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Kruger's Farm on Sauvie Island will host the Kruger's Kermesse Farm Crit Sunday. File Photo / Pat Malach

Road racing takes a well-deserved break this weekend, but the first race on the OBRA 2010 cyclocross calendar picks up the slack. Sunday’s Kruger’s Kermesse Farm Crit presented by Bike N Hike bills itself as a perfect transition between the road and ‘cross seasons, and Oregon’s MTB season continues with the Stagecoach XC in Jacksonville. For those not yet ready to head off the pavement, the OBRA Masters Track Championships run Saturday and Sunday at Alpenrose Dairy Velodrome in southwest Portland.

SATURDAY, Aug. 28

OBRA Masters Track Championships; Alpenrose Velodrome
Masters men and women will battle over two days for the 2010 OBRA championships in six age-graded categories. Saturday’s racing will include time trials, sprints and keirins. Racing starts at 10 a.m.

Stagecaoch XC; Jacksonville
This is what an MTB cross country race is all about. Epic climbs to the tune of almost 2,000 vertical ft of elevation gain, sweet single-track trail and demanding descents will make this one of the most technical courses of the year. While the overall distance seems short, this course will require every bit of your resolve! Registration is from 7-9 a.m. Racing starts at 10 a.m.

SUNDAY, Aug. 29

OBRA Masters Track Championships; Alpenrose Velodrome
Masters men and women will battle over two days for the 2010 OBRA championships in six age-graded categories. Sunday’s racing will include points races, madisons and pursuits.

Kruger’s Kermesse Farm Crit; Sauvie Island
Although it’s called a crit, this event will probably feel more like a fast and non-technical ‘cross race over hard-packed farm roads. The course at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island will feature some potholes and ruts, a sprinkle of gravel, a bit of sand, and, depending on the weather, possibly some mud. However, everything will be 100 percent rideable with no barriers or dismounts. The spectator-friendly venue, which also hosts the Kruger’s Crossing cyclocross race in late November, will feature live music, a beer garden, catered food and, of course, a kiddie race. Registration opens at 9 a.m. Racing starts at 11 a.m.

Oakridge Super D; Westfir
The second race of the Oregon Super D Series hits southern Oregon Sunday at this Oakridge event. A Super D/Enduro mountain bike race is best described as a downhill cross-country race. It encompasses roughly 80 percent descending and 20 percent climbing built into the course. Super D racing is for the all-around rider with DH, XC and Freeride skills. Racing starts at 10 a.m.

A calm start to the Gentleman's Ride

By Emiliano Jordan
The 2010 Rapha Gentlemen’s Ride Northwest turned into an epic day of battling heat, dust, sharp rocks and, according to my GPS, 8,755 feet of vertical. It what was one of the hardest courses I’ve ever done.

My day started out innocently enough with a quick “hi” to Rapha’s Slate Olson, who I haven’t seen in too long, followed by a trip into the winery and some careful loading of calories into my jersey pockets. Then with some time to spare the Team Oregon’s group sat on a few pallets to avoid the already intense sun.  Some jokes were passed around and playing the alphabet game is mentioned, “Yeah, but will we pass a Dairy Queen, or will we be stuck on Q for the whole ride?”  This, as with most starting-line plans, quickly fell apart when confronted with the reality of how hard this day would be.

I Love Tarmac

Like most team, after going out in a tailwind we were excited by our average speed. Our rotation was working well and we were reminding each other to eat and drink in the heat. While we didn’t know it at the time, passing the Portland Bicycle Studio’s riders when they pulled over to fix a flat was an eerie omen of events to come. Undaunted, we passed through turns and along the gorgeous country side between Forest grove and south west Columbia County. Read more…

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Ian Boswell on Friday successfully defended the blue jersey of the Tour of Utah’s best young rider competition during the 9.5-mile stage 3 time trial won by Trek-Livestrong’s Taylor Phinney. Boswell (Bissel Pro Cycling) covered the course in 18:01 for 44th place and slipped one spot on GC to fifth, 2:29 behind overall race leader Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack).

With two stages remaining — Saturday’s criterium and Sunday’s Queen stage — the 19-year-old rider from Bend holds a 48-second lead in the young rider competition over Trek-Livestrong’s Tim Roe and 1:12 over Lachlan Morton (Holowesko Partners/Garmin).

