A week later, adventure runners will tackle the trails of Moab at the 24 Hours of Utah and the Moab 100 runs on March 29 and 30. The races will run together but will be judged separately. One race is to see who can go the farthest in 24 hours, the other is to be the first to 100 miles.

Check out geminiadventures.com to get the scoop on the races.

If dirt's not your thing, road cycling is in go mode.

With the weekly criterium series at Rocky Mountain Raceways is two races into the season, and so far Brent Cannon, riding for Contender Bicycles, is on top with a pair of wins in the A Flight. Sam Moore and Piotr Strzelec, both riding for Canyon Bicycles of Draper, split the wins in the first two weeks for the B Flight.

The criteriums are being held on Saturday afternoons through March 29 then move to the normal Tuesday evening on April 1.

Criteriums, of course, are not everyone's cup of tea. Road racing begins on April 5 with the Hell of the North race followed by the Triple Valley Stage race a week later.

For the true endurance cyclist in Utah, April 8 is an important date. It's the day registration for the 26th running of LOTOJA opens up. Last year, all 1,500 spots were filled in less than 48 hours, so it's important to get in early.

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