I just want to say I think it's funny that there's a 13 page post regarding the Maybury TT and probably about 1/2 of those pages were after the race filled with complaints and people just being mean.
mmba racing post for Maybury TT
There was an f'n train on the tracks during Ore to Shore that screwed a lot of people's race up (more than 75% of the field) and only one post regarding the train debacle. There was also a woman who injured herself pretty badly on the sand pit and not one post regarding that even.
It's just interesting...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Something you don't see everyday
A guy I work with showed me this picture. It's from a recent trip up north to Rogers City to his in-laws house. He said the mother was killed by a car so the dog started performing some motherly duties. Nature is funny sometimes.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Ore to Shore 8.10.13 and our UP vacation
Another Ore to Shore completed followed with a week of vacationing in the UP.
Jimmie's race went very well. He and the super fast group made it past the train situation and on to a smoking fast finish time of 2:39. He was 3rd in his age group and 33rd overall.
Seth was probably one of the first people to get caught by the train. He said the guy just ahead of him almost got hit by the train.
Beating the train...what is that all about anyhow?
http://www.beatthetrain.org/
We were fortunate to have great weather during the race. Last year we had some crazy wind and the year before the temps sored near 88 degrees with tons of humidity. This year I think we may have had temps in the low 70's with clear sunny skies. The rain had come through days before and left us with some muddy sections and some pretty big puddles to deal with, but other wise the course was in good shape.
I was pretty happy with my finish time all things being considered. I had originally planned to make Ore to Shore my A race for the season but "the incident" as we call it derailed that plan and I just tried to not crash.
Anyhow...about our vacation: We headed up toward the Porcupine Mountains Saturday evening. We were tired from driving and stopped off at Baraga State Park and slept in the van. The next day we headed to the Porcupine Mountains. Our campsite was a little too close to other people for comfort but it had to do since we didn't make a reservation. We headed up to the Lake in the Clouds via the road and got some serious hill work in. We ran into a couple up there who were backwoods hiking/camping. That same night we ended up seeing them again as they had decided to camp at the state campground in lieu of backwoods camping. The next day we woke up and decided to check out the supposed MTB trails. We ended up riding some XC skill trails and wondered why in the heck, when there is so much land out there, isn't there any single track. It was a big disappointment. The Porcupine Mountains are beautiful and on a clear night the skies are unbelievable. If we ever go back, we are going to go back for hiking since there are hiking trails everywhere around there.
We decided we'd had enough of the Porcupine Mountains so we headed up to Copper Harbor for the bad a$$ trails up there. We landed a sweet campsite at the West lot in the Fort Wilkins State Park. Our neighbors were from Wisconsin and were also there for the MTB riding.
We spent a good portion of Wednesday riding the Copper Harbor trails and we both rode Thursday before we left for Marquette. I found that I like the Mai Kai, Der we went, Der we go, the Bullwinkle, Woopidy woo and the Flow. On the Edge scares me and yes you are literally on the edge. I guess the locals ride down it. I've only ridden up it. Jimmie rode the Red trail and Simah down the mountain and said they are much more fun as downhills. He did something like 4000 ft of climbing at Copper Harbor.
Everyone talks about the South trails in Marquette. I have to say some of the North trails are awesome as well just in a different way. They're less technical, but accessible from Tourist Park and we literally race right next to some of them at the very end of Ore to Shore. If you pay attention to the right side of the hill when riding up Kirby's climb, you will see a trail marker for one of the North trails. Skip Kirby's climb, obviously not during the race, and ride the single track instead. The South trails are a mix of technical and super fun trails. I love the Red Trail. We rode as much as we could on Friday. We ended up riding for almost 4 hours starting at Tourist Park and riding a lot of the South trails (some of the Red Trail X2) and up to Presque Isle to visit Sunset Point where we got married a year ago.
Jimmie's race went very well. He and the super fast group made it past the train situation and on to a smoking fast finish time of 2:39. He was 3rd in his age group and 33rd overall.
Seth was probably one of the first people to get caught by the train. He said the guy just ahead of him almost got hit by the train.
Beating the train...what is that all about anyhow?
http://www.beatthetrain.org/
We were fortunate to have great weather during the race. Last year we had some crazy wind and the year before the temps sored near 88 degrees with tons of humidity. This year I think we may have had temps in the low 70's with clear sunny skies. The rain had come through days before and left us with some muddy sections and some pretty big puddles to deal with, but other wise the course was in good shape.
I was pretty happy with my finish time all things being considered. I had originally planned to make Ore to Shore my A race for the season but "the incident" as we call it derailed that plan and I just tried to not crash.
Anyhow...about our vacation: We headed up toward the Porcupine Mountains Saturday evening. We were tired from driving and stopped off at Baraga State Park and slept in the van. The next day we headed to the Porcupine Mountains. Our campsite was a little too close to other people for comfort but it had to do since we didn't make a reservation. We headed up to the Lake in the Clouds via the road and got some serious hill work in. We ran into a couple up there who were backwoods hiking/camping. That same night we ended up seeing them again as they had decided to camp at the state campground in lieu of backwoods camping. The next day we woke up and decided to check out the supposed MTB trails. We ended up riding some XC skill trails and wondered why in the heck, when there is so much land out there, isn't there any single track. It was a big disappointment. The Porcupine Mountains are beautiful and on a clear night the skies are unbelievable. If we ever go back, we are going to go back for hiking since there are hiking trails everywhere around there.
Lake Superior at Porcupine Mountains Union Bay campground
8.12.13
We decided we'd had enough of the Porcupine Mountains so we headed up to Copper Harbor for the bad a$$ trails up there. We landed a sweet campsite at the West lot in the Fort Wilkins State Park. Our neighbors were from Wisconsin and were also there for the MTB riding.
We spent a good portion of Wednesday riding the Copper Harbor trails and we both rode Thursday before we left for Marquette. I found that I like the Mai Kai, Der we went, Der we go, the Bullwinkle, Woopidy woo and the Flow. On the Edge scares me and yes you are literally on the edge. I guess the locals ride down it. I've only ridden up it. Jimmie rode the Red trail and Simah down the mountain and said they are much more fun as downhills. He did something like 4000 ft of climbing at Copper Harbor.
Everyone talks about the South trails in Marquette. I have to say some of the North trails are awesome as well just in a different way. They're less technical, but accessible from Tourist Park and we literally race right next to some of them at the very end of Ore to Shore. If you pay attention to the right side of the hill when riding up Kirby's climb, you will see a trail marker for one of the North trails. Skip Kirby's climb, obviously not during the race, and ride the single track instead. The South trails are a mix of technical and super fun trails. I love the Red Trail. We rode as much as we could on Friday. We ended up riding for almost 4 hours starting at Tourist Park and riding a lot of the South trails (some of the Red Trail X2) and up to Presque Isle to visit Sunset Point where we got married a year ago.
View from North trail
View of trail head from atop the mountain in Copper Harbor
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