Ian Boswell finished the stage 3 time trial Friday at the Tour of Utah in 44th place and held onto the best young rider's blue jersey. Photo courtesy of Christopher See.

STAGE 3 RESULTS
1. Taylor Phinney (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 16:46
2. Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s) 16:48
3. Jeremy Vennel (Bissell Pro Cycling) 16:57
4. Alex Dowsett (Trek-LIVESTRONG) 17:02
5. Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) 17:05
44. Ian Boswell (Bissell Pro Cycling) 18:01

OVERALL STANDINGS
1. Levi LEIPHEIMER (Radioshack) 6.57:24
2. Francisco MANCEBO (Canyon Bicycles) +1:37
3. Darren LILL (V Australia) +1:49
4. Philip ZAJICEK (V Australia) +2:07
5. Ian BOSWELL (BISSELL Pro Cycling Team) +2:29

Tour of Utah photos courtesy of Christopher See.

Gentle Lovers rider Sam Nicloetti's OBRA criterium champion's jersey will be up for grabs this Sunday in Albany. File Photo / Pat Malach

SATURDAY, August 21

OBRA Junior and Senior Team Track Championships: Alpenrose Velodrome
Junior Races start at 9 a.m., with registration at 8. Senior events start at noon. Entry fee is $5 for juniors, $10 per event for seniors. Junior races will include two- and four-lap time trails, scratch races, points races, chariot races and pursuiuts. Junior events will be omnium scored with one set of medals given out for the final omnium. Senior races include team pursuit, men’s and women’s team sprint, a married couples’ sprint, madisons and a tandem pursuit. Racing should end about 2 p.m.

Franz Bakery Criterium: Portland
The inaugural Franz Bakery Criterium is an eight-corner race in Portland’s central eastside. The 1.13 km course near the namesake bakery features wide streets with good road surface, and, despite having eight turns, isn’t overly technical. Twenty feet of climbing per lap will sting the legs, but it also means 20 feet of descending to recover. At this race, every lap counts because the first rider across the line each lap earns two points. Points will be awarded 15 deep for the final lap, and the rider with the most points overall wins the race. It’s also rumored each rider will get some Franz products to take home. Racing starts at 3:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, August 22

OBRA Criterium Championships: Albany
The Third Annual Historic Albany Criterium will once again host the OBRA Criterium Championships on a classic L-shaped, six-corner 1 km downtown course with a 300-meter finishing straight. The roads are wide, fast, and safe with plenty of excellent spectator spots. This course was well received by riders at last year’s event. Medals are awarded to the top three OBRA members in each category.

OBRA CRITERIUM CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Ian Boswell (Bissell) on the podium Thursday with ProTour star Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack) and Francisco Mancebo, a top 10 finisher of multiple European Grand Tours. Boswell finished third behind Leipheimer, the winner, and Mancebo. Photo courtesy of Christopher See.

MT. NEBO, Utah — Ian Boswell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) put in the best ride of his young career Thursday, finishing third on stage 2 of the Tour of Utah behind Radioshack ProTour star Levi Leipheimer and multiple Tour de France top-10 finisher Francisco Mancebo.

Ian Boswell's Stage 2 effort at the Tour of Utah Thursday also netted the blue jersey for best young rider. Photo Courtesy of Christopher See.

Boswell, the Bend resident who won the Nevada City Classic and finished fifth on stage 1 of the Cascade Cycling Classic earlier this year, scored his best-ever NRC finish Thursday in Utah by making it into a select group of six riders on the slopes of the final climb. The 80-mile road race finished at the top of the Mt. Nebo climb, which covers 4,000 feet in the last 11 miles and tops out at 9,300 feet elevation. Leipheimer created his solo escape by countering an attack from 2009 overall winner Mancebo (Canyon Bicycles) about 5 km from the finish. He quickly dropped Mancebo, Boswell and the others. But the young Bend rider stayed with the former Spanish national champion to the line, finishing just 52 seconds in arrears. South African Darren Lill (Fly V Australia) crossed the line fourth less than 10 seconds later, and his teammate Phil Zajicek rolled in fifth another 15 seconds back.

