Michigan’s New 213-mile Gravel Race Just Might Be as Tough as Dirty Kanza

Yeah, daylight is good, and we get a lot in the summer.  I rather liked the idea of an early spring ride to keep the temperatures cool – although this year spring was about a month late.  That and I had an “unfair” advantage of being able to practice in the velodrome all winter long.

chas wrote:

Yeah, daylight is good, and we get a lot in the summer.  I rather liked the idea of an early spring ride to keep the temperatures cool – although this year spring was about a month late.  That and I had an “unfair” advantage of being able to practice in the velodrome all winter long.

Zurichman wrote:

Lucky you I have to force myself to go down to the dungeon and didn't get er dun this winter. If I want to do some early spring rides next year I am going to have to do that. I can't ride the exercise bikes at Planet Fitness as although I have never had knee problems they mess my knees up as they aren't fitted to me like my bikes are. We never really had a spring per say here in Pa. this year and Feb. was raining and cold and March was just cold if I remember right and April was either rainy or cold. Hoping for a better training late winter/early spring or any spring next year as it went straight from winter to summer.  

Zman

Fresh back from Kanza I can provide some sense of comparison.  Any ride over 150 miles is going to be difficult, so they were both tough!  Kanza this year saw a return to strong north west winds.  While the race did start with a weather delay of 30 minutes the day turned out to be very nice.  The river and streams were rather low requiring only two walks. Generally the route was fast and dry.  Kanza is not a very technical ride but there were still several sections which demanded your acute attention, especially on the dissents.  Texaco Hill and Ten Hill were very ridable and I made them both.

DerekJ_MI wrote:

Fresh back from Kanza I can provide some sense of comparison.  Any ride over 150 miles is going to be difficult, so they were both tough!  Kanza this year saw a return to strong north west winds.  While the race did start with a weather delay of 30 minutes the day turned out to be very nice.  The river and streams were rather low requiring only two walks. Generally the route was fast and dry.  Kanza is not a very technical ride but there were still several sections which demanded your acute attention, especially on the dissents.  Texaco Hill and Ten Hill were very ridable and I made them both.