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Official race websiteStart location and course
130 South Main Street, Ottawa, KS 66067
The pin marks the address the race lists, which is usually the start. The organizers have not shared a course map with us yet.
2025 results
All results (2 years)The Half Astra (40 Miles)
The Bad Astra (80 Miles)
BA Party Pace (20 Miles)
Aggregated from official results (Timer Guys) for The Bad Astra. Individual finisher names are not stored here.
How fast do you need to be at The Bad Astra?
At the 2025 The Half Astra (40 Miles), the fastest tenth finished in 2:27:44 or better, the top quarter in 2:34:26, and half the field in 3:03:22; the last tenth came in after 4:01:18.
At the 2025 The Bad Astra (80 Miles), the fastest tenth finished in 4:08:29 or better, the top quarter in 4:49:20, and half the field in 5:34:22; the last tenth came in after 6:13:32.
At the 2025 BA Party Pace (20 Miles), the fastest tenth finished in 1:17:28 or better, the top quarter in 1:23:47, and half the field in 1:31:23; the last tenth came in after 1:48:57.
| Age | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| 30-39 | n/a | 2:41:10 |
| 40-49 | n/a | 2:25:15 |
| 50-59 | n/a | 2:34:09 |
| 60-69 | n/a | 2:48:02 |
Groups with fewer than five finishers are left out. Awards vary by race; check the race's rules.
What would my time get me?
Where a finish time would have placed in 2025.
Finishers by year
Down 13 percent since 2024.
All events combined, from official results.
The Bad Astra Gravel year by year
From 2024 to 2025, the field went from 78 to 57 finishers, and the median time dropped from 4:08:00 to 3:03:22.
| Year | Finishers | Median | Fastest tenth | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 (-27%) | 3:03:22 | under 2:27:44 | 2:15:13 |
| 2024 | 78 | 4:08:00 | under 2:58:30 | 2:43:29 |
From each year's official results for the Gravel; virtual options are left out.
Race details
- Where
- 130 South Main Street, Ottawa, KS 66067Map
- Course
- Road
- Distances
- Gravel
- Editions
- 2026 (Sep 26, 2026), 2025 (Sep 27, 2025), 2024 (Sep 28, 2024), 2023 (Sep 30, 2023), 2022 (Sep 24, 2022), 2021 (Sep 25, 2021)
- Status
- The next edition has not been announced yet. Past events: The Bad Astra (100 Miles), The Half Astra (50 Miles), BA Party Pace (25 Miles), BA Party Pace (25 Miles), The Bad Astra (100 Miles).
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Quick answers
- When is The Bad Astra?
- The next date has not been announced.
- How much does it cost?
- See the registration page for current pricing.
- What distances are offered?
- Gravel.
- How big is it, and how fast?
- In 2025, 57 athletes finished the The Half Astra (40 Miles); the median finish was 3:03:22 and the winner finished in 2:15:13.
- Where does it start?
- 130 South Main Street, Ottawa, KS 66067.
From the organizers
If you are familiar with Kansas, you may know the state moto is “Ad Astra Per Aspera.” Depending on how you google it, the Latin means “to the stars through difficulties.” We wanted a race that was awesome and represented Kansas. We felt “The Bad Astra” was a great name for a gravel bike race. “Bad Astra” in Latin means “really cool bike race…” probably.
We will be offering distances of 80 miles (The Bad Astra), 40 miles (The Half Astra), and 20 miles (BA Party Pace).
(All distances are rough estimates. All race distances will be a minimum of the number miles)