{"id":297,"date":"2020-10-06T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iceman.com\/blog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:23:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:23:19","slug":"october-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/october-update\/","title":{"rendered":"October Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chill in the air, leaves on the ground, it\u2019s feeling like Bell\u2019s Iceman Cometh Challenge season! As disappointing as it may be to have to miss this year\u2019s edition of the race, we\u2019re working hard to bring you a taste of the fun…safely!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past month or so, we\u2019ve been putting together a virtual Celebration Zone to bring together some of the riders, sponsors, and people who make our event so special. From last year\u2019s Men\u2019s Elite winner, Alexey Vermuelen, to our pals from TREK, Michigan Mountain Biking Association, Bell\u2019s Brewery, and a slew of others, it\u2019s our way of thanking donors and showing everyone a little sip of what we\u2019re all missing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, the woods aren\u2019t canceled. Riders have been putting in plenty of miles out on the 2020 course, and if you haven\u2019t yet, give it a shot. We have received a ton of questions about the course and plenty of feedback, too. According to a little recon by myself and from other locals, the sand is much better than it was in the last week of September, and with a few more rainy nights, it\u2019ll be fast until the snow flies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing I noticed riding part of the course<\/a> is just how tough the switch to the Special K and 10km really is. While we completely skip the Boonenberg and the Wall Bypass, two sections with short, sharp, rolling hills, we get instead two long, steady drags up that gain even more elevation, albeit over a longer distance than the traditional direction. At the end of it, there’s still a fast descent to the base of Anita Hill, then it’s “as you were” to most previous editions, without a trip to Headwaters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Grab the GPX file<\/a> and give the course a go and let us know how you think the race would have played out!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We will <\/span>not <\/span><\/i>be marking the course in any way per DNR rules, nor will there be any support or medical staff in the woods at <\/span>any <\/span><\/i>point this fall, and that includes November 7. Like any bike ride or Out\u2019n\u2019Back, riders should always be prepared to fix mechanicals and bring the snacks they need. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A chill in the air, leaves on the ground, it\u2019s feeling like Bell\u2019s Iceman Cometh Challenge season! As disappointing as it may be to have to miss this year\u2019s edition of the race, we\u2019re working hard to bring you a taste of the fun…safely!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281,"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":[2,9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-course","category-news","category-strava"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Iceman-logo_FULLcolor_RGB.jpg?fit=2001%2C1740&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}