The result earned 19-year-old Boswell the blue jersey signifying the race’s best young rider. He also moved into fourth overall behind Leipheimer, Mancebo and Lill , just 1:16 off the lead pace. It would seem to be some pretty heady stuff for a rider who graduated high school little more than a year ago. But it was all just another day in the saddle for the confident young neo pro.

“Looking back on it, yeah it’s pretty cool, but at the time it was just a race and it doesn’t matter who it is,” he said by phone while waiting for this evening’s individual time trial. “I knew that it was Levi and them. Maybe the only difference is that I knew how strong they were versus being someone I didn’t quite know as well. But a race is a race. I didn’t give anything away or do anything special just because it was those guys. I just raced like I had to.”

Boswell first rode into the domestic pro peloton spotlight at last year’s Nevada City Classic when he joined now-teammate Ben Jacques-Maynes, Leipheimer and Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong as they lapped the field. The 18-year-old had already won the Junior race earlier in the day and was still able to tag along with the pro breakaway trio — even taking his share of pulls — until finally losing contact. Pro team race directors took notice, and as a bonus the New York Times published a photo of Boswell cresting a hill next to Armstrong.

He signed with Bissell in the off-season with the understanding that he’d be allowed to race in Europe with the USA Cycling U23 National Team. He moved to northern California near where the Bissell squad is based so that he could attend college classes and start training with some of his future teammates. As it turned out, it would be a while be for he raced in his Bissell kit. He spent much of the early season in Europe with the national team. Delayed flights because of the Icelandic volcano kept him from competing at the Cherry Blossom Classic in April, and nagging knee pain sidelined him from the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic in June.

Boswell grabs a fifth-place finish during the Mckenzie Pass Road race of the Cascade Cycling Classic in July. File Photo / Pat Malach

Boswell eventually returned to racing at the Nevada City Classic, winning again — this time as a pro — in front of his teammate, 2009 Mt. Hood winner Paul Mach, and a field that included past winner Burke Swindlehurst and a resurgent Floyd Landis. Boswell’s next big result came with a top-5 NRC finish during the difficult stage 1 McKenzie Road Race of the Cascade Cycling Classic won by Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare). He led the first chase group across the line and beat former ProTour rider Pat McCarty for the fifth spot.

Now he has his sights on Utah’s young rider jersey and a good GC result. He’ll need to set a good mark in the 9.5-mile individual time trial, survive Saturday’s challenging criterium and ride well again during Sunday’s Queen stage that finishes atop Snowbird Ski Resort at 8,000 feet.

“The time trial is today, so it depends on how that goes,” Boswell said of his chances. “If I have a good ride there, and then there’s a crit on Saturday and another hard road race on Sunday, and I have another good ride there, the GC will decide itself.”

Boswell will start the evening time trial fourth from last and will have the benefit of input from talented teammates like Jaques-Maynes, Jeremy Vennell and Mach. He said he also hoped it would be possible to hitch a ride in the team car following one of his teammates so he can get one more chance to recon the course.

“They can give me info on how to take the turns and what needs to be done to have a good ride,” he said of teammates who start earlier in the day. “It’s good to know time splits, wind conditions, anything that can help.”

The Tour of Utah could prove to be a great chance to get another good result for his team before departing next season. Boswell has already committed to ride in 2011 for Trek-Livestrong, a U23 development squad for the ProTour RadioShack team of Leipheimer and Armstrong. He’ll trade in the red-and-white kit of Bissell for Trek-Livestrong’s black and yellow.

“That was a hard decision,” Boswell said. “Bissell’s been an awesome team, and it’s been an awesome year with these guys. They’re a good group of people.”

Although Bissell has proven to be a good fit for Boswell and he’s delivered some good results for the team, Trek-Livestrong is the next logical step toward his goal of racing professionally in Europe. The Trek U23 squad, directed by former pro and Grand Tour rider Axel Merckx, has an extensive European program that delivered Taylor Phinney, now on the RadioShack stagiere team, two consecutive U23 Paris-Roubaix wins.

“I want to try and get over To Europe more and race as much as possible, and Trek allows me to do that a little bit more,” Boswell said.

