Post-Ride Wrap Up
June 12th, 2008 Posted in NewsAnother successful Milford Trail Challenge has come and gone.
More than 80 riders hit the mountain bike trails around Milford, including Highland, Hickory Glen, Proud Lake, Kensington, Island Lake, and the Milford Trail. That’s quite a collection and variety of riding all within a relatively close distance to the Village of Milford. And fortunately there are many safe and simple routes between these trails.
“It was a great day of riding, with a few beers and pops alone the way,” said Bill Hermann, event organizer and MMBA Trail Coordinator for Proud Lake. “I would like to thank all the volunteers and sponsors that help make this event a success.”
Sponsors included the St .George’s Café and O’ Callahan’s Pub, the event’s starting and finishing/re-hydration point.
Money raised from the event will help support the MMBA and The Milford Yellow Bike project. Expect to hear more about the latter as the details are worked out. But in a nutshell, it’s part of a plan to promote biking in the Milford area .
As for the riders, the reviews were all thumbs up.
“The beer was great, food was great, oh, and yes, the trails were fun,” reported Claudia Bean who rode 33 miles. “The heat and humidity just made us drink more beer.”
New this year was a cool fancy trail map by Dave Cox.
Riders could choose which trails to ride and end up with anywhere from 7 to 98+ miles. Only one rider, Sam Grebe actually finished all the trails listed on the map this year.
Jon Heft had planned on riding them all in preparation for the Lumberjack 100. “Our group of 7 was whittled down to 4 people - thoughts of doing 90+ miles were quickly quashed by the heat and humidity,” said Heft. “My legs were completely cashed by the time we completed our 55 miles.”
Mike Connolly, who’s also training for the Lumberjack added, “I had a great time and can’t wait for next year.”
