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The roster is limited in order to maintain solitude on the trail during the race. Īrrowhead 135 is a self-supported race with limited checkpoints, requiring extensive supplies to be carried with the racer. Temperatures along the course reach as low as −45 ☏ (−43 ☌) degrees. Modes of transportation includes foot, ski or bicycle, and the race is held in late January or early February. The trail is 135 miles on Arrowhead State Trail from Kerry Park arena in International Falls, MN to Tower, MN Fortune Bay Casino. The Arrowhead 135 is a yearly ultramarathon event which takes place in International Falls, Minnesota, United States. Photos by Todd Fawcett – Green Acres Premium Cross Resultsġ Eric Thompson (HED p/b Molten Speed Wax)ģ Mark Savery (Trek Cyclocross Collective).Annual ultramarathon event in International Falls, Minnesota, USA Arrowhead 135 I’m already looking forward to coming back in 2017.” NOW Bikes and Synergy Cycling have created a UCI-worthy course and venue. The 2016 course updates did not disappoint. Before saddling up for the long drive back to Nebraska, Savery added “After racing Green Acres in 2015 for the first time I knew I had to come back. The food choices, craft beer selections, announcing, and raffle always make it a must on my schedule”. Mertz, busy with a national calendar of racing, echoed these sentiments. With a HED fatbike wheelset and a Shimano carbon CX wheelset as the grand prizes, you’d have been silly not to stick around.

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Free food and beverages on both days, in addition to the much anticipated prize raffle kept most on hand until late in the day. Green Acres showed it’s not just the quality racing that brings the crowds. But thanks to all of the cheers and heckles, I was able to make it back into the top 3 before a poorly timed front flat took me out of the race for good.” I really noticed this on Sunday, after a mechanical on lap 1 sent me far off the back of the field. “People seem to stay well after their own races to cheer on other fields, which I think is also a testament to the MN CX scene. Mertz credited a substantial cheering section for an added boost. Meanwhile, Barr rode a consistent race off the front, turning quicker lap times than the rest of her competitors, and ended her day in first. With a new bike, Mertz powered back into contention, closing in lap after lap. Barr capitalized, and extended her lead over the other elite women. The women’s field was equally open, this time due to a first-lap mechanical for Mertz. Nicole Mertz (NoCoast Racing powered by Intelligentsia) descending into the switchbacks. That move would stick, earning Talerico the top spot on the podium. Talerico finally made a move that Charlie Simacek (All-City) and Savery, the last two remaining, were unable to respond to. The lead group stayed together much longer than Saturday, slowly whittling away riders lap by lap. Early on Foundry riders Peter Olejniczak and Talerico pushed the pace up the demanding climb. With Thompson taking a rest day to ready himself for a Belgian campaign later in the month, the men’s field was wide open. Sunday brought a new twist, with racers climbing the switchback decent from Saturday’s course, as well as adding in wooded technical sections. She would win by 1:30 over Megan Barr (Angry Catfish), with Corey Coogan Cisek (The Fix Studio) rounding out the podium.

2016 singlespeed national champion Nicole Mertz (NoCoast Racing powered by Intelligentsia) took the Search and State sponsored holeshot prime, and never looked back. The Saturday women’s race was over shortly after it began. Savery faded to third after battling Thompson for 7 laps, finishing behind Dominic Talerico (Foundry). Thompson would eventually shake loose of Savery, going on to win. Eric Thompson (HED p/b Molten Speed Wax) broke away, followed closely by Mark Savery (Trek Cyclocross Collective). By midday, the course was already getting rave reviews including the newest feature: a 25′ vertical run-up, which looked more like a wall of sand than a CX course feature.Įlite men took to the line just after noon, and early on the lead group of 7 traded pulls for the first several laps. Even the strong winds of Friday night diminished to a light breeze.

Threatening rain all week, Saturday’s weather turned out to be rather pleasant, if decidedly uncrossy. Eric Thompson (HED p/b Molten Speed Wax) leading the elite men from the start.