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For the first time since 2007, I rode the Fort Custer trails on Sunday. I signed up for the Fort Custer Stampede in the Sport Class, meaning two 9-mile loops.
I wasn’t too keen on the forecast for rain, but I chose to tough it out and pre-register for the race. Once [...]
Categories: Racing
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Tags: Fort Custer, Mountain Biking, Racing, Weight Loss
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“For the first time, I was able to do a race and actually enjoy it.” That was the end of yesterday’s blog post, and it probably left some of you scratching your heads.
“What do you mean, ‘actually enjoy it?’ Its mountain biking. You should always enjoy it!”
Sure, if you enjoy racing, [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Racing, Yankee Springs Time Trial
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“Go!”
The guy next to me took off and I got rolling. I started down the course for the Yankee Springs time trial having no clue what was in store for me. I heard that there were some bad climbs, and that the trail was notorious for sand, but I really had no clue [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Mountain Biking, Racing, Yankee Springs Time Trial
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The Barry Roubaix in southwest Michigan kicked off my 2010 racing season. It was painful, and impressively so.
I was not ready for this race. Sure, I had done a couple of 30-mile road rides, but none on my mountain bike. The race was 23-miles of beginner hell. Oh, sure, [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Barry Roubaix, Racing
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This year’s Ore to Shore was held on August 8. The course was the best! Yes, it was even better than last year. Thunderstorms moved through the area, Friday night, so the sandy course was packed. This was a year for personal records if they were to be had. Unfortunately, [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Mountain Biking, Ore to Shore, Racing
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Two responses to my Keweenaw Chain Drive post were somewhat hateful and seemed to take it quite personally. It seems like some of you have taken that post the wrong way. One person remarked that it was a tirade-type post. That wasn’t the case at all. I clearly expressed how the [...]
Categories: Racing, Uncategorized
| Tags: Keweenaw Chain Drive, Mountain Biking, Racing
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The Keweenaw Chain Drive took a rather brutal turn, this year. There were some sections of trail that were excluded and replaced with brand new singletrack. The singletrack was masterfully built and offers some different views and some interesting riding opportunities.
My race started off well for the 16-mile competition. I began climbing, [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Keweenaw Chain Drive, Mountain Biking, Racing
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It amazes me how the Iceman Cometh manages to single-handedly ruin the year of countless mountain bikers who are denied access to this November race. It brings out the worst in people. It really does, and I don’t quite understand it.
This year, I finally get to witness the event as a racer. [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Mountain Biking, Racing
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Last Friday and today mark the two Iceman Cometh registration days. Two, you ask? Why two? Well, the site that was handling registrations went down one-half hour before registration was to begin. Why is that, you ask? Well, Steve Brown does a wonderful job explaining SportsBaseOnline’s problem in the email [...]
Categories: Racing
| Tags: Mountain Biking, Racing
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Saturday was an exciting day, but not in the way I expected. It was going to be the first time that the Red Jacket – Bluesky Health Cycling Team hosted the Talvi-something-or-other (I can’t remember Finnish), a skijoring race. Many of you are probably thinking, “Ski-huh?” Skijoring.
Skijoring is cross country skate skiing with a little [...]
Categories: Skate Skiing
| Tags: Racing, Skiing
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