posted November 11, 2008 by trek7k

The MTB Vegan wrote about her experience racing in the 2008 Iceman Cometh Mountain Bike Challenge on the Girl Goes Biking blog this weekend and it’s worth a read if you have a few minutes. For those who aren’t familiar, the Iceman is a 27 mile point-to-point mountain bike race held the first weekend in November each year. The course stretches from Kalkaska to Traverse City, Michigan and is made up of mostly double track and forest roads. Each year thousands of riders come out from all over the country for this classic fall mountain bike race.

MTB Vegan reports the weather for this year’s Iceman was “awesome” - misty and upper 30s! With major sponsors like Subaru and Gary Fisher Bikes the race offers big prizes totaling $25,000 in cash and another $10,000 in merch. Sounds like a good one to put on your race calendar wishlist for 2009!

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