2900 Montchanin Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
Andrew Mein’s Excellent Adventure at Granogue **LIMITED TO 300 racers** PRE REG
Inaugural 7 mile (+/-) Trail Run at the Private Granogue Estate of Irenee duPont
Saturday May 1, 2010 Race Starts 9:00 am
Registration opens at 7:00 am
2900 Montchanin Road, Wilmington, DE 19807
Photos of the course and Info for our mountain bike races: www.dccofd.org/mtn10.html
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COURSE MAP or PDF version
Rain or Shine Event
Andrew Mein's Excellent Adventure at Granogue is dedicated to the loving memory of our dear friend Andrew Mein. Andrew was a founder of the Wooden Wheels Mountain bike team, a stalwart in the cycling community, a loving husband, a superb trials rider, capable of amazing flatulence, a terrible bass player, an incredible mechanic, and a very good friend.
Andrew was struck by a car and killed in 1998 while commuting home from work on his favorite bike at the time, a steel fixed gear road bike. Andrew was a hipster 10 years before hipsters knew they were hipsters.
This race is put on not in his memory, but as a celebration of his life, and his vision of racing. Andrew believed in fierce and fair competition, and having a great time doing it. Andrew was known for saying, "always be an ambassador for the sport."
This
is a classic trail course that traverses the entire Estate which is
located on the opposite bank of the Brandywine State Park. There are
stream crossings, tunnels of love, open fields, off camber traverses,
technical rocky descents, incredible hill climbs and bamboo forests.
The course will test you . Then if I rains the real fun starts.
Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated. Volunteer abuse will
not be tolerated. This race is a celebration of a dear friend, anyone
behaving in a manner that rains on our parade or is in direct conflict
with the event will be escorted from the estate, or thrown into the
electrified pond.
Please do not bring alcohol. No DOGS this is a private estate.
NO PRE-RUNNING of the course. This event is held on a private estate. We are grateful that the duPont's allow us to hold our event. Please do not abuse their hospitality by pre-running these trails.
If you are caught on the trails prior to the race you will be banned from the event. Even if a cousin's brother's sister in law told you it was okay to run on the estate, you will still be banned if caught running the course. No we aren't trying to be jerks, but anyone running at the estate in the month prior to the event is automatically associated with our race. Any increased traffic on the estate jeopardizes our events. This celebration is important to us. Please don't jeopardize the future of this event by selfishly poaching the trail system at Granogue and pre-running the course.
Bring
water. We will have two water stops so if you need more come prepared.
It may be so warm that you might consider swimming in the pond. Please
do not. Aside from being disqualified from the race, and escorted
from the estate by Dog the Bounty Hunter, all the ponds have an electric
field over them, breaking that electrical barrier will result in instant
electrocution and you'll likely die. Seriously the duPonts are really
into science and stuff, they have that kind of stuff going on.
Pre-Registration
via RUNREG (small service fee applies)
PRE REG Deadline: Thursday April 29th 11pm $15
race day registration opens at 7:00 and closes at 8:45 $20
Water bottles to all racers, some food available after the event.
Fancy medals will be awarded three deep in all age categories below,
Trophy for the top male and female finisher.
U19 M/F
20-29 M/F
30-39 M/F
40-49 M/F
50-59 M/F
60+ M/F
HERA
FUNDRAISER PRE RIDE Saturday May 1, 2010
$5.00 donation must pre-reg
at bike reg or register at event
11:00 guided tours of race course
Groups based on ability level.
HERA Time Trial 1pm $10 *MUST
PRE REG*
Saturday May 1, 2010 Pre Reg only