RIDE REPORT (05aug2017): The DAMN - Day Across Minnesota (and money for Fresh Energy!) --- 05aug2017
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (GNN, the Gravel News Network) -- Gerasimos G. (longer ride, longer story) The news of the "DAMN" -- the "Day Across Minnesota" -- spread pretty quickly through the gravel riding world of the North. For me, it was momentarily intriguing and then I recall feeling relieved at some later point that I had missed the registration cutoff and would not be doing this totally insane thing (which I just completed yesterday). The setup was a 240-mile gravel ride across the entire state of Minnesota (west to east, from SD to WI) in 24hrs. All one shot, start-to-finish, with each rider receiving four sets of cue sheets containing 60-miles of directions to the next checkpoint --- and if you don't arrive by the cutoff time (6hrs per section) you don't get the cue sheets and you can decide to find your own way to Wisconsin or you can bag it and have your support car drive you home (or wherever they were willing to take you). But a day...