RACE NOTES: Oregon’s own Breakaway Promotions contracts with the race promoters to provide logistical support and organization for the Tour of Utah. Chad Sperry, Leslie Cogswell, Jeff Lorenzen, Brad Ross, Tom Hoffman and more OBRA/Oregon folks are in Utah making the race happen. … National road race champion George Hincapie (BMC Cycling) crashed and had to abandon the race with 17 stitches in his knee. … The six-day Tour of Utah started Aug. 17 with a prologue time trial in downtown Salt Lake City and concludes Sunday, Aug. 22, with the Queen finishing at Snowbird Ski Resort.

Tour of Utah photos courtesy of Christopher See.

RELATED:
• Boswell battles Mancebo on Utah’s Mt. Nebo, By Kirsten Frattini, CyclingNews.com, Aug. 20.
• Leipheimer fires solo shot in Utah, By Brian Holcombe, VeloNews.com, Aug. 20
• Red Bissell wants blue at Utah, By Lyne Lamoureux, PodiumInsight.com, Aug. 21

The pumpkin fields probably won't be ready for picking by the time the Kruger's Kermesse Farm Crit takes off Sunday, Aug. 29, on Sauvie Island. File Photo / Pat Malach

SAUVIE ISLAND — With cyclocross clinics from Upper Echelon Fitness/Portland Bicycle Studio and PDX Cross Academy already in full swing, it’s no surprise that the first race on the OBRA cyclocross schedule is just 10 days away.

The Aug. 29 Kruger’s Kermesse Farm Crit presented by Bike N Hike bills itself as the perfect transition into cross season. Although it’s called a crit, the event will probably feel more like a fast and non-technical cross race over hard-packed farm roads. The course at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island will feature some potholes and ruts, a sprinkle of gravel, a bit of sand, and, depending on the weather, possibly some mud. However, everything will be 100 percent rideable with no barriers or dismounts. The spectator-friendly venue, which also hosts the Kruger’s Crossing cyclocross race in late November, will feature live music, a beer garden, catered food and, of course, a kiddie race.

Cross season picks up in earnest Sept. 11-12 with theCross Over Stage Race in Eugene and the Pain & Suffer’n CX race on Bald Peak Sept. 12. Portland’s popular Cross Crusade series, which draws well over 1,000 participants per race, begins October 3 with the traditional race at Alpenrose Dairy.

Criterium season continues this weekend in Oregon with the inaugural Franz Bakery Criterium Saturday in downtown Portland and the OBRA Criterium Championships Sunday in Albany.

PORTLAND — In the spirit of the fast-twitch season, a new offering on the OBRA schedule this Saturday will provide a tune-up opportunity for Sunday’s OBRA Criterium Championships in Albany. The inaugural Franz Bakery Criterium is an eight-corner race in Portland’s central eastside. The 1.13 km course near the namesake bakery features wide streets with good road surface, and, despite having eight turns, isn’t overly technical. Twenty feet of climbing per lap will sting the legs, but it also means 20 feet of descending to recover.

Any relief will be short-lived, however, given the event’s unique points-race format, a concept borrowed from the velodrome. At this race, every lap counts because the first rider across the line each lap earns two points. Points will be awarded 15 deep for the final lap, and the rider with the most points overall wins the race. The first person across the line on each lap will also receive $1 cash, so it can pay to be aggressive. There will be a minimum of $500 in cash/merchandise, three deep in each category. Category 1-3 prizes will be five deep.

The start/finish line and registration will be located at NE 10th and Glisan.

SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 21
3:30 p.m. — Cat 4/5 Men (30 min + 1 lap)
4:10 p.m. — Masters 35+ (40 min +1 lap)
5:00 p.m. — Cat 3 Men (40 min +1 lap)
5:45 p.m. — Open Women (40 min +1 lap)
6:30 p.m. — Pro/1/2/3 Men (50 min +1 lap)

Dean Tracy was one of 12 riders picked to attend USA Cycling's track World Cup selection camp. Rubicon-Orbea, Therapeutic Associates, PACE and BRIHOP are teaming up Aug. 29 to help raise funds for his trip.

PORTLAND — Rubicon-ORBEA rider Dean Tracy was recently one of 12 riders selected in the United States to attend a special two-week world cup selection camp. The riders with the best potential to sprint against the world’s best will represent the United States in international competition in 2011, with the ultimate goal of earning a spot on the 2012 Olympic team.

