You can't win with just laps.
You can't win with just bonus point.
Pro Tip: DO BOTH!
You can't win with just bonus point.
Pro Tip: DO BOTH!
Notice: The bonus points for 2026 are still being finalized... Check back often and certainly on race day morning as this list is destined to change...
Name |
Description |
Location |
Points |
Time |
Cost vs. Free |
Home Sweet Home |
Pre Race Beverage |
Hubbard Park Beer Garden |
48 |
BEFORE 9:12am |
$ |
Home Brew |
Purchase a bag of SW12 Coffee |
Stone Creek Coffee |
24 |
Business Hours |
$ |
Your Bike Has Spoken |
Pick up a spoke card on the first lap. Keep it all day. |
Checkpoint 5 |
24 |
First Lap |
FREE |
⚡LIGHTNING⚡ |
Another SW12 Classic! |
St. Robert's Parking Lot |
250 to play +250 and the game ball for the winner |
2:50pm |
FREE |
The Bike Corral |
Ride a "crazy" bike around the cul de sac loop |
4457 N. Stowell Ave. |
Each bike 12 points. One lap only per bike, but you can ride EACH one. |
10am - 4:30pm |
FREE |
Go Hounds |
Purchase a Raffle Ticket |
Hubbard Park or find a Shorewood MTB rider |
12 per ticket |
All Day |
$ |
Go BREWers |
Stay hydrated. Purchase a beer or cocktail. |
Any Shorewood Pub |
6 per beverage |
All Day |
$ |
Bake Sale |
Purchase one (or more) of Leila's Sweet Treats. |
Checkpoint 5 |
250 per rider with a purchase |
All Day While Supplies Last |
$ |
AM to PM |
Start line and Finish line attendance. |
Hubbard Park and Foxhole |
12 points for start. 12 points for finish. |
9:12am 9:12 pm |
FREE |
Wooden Nickels |
Turn in any SW12 Wooden Nickels you have found. |
They're everywhere! |
12 points per lap specified on the nickel |
All Day |
FREE |
"I've got a thing..." |
Leave the race (temporarily) to attend a kid's event (sports, party, recital, etc.) |
Anyplace with your family! |
120 |
All Day |
FREE |
SOLAR Plunge |
Full body dunk and/or commitment to plunge on Jan. 1. |
Lake Michigan |
24 to dunk. 120 to commit to Jan. 1 |
All Day Mass plunge at high noon! +24 |
FREE |
Repeat Offender |
Dedicated to the 12? Points if you've done the race before! |
Check your Memory Banks |
12 per rider |
Time Travel |
$ |
Starship Trooper |
Selfie with a STORM TROOPER. Email picture to [email protected] |
Could be located anywhere in Shorewood |
12 per rider |
All Day |
FREE |
The VanderLOOP |
Run one lap of the 2026 SW12 map. Time to beat: 34:44 |
Checkpoints 1 - 6 |
24 for trying 112 for beating extra 24 for starting from Performance Running. |
All Day |
FREE |
Teamwork = Dream Work |
Complete a lap/laps with a full team |
Checkpoints 1 - 6 |
+112 points for each "together" lap (each rider still counts their individual lap so this is 4 team laps +112 points) |
All Day |
FREE |
Show Some Respect |
Purchase some 2026 SW12 swag. |
Race day shirts at SHOP. Other options here. |
112 per item |
Business Hours |
$ |
Paint By Numbers |
Paint for 5 (or more) minutes. Donate $5 to Derrek's Charity for a chance to win the painting. |
2700 E. Beverly Rd. |
12 points for every 5 minutes. 12 points for ever $5 donation. Win the drawing = 420 points + the painting for your garage. |
9:12am - 8pm |
