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Course-The
course starts in a grassy field, then goes onto pavement for about
100 meters, then goes into another field, which takes you up to the
Tri-County Corridor (railroad grade). You turn off the railroad grade
onto a snowmobile trail, which deposits you on a gravel road. The
gravel road takes you to a section of singletrack and doubletrack
which are home to the two running sections of the course. After the
trail, there is a bit of pavement which gets you onto another section
of railroad grade and back to the start line.
Clothing- Some may wonder, "What to wear?" Well,
that depends on the weather. Given that its Northern Wisconsin and
November, it will probably be pretty chilly, and we might get some
rain. So I would wear layers of wicking clothing (poly-pro long underwear,
bike jerseys, etc.). And don't forget to keep your hands warm with
some gloves (like cross country ski gloves) and your feet warm with
wool socks. And bring some dry clothes to change into afterwards as
you'll probably be wet, muddy and cold.
Bike-What should I ride? Well, unless you have a
cyclocross bike laying around, I would reccomend a mountain bike with
semi-slick tires if you have them, though you could probably survive
on a road bike with some fatter tires. Hybrids would work wonderfully
for a race like this too, though you might want to get slightly knobbier
tires. Bottom line? I've ridden the course on my fixed gear road bike
with 38c hybrid tires, and it was a bit sketchy, but doable.