To help pay for Tracy’s chance at an eventual Olympic dream, Rubicon-ORBEA, in partnership with Therapeutic Associates, PACE and Brian’s House of Pain, will hold its first-ever STRONGMAN Competition. All proceeds from this event will be donated to help cover Tracy’s expenses while at selection camp and the 2010 USA Cycling Track National Championships.

Date: Sunday, Aug. 29
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: PACE 4829 NE MLK Blvd, 97211

Categories:
Lightweight and Open Women
Lightweight and Open Men
Police vs. Fire Division (teams of 3)

Events:
1. Overhead Press
2. Keg load
3. Tire throw
4. Tire/sled drag medley
5. Two handed anyhow
6. Deadlift for reps

Entry: $35 pre-registration $40 day of
Team Entry: $100 for teams/pre-reg, $120 day of the event.
A coupon for 1/2 price one-hour massage will be included in the entry fee. A massage therapist will be on site. Awards will be presented to the top 3 in each category. All pre-registrations must be RECEIVED by 8/25/10

Donations toward Tracy’s trip can be mailed to: Rubicon Cycling, 3014 L Street’ Vancouver WA 98663

Contact: nathanfrechen@yahoo.com (607-206-0978) with any questions.

OBRA offers plenty of racing this weekend, starting with the Portland Twilight Criterium tonight and the Longview Grand Prix Criterium Saturday.

SATURDAY, Aug. 14

Longview Grand Prix Criterium: Longview, Wash.
New on the OBRA calendar this year, this .5 mile criterium presented by Highlander Cycling will take place in the Longview Civic Center roundabout. The course is oval, flat and fast — good for pros and beginners. This is a FAST course! Three lanes wide, pure speed, pour it on and let it go! The race boasts a $2,300 overall purse plus merchandise and primes. The Pro/1/2 men will race 75 minutes for $1,000 six deep, with the winner pocketing $400 for his efforts. The Cat 1/2/3 women will race 45 minutes for $300-$500, depending on the size of the field. Racing starts with the juniors at 11:30. The last race of the day starts at 6:05 p.m.

National Track Qualifier: Portland
Alpenrose Velodrome in southwest Portland will start its busy weekend with the National Qualifier races for riders hoping to compete for national titles later this season. Racing starts at 10 a.m. and will include time trials, pursuits, sprints, keirin, points races, madisons and more. Medals will be awarded to top three finishers.

OBRA MTB STXC Championships: Sherwood
The Sherwood Equestrian Center debuted as a race venue during last season’s Cross Crusade and returns for 2010 to host the OBRA MTB Short Track Championships. The course is set between the trees and hills of the center and promises a mix of singletrack and short climbs among its twists and turns. Racing starts at 11 a.m. for the juniors and continues throughout the day, culminating with he Pro/Cat 1 races at 1:15 p.m. The hotly contested Kiddie Race goes off at 12:15.

SUNDAY, Aug. 15

Alpenrose Heartbreaker: Portland
The Gentle Lovers present a one-day track race at Alpenrose Velodrome featuring Elite keirin, points races and madisons. Racing starts at 10 a.m. Elite races have cash payouts, other categories will win merchandise.

OBRA Hillclimb TT Championships: Mt. Hood
Those blessed with the ability to ascend like agnels will get a chance to shine at Sunday’s hillclimb championships on Mt. Hood. Climb from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge on a beautiful maintenance road that gains 2,000 feet over 5.6 miles. The course climbs steadily through a wooded area of alpine fir on the narrow twisting road. The surface is somewhat rough due to old pavement, and the last half-mile or so is especially steep. Medals are awarded to OBRA Champions. Only full season OBRA members are eligible for medals. You may compete with a one-day license, but you will not be eligible for medals.

OBRA MTB XC Championships: Alsea Falls
Oregon’s premiere MTB promoter Mike Ripley has put together another beauty for the OBRA MTB XC Championships. The course at Alsea Falls near Corvallis is 50 percent singletrack with a big smooth climb. Although temps are predicted to hit the high 90s, the shaded course is 8‐10 degrees cooler than in the valley and offers 600 feet of climbing per lap. It’s a real Rollercoaster! Each field will travesre a 2.5-mile starter loop that climbs 150 feet before heading onto the larger 4.5-mile loop for laps. Racing starts at 9:30 a.m. for the Juniors and concludes with the last event going off at 1 p.m.

