd., Plymouth, MA 02360
Cyclists arrive: 10:12 AM– 1:24 PM; Stop closes: 1:45 PM
REST STOP 5 (Mile 80, Miles to go: 20)
CVS Pharmacy (Also 20-mile start line), 65 Tupper Road, Sandwich, MA 02563

Join us for a meet-up!

Prior to our main event, we host a number of group rides, happy hours and other meet-ups held throughout the year.

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