2008 is in the books for another 12 hour Race to Sunset, and what a race it turned out to be! The final rider tally with dropouts and some additions turned out at a record 101 riders. The weather for most part of the day was good to go with only the afternoon [...]
The Race to Sunset is right around the corner and I have a few things to report on it. There will be 104 riders competing, or like myself surviving, the race this year that almost doubles last year’s numbers. For those of you that were there last year know the parking lot was [...]
Location: Bismarck, ND
Trail head coordinates:
Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced
Trail Type: Loop
Length: 3.5 miles, option to shorten by .75 miles with shortcut
Description:
The trail is located on the east side of Bismarck, ND, in Sleepy Hollow park, hence the name. This trail loops through the park, using up most of the real estate of the park [...]
This trail consists of 15 miles of singletrack in pasture surrounding the Adventist Academy north of Bismarck, ND. To get there go north on highway 1804 until you see the Adventist Academy, keeping going about another half mile past the sign until you see a group of trees to the right side of the [...]
The idea turned into a plan, the plan turned into a time and place, and from there a tradition may have be born. The first ride consisted of eight riders, four stops, eleven miles, a few traffic laws broken, a whole lot of fun, and not getting home on till way to late. We thought [...]
We came, we raced, and we did better than any of us thought we would. The race to sunset is a 12-hour endurance relay race, which starts at 8:30 and goes for twelve hours, unless like us you are racing the sport class then you do six hours. The race its [...]
Probably one of the best right now in Bismarck.
Length, through all my digging the internet I see cannot find it. So thanks to my new GPS I will get this mileage eventually. I want to say a 3 or so miles but not sure.
Fun trail right off a paved path that runs along the river, [...]