Free/$ |
FREE CHICKEN 🐔 |
Chicken should be FREE, taste GREAT and NOT tear up your lawn. IYKYK |
2800 E. Edgewood Ave. |
250 per rider |
Hit or miss. Aim carefully and spread the word. |
FREE |
A River Runs Through Us |
Sign up for a KK River Clean Up with The Gents. |
112 per rider |
9am on Sept. 26 |
FREE |
|
SEED |
Purchase a Raffle Ticket |
Checkpoint 1 |
1 ticket = 24 points 6 tix = 144 14 tix = 336 |
10am - Noon |
$ |
Treasure Hunt |
Find a mushroom painting and/or visit the SNP table. Paintings can be kept or returned at the Paint by Numbers station. |
Shorewood Nature Preserve |
Painting = 48 (1 per team) table visit = 48 per rider |
Noon - 2pm |
FREE |
Play Date |
Play session with a kid and/or cafe purchase |
Little Sprouts Cafe + Play |
250 per rider |
Business Hours |
FREE/$ |
New Kids on the Block |
Visit Shorewood's newest bike shop. Grab a goodie, test an E-bike and more! |
Shorewood Bikes 1928 E Capitol Drive |
250 per rider |
10am - 6pm |
FREE |
🔺 Triangle Concert |
Live concert with Anne Heaton and Sara Richards |
Grassy triangle near Lake Bluff, Ardmore and Alpine |
250 per rider |
15 minute concert at 11am sharp! |
FREE |
Will you marinate me? |
Order some delicious dishes |
C-viche |
24 per dish |
Business Hours |
$ |
Do what makes you happy! |
Take your pick: 10 body squats 10 push ups 5 pull ups |
Ascend Fitness |
24 per rider per option |
Business Hours |
FREE |
Hop Over The River |
Our nod to the great RW24 |
Any Brewery or Pub in Riverwest |
24 per rider |
Business Hours |
$ |
The Dye is Cast |
Get an SW12 Tattoo. Must say or represent SW12 in some way. |
Any local tattoo parlor |
250 for each new SW12 tattoo 24 for each previous SW12 tattoo |
Business Hours |
$ |
Oops |
Blank |
Row |
Right |
Here |
FREE |
Good Bites |
Enjoy a free "Energy Bar Bite" One food pantry donation will be made on your behalf. |
North Shore Presbyterian Church |
48 per rider |
1pm - 3pm |
FREE |
Get a Trim |
Spin the wheel and get a "wild" haircut or beard trim. You spin... you COMMIT. |
Blind Side |
Spin that wheel! |
2pm - 5pm |
$ or FREE |
Hangin' with Mind Goblin |
Select 1 team member to hang from a bar. |
4428 N. Maryland Ave. |
3 points per second |
2pm - 4pm |
FREE |
1900 Golf |
Play bucket golf. |
Grassy island near Newton and Hackett |
24 to play + more points if you're good |
3pm - 5pm |
FREE |
Field of Dreams |
Play baseball or buy a brick. |
Spector Field |
Brick = 112 Pitching machine = 12 Throw outfield to home = 12 Run the bases = 12 More points rewarded on site for success. |
3pm - 5pm |
$/FREE |
Unicorn🦄 |
Eat corn. |
Checkpoint 5 |
112 per cob |
5pm - 8pm |
FREE |
Kinship |
Donate a bag of groceries. |
Foxhole |
48 per bag |
All Day |
$ |
Fox Trot🦊 |
Street Karaoke |
Foxhole |
120 per song |
6pm - 8pm |
FREE |
LAPS |
Do laps on a bike for 12 hours |
Checkpoint 1 - 6 |
1 lap = 12 points Wooden nickels don't count here. |
9:12am to 9:12pm |
FREE This category also receives it's own LAP RAT trophy |
Pop up points
Well, well, well. Look who's paying attention and knows about extra points only on the website. Go get 'em tiger!
