2007 Michigan Endurance Series

Just an FYI to the accomplishments of the Dirt Dad's this year... due to the 12 Hours of Pando, Team DDR placed 16th and 20th in the 4-person open class and Rusty finished 28th in the 40+ Individual class. I stumbled onto the results HERE. ;-P

ICEMAN 2007

Yup, that's mountain biking legend Ned Overend flying the S-Works through Michigan.

At a slightly slower pace, six Dirt Dads competed in the 18th annual 27.5-mile Iceman Cometh Challenge (http://www.iceman.com/) on Saturday, November 10, 2007. The weather was mild, warming up from the mid 30's to the low 40's for the ride. Conditions were great, the course was fast, the crashes were few & minor, the cramping was minimal, and except for some chain-sucking (& wind-sucking?), we had no breakdowns! Here's the times:
Marc 2:11:03
Bob 2:18:09
Brian 2:19:59
Harv 2:28:54
JP 2:28:55
Tim 2:30:22
Pre-race dinner on Friday night was at Pearl's in Elk River. Good Cajun food but maybe we should try a pasta place next time, huh, Marc?
After our race we watched the pros take off including legend Ned Overend and past Iceman winners. Brian Matter took first place at a ridiculous time of 1:30:30. I noticed the 'longest' ride was completed by a guy (sport class 45-49) at 5:18:10. There, I feel better.
We oinked down some monster burgers, fries, & shakes at Dan's Drive-In. Then we drove to the Union Street Station, an apparent Iceman hangout in Traverse City. After impersonating smoked sardines (get it?) at the bar, we crashed at the Cherry Tree Hotel. Sunday breakfast at Mabel's was awesome. Kim, thanks for joining us!
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HP

Fort Custer

Cool morning bike ride on Saturday, October 13. John, JP, Tim, Brad & Harv. Red loop twice, green loop once, trenches one more time. New for us: the loop-da-loops. A great ride day except maybe for Tim, who noticed a crack in his bike frame. He sat out the last loop. Mexican lunch at Nina's in Augusta. Yes!

Cannonsburg Ski Hill

Check out these hearty souls! Brad, JP, Brian, Tim, Matt, & Hugo ready to take a second loop of the trails at Cannonsburg Ski Hill. Notice Hugo is laughing because he didn't have lights like the others and decided not to ride again.

Also there were Harv (taking photo) and Marc (already on the trail).

Calling the Nutty Crazies Out There...

There is an Adventure Race sponsored by Grand Rapids Area Adventure Racing. I'm not into it, but didn't know how nutty crazy anyone else out there is... so here is the LINK.

October 20th... Orienteering, MTBing, canoing and possible a ropes course (yikes!). $140 per 2-person team plus a $20 "late fee"... heck, I just heard about it!

I'd throw in some pics, but the site is all Flash... which means no sharing :(.

Priority Health Cycling Classic

Not exactly a "Dirt" function but Bob entered the First Annual Priority Health Cycling Classic criterium on Saturday, September 9 in downtown Grand Rapids. JP, HP, Tim & Kim, Brian & Joanie. Bob was involved in a crash but was not hurt. Even though he didn't finish, Bob said he'd love to race again here next year. HP & JP volunteered as course marshalls and blew whistles as the pace cars and riders raced by.

Dirt Dad HP posted photos of the event. Here's more info about the event:

http://www.priorityhealthclassic.com/

The pro race was especially exciting. Check the newspaper for results.

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