2012 Month of Mud Schedule Announced

The 2012 Month of Mud Schedule announced:

• September 23rd Moraine XC
• October 7th Brady's Run XC
• October 14th North Park CX
• October 21st Ohiopyle Super D

Check for updates on the Month of Mud Website and Face Book page.

Quick Brady's Recap and Grove City Forecast

Another Month of Mud record, biggest turn out ever for a Brady's Run race. Rain never came, and the course is bone dry. The prologue lap has the stragglers choking in dust. Celebrity appearance made by the Pflugenstein. Jerry wins the overall race with a narrow 20 second lead over single speeder Evan Perrone and earning top place points in the master's class.
Here's a couple of Brady blog posts:
The Bushwacka Report
Plug does a quick recap of his performance at the bottom of this post.
Fat Cyclist Rider G. Somerhalder's report

Up next the Grove City cross race. This is generally a fairly dry course, but a week of precipitation and 'a few showers' in this weekend's forecast and we may actually get some mud in our Month of Mud. Cross Race season, it's all about the mud.

Month of Mud #2 Brady's Run

Results for Brady's run are are posted! [Click Here]

Wow! What a change up from last year! I love Brady's run and last year's race was good, but the people from B.A.B.E just keep pouring it on. The B.A.B.E. volunteers (Beaver Area Bicycle Enthusiasts) added several miles of trails making this year's race a single twelve mile loop. Last year's course served as the finishing miles.

There's so much I like about Brady's, fast winding single track, technical roots and logs and big steady climbs, these make for a classic race and the new trails just added it on.

The race started up the road and across the street from last years start line; adjacent to the playground. The course shot out over the lawn and through the creek. From there we headed up a long steady double track climb that finished up on the road. This did a lot to widen the field and when entered back into the woods, riders were spread out nicely. A race is so much better when your not all jammed up in the woods. From there we were lead through miles of windy single track and up several climbs. Wow so much new trail has been laid out here. The race went twelve miles with the average sport class rider finishing between 1:20 - 1:35.

I just want to extend a big thanks to B.A.B.E and all the volunteers from me and the racers. So much work was put in to getting the trails back in shape after the storm. Much appreciated!

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Month of Mud 2008 Venue Locations

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Brady's Run, Month of Mud #4

Month of Mud lived up to it's name, a misty morning followed by a light rain less than an hour before the start put a nice slick coating on the trail making roots and log crossing like ice. This was a fantastic race; Brady's run had all the elements of a classic mountain bike course. A big long climb, some double track to spread out the riders, tight winding single track, plenty of log crossings, sections of fast booking it single track, mud, roots, rocks and a screaming downhill to top it all off. The course went two loops and ran around 8 - 10 miles.