This weekend's OBRA Road Race Championships will start and finish at the same place as the Mt. Adams course used for stage 2 of the 2010 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic. But this new "Glenwood" circuit heads south rather than going north onto the remote forest service roads of the Ginford Pinchot National Forest.

TROUT LAKE, Wash. — This weekend’s upcoming OBRA Road Race Championships in Trout Lake, Wash., north of Hood River will turn a new page for Oregon racing. The Original schedule called for a rehearsal race at the beginning of August, with the championships running at the end of the month. Now the rehearsal race has been scrubbed in favor of a championship Saturday and Sunday that will take place Aug. 7 and 8. Skill- and experience-graded categories will race Saturday, with age-graded categories following up on Sunday.

Race Director Chad Sperry said he hopes participants will embrace the festival spirit and spend some time in Hood River, taking advantage of the area’s plethora of rides, hikes and other outdoor activities. Many racers may also choose to race both days, an option that wasn’t as practical under the old system.

“We’ve done away with the rehearsal and we’re turning it into one festival weekend,” Sperry said of the revised schedule. “And we really think that’s going to be a premiere course. It’s very neutral and doesn’t favor any one particular demographic or rider.”

The route itself should look partially familiar to riders who took part in the 2010 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic. The Stage 2 Mt. Adams Road Race also started at the trout Lake school. But while the Mt. Hood stage headed north into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the OBRA championships route heads south to BZ corner before turning back north toward Trout Lake via Glenwood. The course consists of two loops: a large 46.5-mile circuit with two climbs, and a smaller 12-mile inner circuit that is mostly flat. The two loops allow race organizers to control distances for different categories. The Pro/1/2 men will race two large circuits for 93 miles. Other categories will race a combination of the longer and shorter loops, while the juniors’ race will take place exclusively on the mostly flat shorter loop.

A herd of elk feeds not far from the road about halfway through the course.

The rolling-to-flat Trout Lake/Glenwood course has two notable climbs, one long grinder that gains 1,500 feet of elevation and one shorter popper with 500 feet of elevation gain. With plenty of flat-to-downhill roads between the climbs and the finish, riders who get away early will really have to work if they want to try and stay away to the end.

The counterclockwise course starts under the shadow of Mt. Adams at the Trout Lake school (about 21 miles north White Salmon) and heads south on wide pavement with an almost unnoticeable downhill grade. The peloton turns left at a local geographical feature called BZ Corner and quickly starts ascending the longest of the two climbs. Never really steep, the five-mile grinder eventually flattens into a valley as it passes through farmlands and timber stands. This is where the elk herds, bald eagles and wild turkeys that live here will have a good view of the action. Then the climbing resumes on the other side of the valley with a steeper pitch.

Breakaway Promotions’ Venue Director Bill Warburton said the climb is only a mile long, but it will hurt.

“Any break that goes here better be well motivated,” he said, “because the course drops, rolls and flattens as it proceeds through tall ponderosas and tree cover for many miles. This will be some awesome racing in here.”

Now heading toward the tiny burg of Glenwood, the valley opens up to provide breathtaking views of Mt. Adams. A left turn at Glenwood leads the course back into the foothills and a series of progressively larger rollers that build to a fast, twisting descent into the Trout Lake valley’s flats and the mile-long, straight-as-an-arrow run to the start/finish back at the school.

“My overall impression is this is a fairly neutral course in terms of climbs and flats,” Warburton said. “The climbs will contribute to selections, but so could the flats, especially if there’s much wind. The course could almost favor those who prefer to attack on the flats rather than the climbs. We’ll see. Either way, it’s a fantastic course.”

The Trout Lake area truly is spectacular, offering breathtaking scenery, sparsely traveled roads and abundant wildlife. And Sperry said the humans who inhabit the area are happy to host the race as well.

“The Community of Trout Lake is incredibly excited to have the races up there,” Sperry said. “It’s a beautiful location, and we’re really planning a fun-filled weekend for people who are coming up to participate in that.”

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