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Me
- IBA number 15240
In
the spring of 2003, thanks to friends Ron and Carrie Hanson and Kerry
Person,
I caught the distance/endurance riding bug. We started by doing the Team
Strange
Minnesota 1000, and it grew from there.
There are a number of different types of distance rides, including bonus
points rallies,
Iron Butt Association certified rides, and Grand Tours. I've split up
my
ride reports and photos into these categories to make it easier.
Bonus
Points Rallies
These are competitve rides set up kind of like a scavenger hunt. The rallymasters
assign points to different locations and the goal is get the most points
in an allotted amount
of time, usually 12 or 24 hours. I think they're the most fun, because
they involve groups
of cool people that always have interesting stories to share when we all
get together.
Click below for ride reports from these:
Team
Strange Butt Lite IIII
2006
Team
Strange Minnesota 1000
2003
(Ron's ride report - I didn't do one)
2004
2005
2006
2007
GLMC Buffalo Run
2003
2004
GLMC Bonzai Rally
2004
Team
Strange Return to Niobrara
2004
MNLD Riders Unplugged Rally
2007
Iron
Butt Association Certified Rides
The IBA certifies certain long distance rides. Their process is fairly
strict to ensure that you actually did the ride you're claiming. They
require
you to do some of the lesser rides (Saddlesore 1000) before attempting
any
of the really challenging ones. Go to their website
for details. They
also run the Iron Butt Rally every other year - sort of the major leagues
of
this kind of riding. It's 11 days, 11,000 miles, and few who apply get
in.
I'd love to do it someday, money and time willing...
Click below for ride reports from these:
Saddlesore
1000 - June 2003
(1000 miles in 24 hours)
(I got this one riding the Minnesota 1000 - see above)
Bun
Burner GOLD 1500 - July 2003
(1500 miles in 24 hours)
(also Ron's information)
IBA
Border to Border - May 2004
(cross the Canadian and Mexican borders in 36 hours)
(I also claimed my Bun Burner 1500 - 1500 miles in 36 hours - on this
ride)
Great
Lakes Challenge - September 2004
(circle the great lakes in under 100 hours)
Hyderseek/Saddlesore
2000 - May 2005
2000 miles in 48 hours
This combines a cool trip AND a distance ride...
Lake
Superior 1000
(circle Lake Superior in under 24 hours)
Wisconsin Saddlesore 1000
(1000 miles in 24 hours, entirely within Wisconsin)
Grand
Tours
These
are sort of like bonus points rallies, but they last over the
course of a summer. They usually require you to visit a number of
places with something in common, like using the first letters to
spell a word, or visiting the smallest town in each state - weird things
like that.
If you get enough of them, you can win things, like tires or something.
Click below for information and photos on these:
GLMC
Tour of Biblical Proportions - 2004
(I didn't do squat for this - I only went to eight places - so there's
nothing to say)
Team
Strange Anniversary Tour - 2005
Spell out TEAM STRANGE AIRHEADS 21 using town names
(I finished this one in two days - finishers get an entry into a drawing
for a motorcycle!)
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