Name |
Description |
Location |
Points |
Time |
Cost |
LAP RAT |
The most laps in 12 hours. |
Checkpoint 1 - 6 |
112 |
All Day |
FREE |
Pup Cup |
Do a lap with your pet. |
Checkpoint 1 - 6 |
48 per pet per lap |
All Day |
FREE |
Birds of a feather... |
Take a selfie along with a FLOCK camera |
find a flock camera |
12 per rider |
All Day |
FREE |
Chappell d'chocolate |
Enjoy chocolate ice cream with nuts |
Anyplace in Shorewood that sells chocolate ice cream with nuts |
42 per rider |
All Day |
$ |
Penny Pincher |
Take a selfie with a Penny Farthing |
Shorewood |
48 |
All Day |
FREE |
Ball Buster |
Bring a bowling ball with you for one lap. Rider MUST return after 1 complete lap. |
2700 E. Beverly Rd. |
48 |
All Day |
FREE |
Family Affair |
1 lap with a non SW12 racing child |
Checkpoint 1 - 6 |
48 points per lap |
All Day |
FREE |
Toes in the Sand |
Stand on Atwater beach |
bottom of Atwater Beach |
24 |
All Day |
FREE |
Ghost Rider |
Ride the Ghost Train |
Oak Leaf Trail bridge over Capital |
48 |
While the Ghost Train is Active |
FREE |
Tend the Green |
Mow one strip of grass with a push mower (no engine) |
Grassy island near Newton and Hackett |
12 |
All Day |
FREE |
Custom Caps |
Purchase a custom SW12 valve cap for your bike. |
Foxhole |
48 per cap |
All day - while supplies last |
$ |
Fiddlin' Around |
Mention SW12 and get $2 off your order! |
Fiddleheads |
24 |
Business Hours |
$ |
Post Up |
Find hidden Shorewood 12 posters around town. |
Somewhere in Shorewood |
Check the back of the poster |
All Day |
FREE |
Take Your Shot |
Photo booth and shot glasses... get it? |
2700 E. Newton Ave. |
24 per rider per shot |
3pm - 5pm |
FREE |
Light It Up |
Bike parade and BBQ. Light up/decorate your bike, enjoy a brat and ride to the finish line in style!! |
2027 E. Beverly Rd |
250 per rider |
8pm |
FREE |
You look MAHvelous |
Team of 4 themed costume |
Our hidden style judge will be watching |
250 per team |
All Day |
FREE |
Decor and Glamour |
Shop for style and get some points. |
ANY boutique or housewares shop in Shorewood |
Every $50 spent = 12 points |
Business Hours |
$ |
Lotion in the Basket |
Find the rider wearing a large wicker ski basket and ask him/her to pull over. Reach in the basket for a prize. |
Mystery rider on the SW12 course... you've met Vince, right? |
Reach in and find out |
While supplies last |
FREE |
Bend It Like a Greyhound |
Try to score a goal (soccer). First kick free - additional kicks for Boosters donation. |
SHS Field |
12 to try +10 - 50 for a goal (depending on distance) |
11am - 1pm |
FREE/$ |
Wobble Bike Race |
Challenge any rider NOT on your team to a WOBBLE BIKE race. |
The SW12 Bike Corral 4477 N. Stowell Ave. |
12 for each racer +12 for the winner |
10am - 4:30pm |
FREE |
Artsy Fartsy |
Selfie in front of any Shorewood Public Art. Email picture to [email protected] |
Any public art. There are more murals and sculptures than you think! |
12 per rider per art piece |
All Day |
FREE |
FUEL |
Eat Food. |
Any Shorewood Restaurant, Pub or Diner |
6 points for every $20 spent |
Business Hours |
$ |
Yard Bird |
Purchase a $5 knitted chicken from a chicken knitting professional. |
2800 E. Edgewood Ave. |
48 |
All Day While Supplies Last |
$ |
The Regal Beagle |
Purchase one of the first 12 cocktails after opening. |
Old Form |
48 plus a wooden nickle |
Business Hours |
$ |
🕘9 to 5🩷 |
Dolly Parton Tribute |
Hubbard Park Beer Garden |
9.25 per rider |
9:25am |
FREE |
VOLUNTEER |
Volunteering at a booth or bonus stop, but still in the race - this one's for you! |
Anywhere in Shorewood |
12 per 15 minutes |
All Day |
FREE |
Hang out at Crux |
Finger Grip test on a rock climbing board. |
Crux Chiropractic |
12 to try +3 points per second |
12pm - 2pm |
FREE |
Penny Pincher |
Take a selfie with a Penny Farthing. |
Anywhere in Shorewood |
12 per rider |
All Day |
FREE |
Hounding Around |
Test your mountain biking skills with a Shorewood Mountain Biking Team Member |
Hubbard Park Mountain Bike Corral |
24 per rider |
2pm to 4pm |
FREE |
Keep track of your team's bonus lap challenge completions on the motherboard (which will move from checkpoint 1 to checkpoint 6 at some point during the day). It's all on the honor system. Yea... you know we're watching...
Some challenges require a selfie... send to [email protected] and look for yourself on the 2026 race recap.
Some challenges require a selfie... send to [email protected] and look for yourself on the 2026 race recap.
