Infiterra Sports Coast to Coast

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Michigan C2C Recap

07.07.2006

The 2006 Michigan Coast to Coast Expedition Adventure Race made good on its promise to be more challenging and epic. It also lived up to the first rendition giving racers a fun filled, beautiful course across Northern Michigan. Teams saw giant sand dunes, seldom traveled two tracks, great lakes, virgin pine forests, beautiful rivers, little known sinkholes and much more on their journey across Michigan.

It all started in the small tourist town of Frankfort on the coast of Lake Michigan on Monday, May 29th. Teams gathered for check-in and gear check as this small lakefront city was taken over by adventure racers. The ambience of adventure and excitement was heightened by the presence of the Salomon Summer Tour with support from Suunto and Xtatic. Racers went through the various check-in procedures while being treated to the warm hospitality of the small town.
The onsite activities were further enhanced by Mountain High Sports & Marketing and the attendance of Checkpoint Zero and Sleepmonsters.

Once racers completed the necessary check-in, they received their 10 maps and over 50 UTM points to plot. Then it was just point plotting and gear preparation until the pre-race briefing at 9:00am on Tuesday. At the breifing, racers learned the full scope of the course, received complete racer instructions and a walkthrough of the course from race staff. After the briefing, racers had the rest of the morning and early afternoon to prep maps, finalize their gear choices and make their way to the start line. See All Event Posts