A Racer’s 8th Day Interview – 20th Annual Ore To Shore Mountain Bike Race August 10th

Marquette, Michigan – August 10, 2019 – We spoke with a bike racing enthusiast today to get a more personal view of the local race that is famous throughout the Midwest.  The 20th Annual Ore To Shore Mountain Bike Race is today, August 10th.

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The Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary on Saturday, August 10th! What started as a mere 480 racers has grown to well over 2,400–breaking records never thought possible! This year, the organizers  are expecting an even more impressive turnout.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, there will be an Ore to Shore Raffle, the grand prize will be an O2S Quilt, yes, a quilt that Features all the t-shirts over the last 20 years. This quilt was carefully crafted by Time Flies Quilt & Sew and it is a work of art. Second prize will be a Rolf Prima 29-inch wheelset, and the third prize will be a two-night stay at the wonderful Staybridge Suites. Tickets will be for sale for $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Drawing will take place at Lakeview Arena during the 02S Awards Ceremony. Contact us for various outlets that are selling tickets.

Past winners will be invited this year and offered a cash prize for the first racer that reaches Misery Hill. There will be a cash purse set aside for the racers who break the course record in both the 48 Mile Hard Rock and the 28 Soft Rock.

The O2S is a point-to-point race, with riders gearing up at the start line in historic Negaunee, wherein 1844 iron ore was first discovered in the Superior region. The epic courses travel through Ishpeming, past towering head frames from underground mining, then moves north into the beautiful wilderness. Next, crossing or running alongside of the Dead River all the way into Marquette, racers eventually meet up with the Lake Superior shoreline.

For more information regarding this year’s Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic, please visit www.oretoshore.com.

The Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic is part of the Noquemanon Trail Network (NTN), a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that promotes the development of integrated, multi-use, non-motorized trails. For more information on the NTN visit www.noquetrails.org.