Miner’s Revenge Registration Link

Race registration is now up and I can say that it works properly, because I just committed myself to the 20 miler. Time to get myself a headlamp and begin some night ride training.

This is the race description as posted on Active.com:   Steep climbs, rolling singletrack, fun descents, and riding with bats. The race takes place at the Adventure Mine in Greenland, MI. Part of the 5 mile lap is through the mine. Lights will be required. Because of the total darkness a GOOD headlamp will suffice. Free on-site camping Saturday night with campfires and fun. The mine is 48 degrees! Two race distances; approx 10 and 20 miles. E-mail caleb@goridebikes or call The Bike Shop in Houghton at 906-487-9500 with questions.

Registration Link: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1743535

Miner’s Revenge UPDATE…

Sharing some correspondence that I had with Matt Portfleet (race coordinator)…

Thad,

Thanks for calling and getting some race details posted for us. We actually had a super quick meeting at The Bike Shop this morning to hash out the final details before they get widely publicized.

You’re correct, yes the loop will likely be approx. 4 miles, with multiple loops dependant on the racing category. There will be beginner, intermediate and advanced classes, likely 2 loops for beginner, and more for the other classes after we do some test runs and finalize the route here in a couple weeks. By the way, we still have 2 feet of snow in the woods at the mine site! We know the terrain well and the approx. routes, but we need some more melt to finalize the exact distances and difficulties. The loop will contain about a half mile underground. No lights are present at all underground, riders need to have their own. We may offer some discount prices on Black Diamond lights (we are a distributor) to registered racers, more details on that later.

The race is going to be a timed format. We had debated on a mass start, but with too many people it will become mass chaos underground if we don’t stagger the riders somewhat. So that is a change from what I had told you.

Camping will be primitive, porta-johns and water available. Camping is for registered racers and associated people. No fee for camping besides race entry. Basically one tent per entry, we just don’t want every racer to bring 20 friends with 5 tents as we don’t have the space.

Outside terrain is very hilly, great terrain. Inside is gravel/rocky with some tighter areas. There is plenty of outside viewing area, but no space for general public viewing underground. Basically race officials and probably some reporters/photographers for now.

We are working on getting the registration online at active.com. This should be ready very soon.

I’ll keep you posted with any changes or updates and if/when we get a website up and running.  We’re working right now on adding a page to our site (www.adventuremine.com) but hopefully we can get a whole site just for the race itself up soon.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

Thanks,

Matt

Iceman 2009 @ 7pm tonight!

…any bets on whether it will crash again.  It would be easier on their server, if they staged the registration by classification and age, but we’ll leave that to the experts.  Good Luck!

https://new.sportsbaseonline.com/

Update: Down again!…it may be faster to snail mail your entry.  Did anyone register before the crash?

Iceman 2009 Registration Friday!

Don’t forget to register for the 2009 Iceman Cometh Challenge starting on Feb. 27th at 7pm…go to: http://www.iceman.com/ for details.

UPDATE: Registration will be at https://new.sportsbaseonline.com/.  It has been recommended that you create a login profile for yourself prior to Friday’s first come first serve registration process.

Iceman 2009 Registration…

 

 

 

Don’t forget to register for the 2009 Iceman Cometh Challenge starting on Feb. 27th at 7pm…go to: http://www.iceman.com/ for details.  I haven’t participated in this event (yet), but I know that registration is limited and you will need to be quick.

Congratulations to those who participated in the 2008 challenge!  I just browsed through the results and would like to recognize our local riders…Jeff, Cynthia, Dale, Hilary, Troy, Matt, Mark, Karen, Nato, Antoine, Badger, Steve, Vaugn, Lenny, James, Tom M, Tom B, Earl and probably several more. I’m kicking myself now, for not joining in on this event…see you there next year!

Please share any stories from 2008 Iceman or start your trash talking for the 2009 in the comments below.  Or better yet, become a contributing author to our site!  Also, post pics from Iceman to our Flickr MMBA Northeast Chapter group.