Bonk Hard Racing To Bring Back Mighty Mo Expedition In 2008

Press Release / 16.01.2008

Bonk Hard Racing, LLC announced today that it will officially bring back the highly anticipated return of their expedition-length adventure race, the Mighty MO Expedition. The race is to be held on May 15 – 18, 2008 and will cover 200-250 miles in the beautiful and rugged Ozarks of Missouri.

The 2006 edition of the Mighty MO saw some of the top adventure racing teams in the United States come and take on the 230+ mile course. After being pushed the majority of the race, Team Nike, consisting of Mike Kloser, Michael Tobin, Ian Adamson and Sari Anderson, came out on top with a very impressive win. Afterwards, Ian Adamson had this to say about the Mighty MO Expedition, “That could have been the best single track mountain biking I have ever done in a race. There were times that I felt like I was in another country.”

The 2008 edition of the Mighty MO Expedition is going to take teams of four on brand new trails, rivers and terrain. Teams will once again mountain bike some of the best singletrack trails in the state as well as paddle beautiful, spring-fed rivers alongside towering bluffs. The majority of the race will traverse the rugged Ozarks, and teams will explore remote caves and some of the nation’s largest springs.

Jason Elsenraat, owner of Bonk Hard Racing, had this to say about the 2008 Mighty MO Expedition course, “We have received a lot of pressure over the past couple of years to bring back the Mighty MO. There are so many unique geological features in Missouri. It’s an amazing state, and if I didn’t feel like I could put together a course that was just as beautiful and challenging, if not more beautiful and challenging than the 2006 course, then I probably wouldn’t have even considered organizing another Mighty MO Expedition. With the course we have in the works though, I don’t think that will be a problem.”