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Great Iowa picks above 
, for the harder surface crowd I would point out 4 days of racing over Memorial Day weekend including 2 at - https://www.snakealleycriterium.com/
Also there is 10 days of racing in the Des Moines area, Instagram @gpdsmbikeracing
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I barely consider Ohio part of the U.S. let alone the Midwest/Great Lakes.
Isn’t everyone in Michigan related?
Hold on here, let’s not put OH on FLs level.
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#facts
I approve of your definition of ‘midwest’ and cultural make up as a Michiganian (I don’t recognize ‘Michigander’ because I’m not a fooking goose). Also, Ohio isn’t part of the Lower 48.
Spent most of my life living in, or traveling to Michigan and my entire family before my generation was born there.
I’ve never heard the word “Michiganian” before. Is that an east side word?
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Possible but I live in northwest lower. I know it was a debate in Lansing at one time and that’s how the word ‘Michigander’ came into use. I basically hate the moniker. 
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I’m looking for something longer on road, and not gravel this year. I will be doing gravel races for sure, but I’m looking for a change. I was going to do the NorthStar 600 (free, road, unsupported), but this year my schedule for training and the event don’t work out that event. Anyone know of something similar later in the year but shorter in distance?
Committed to:
Driftless 100
Unbound 200
Coast to Coast 210 - possibly
Spotted Horse Ultra
I signed up for a lot of stuff the last two years, and I’m going to go more with the flow and see what I’m wanting to ride/race nearer the time.
I didn’t enjoy coast to coast
I did 150 miles of it before I broke a pedal and dnf. My only hope from what I read from them, is that they are takin out almost all the sand sections, which would have made the ride much more enjoyable in my opinion. Otherwise, I would have brought something with 2.2 to 2.4 tires.
I saw they posted that also, but last year he said no sand section more then 100’ and there were sand sections for miles. I was pretty disappointed with the event, I was hoping for unbound and ended up with what I felt like was hike a bike from mile 110 to mile 180
That is fair to say about CtoC 210. I thought there may be trouble when he said was able ride on the sections, but he was riding on 2.2 tires on basically a hardtail mountain bike and he was a pro.
I did quite a bit of hike a bike at Unbound last year, and some in almost complete dark because I run a dynamo light system. Learned my lesson to pack a battery for the last drop.
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I did get better doing C2C. Better at selecting my next races.
My event calendar has only just started taking shape. We haven’t planned our family vacation yet, so that isn’t helping.
March 4 - Dirty South Roubaix
April - August : IHRS MTB series races
We’re taking about a couple of MTB tt’s on a local 11 mile trail.
October 14 - BT Epic!
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I had never heard of Hogback. Might have to put that on the calendar. Any ride that ends at kinship is ok by me.
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I really enjoy Michigan Mountain Mayhem. I’ve done the 200k twice and both times had to cut it short to just 160k. I am targeting finishing the full 200k for this year.