Finally a writeup from someone who rode the marathon XC! Kim Steed has just wrote about the event on his blog, the first part is included below:

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Finally, a bike race on the North Shore for the first time in years!!! With all the amazing trails we have, it took James Wilson’s passion and organizing skills to put together an incredible, exciting event, which will shape future bike seasons as we know them. I spoke to a lot of people who plan on training hard to improve their time for next years event!

The race started out on the paved road headed towards the Seymour Dam. This was lead out by James Wilson in his Toyota Truck and suprisingly got going very fast right off the start. There was a couple of short steep climbs that you had to push hard to keep up the speed. Once we had thinned out a bit we were directed down a gravel road for a short out and back to really string out the 200 racers, before heading South along Fisherman’s Trail.

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