{"id":140,"date":"2018-10-16T07:09:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T13:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iceman.saffire.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2018-10-16T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T13:09:42","slug":"course-updates-from-nmmba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/16\/course-updates-from-nmmba\/","title":{"rendered":"Course updates from NMMBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Association works to bring you the best Iceman Cometh Challenge course possible, we\u2019re providing updates on current conditions through race day!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a difference a week makes! Even with some warm temperatures, we saw just enough rain over the past ten days to have a huge impact on the course. In mid-to-late September, sand was the word, as it always is in early fall. This year was no different, and perhaps a touch worse; sections from Kalkaska to Dockery Road were, in the opinions of many, some of the slowest we\u2019ve ever seen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, a mix of cold nights and rain have gotten the course into great shape, and aside from the infamous sand pits that you just know <\/em>are coming, there\u2019s nothing out there that will make you feel like you\u2019re at the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom and the crew were out putting in the finishing touches on the new Water Bottle Hill Bypass. That new section of trail is bench cut and riding faster and faster every week. While it does criss-cross the old <\/em>bypass, you won\u2019t have any trouble staying on the right trail thanks to a few blue flags places at all the pertinent intersections. While the segment is too close to the previous trail to be accurate, this should give you a good look<\/a> at where the bypass is on the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another big confirmation from the weekend is that we\u2019ll stick with the same Wall Bypass used in the 2017 edition race<\/a>, taking a long, lazy bend left before the Wall and hopping on a few bits of two-track and singletrack before rejoining the 25km just about a half-mile from the infamous Boonenberg<\/a> climb. That one-two punch is always tough, especially after a few fast miles from Williamsburg Road and onto the 25km itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the finale. While it\u2019s unmarked and very tough to follow at the moment, you can count on a serpentine, sinuous sprint through some winding singletrack from the time you enter Timber Ridge, nearly leave it entirely, then come back to the line after going over and under two shipping containers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While plenty of people were out enjoying the course, Melissa from Michigan Mountain Biking Association was at Timber Ridge helping put on the Iceman Clinic this past Saturday. 30 riders got a little instruction and a lot of confidence ahead of race day, and were treated to hot brats, chips, and a great time by MMBA<\/a> and Keen Technical Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Association works to bring you the best Iceman Cometh Challenge course possible, we\u2019re providing updates on current conditions through race day! What a difference a week makes! Even with some warm temperatures, we saw just enough rain over the past ten days to have a huge impact on the … Continue reading “Course updates from NMMBA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,86,122],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regular-news","tag-course","tag-mmba","tag-single-track"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}