Tell me about Gravel Worlds (the garmin one not UCI)

[koalb]

Curious how the day on the bike was for others who went? I’ve come across a couple people who did both suggest that the GW150 was tougher than the Unbound200 this year. Wrote up a couple notes about the 75 in the other thread.

Midwest Events for *2023*

Quick race report on Gravel Worlds, 8/28 in Lincoln, NE: Did the 75 mile race last year and it felt pretty easy. Totally different ball game this year after portions of the course got about 2" of unexpected rainfall in the early morning hours of race day. Took off at 7AM right as the rain was finally tapering off. All that water really softened up the surface and even the best line got pretty spongy. Turned into a slow parade for the first 20 miles. There was a 1 mile dirt road section at the …