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Monday, October 16, 2006

Inaugural Gluttons of Dirt Ride a Success

Yesterday was the first ever Gluttons of Dirt event put on by yours truly. The Wirth Whirlwind 25 was a 25-lap ride or the main Wirth Park trail here in Minneapolis, with a 9-hour time limit to receive a limited edition Gluttons of Dirt patch.

For those of you that don't know the trail. The Wirth MTB trail is a prime example of what a good advocacy group can do in an urban environment with not a whole heck of a lot of space. The trail at Wirth is never boring but flows well and is constantly turning. And I do mean constantly. You almost never get to ride straight.

Each lap is 2.75 miles long so the event would take the riders 66 miles on dirt. Because of the twisting nature of the trail it is almost impossible to drink from a bottle during a lap. But the short lap usually made it possible to just drink when checking in and out after signing in on the lap book.

Six riders started the event, but two dropped out midway through. The other four continued on and earned the first four Gluttons of Dirt patches. Congrats to Ezra 'EZ' Taylor, Bill 'Baba' O'Reilly, Steve 'Seve' Bobusch, and myself. The first 3 finished in 8 hours. I managed to finish with just 10 minutes to spare. Yikes!

All of us got to witness a spectacular sunrise through beautiful pine forest sections. The temps were perfect. A bit brisk at 28 degrees at the start but getting up to 60 degrees during the peak of the day. While 25 laps may sound boring, it never really was. The trail demands your attention.

Quite a few other folks were out riding throughout the day and became aware our our effort. Keep your ears tuned for Gluttons of Dirt events in 2007. I hope to put on two events. One at Lebanon Hills and other somewhere a bit further off.

Gluttons of Dirt events are cool because they are free and they let you ride your mountain bike a lot. And you could earn a cool patch. What could be better than that?

Cheers,
Kid

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