Mohican Trippple 8: Octogeddon

 This year's banner:

The 2023 Route:

2023 Elevation Profile:

2023 Route Curator:

The Start Line:

12 riders lined up for the annual sacrifice.

The Single Track:

We've been stoked for this. 2019 was the first rumor of additional trail in the Mohican area, and this is the year we get to add that to the Trippple. 30-06, osprey, hawk, and buzzard trails are incredibly fun.

WTF did John do to that tree?

Picture it:

• Arriving at the mile marker 19 on the OG trail
• Seeing Doug Metzger looking for the 30-06 trail connector complaining he can't find the entrance between mile 19 and 21
• Informing Doug the connector is very near mile marker 10
• **Insert image of Doug's soul leaving his body**
• Riding the trail out to park road
• Doug heading north on park road full-speed ahead to ride the new trails

The Gravel Route:

Shortest gravel route since 2017. Big hill road down. EZPZ.

Curveball. About 30 side-by-sides cruised down Beams road climb, we ride beams road up on the gravel route.

"The hardest climb is always the one your on." ~ Beams road.

Climb time: around 20 minutes. Rod and I never unclipped. Standing, sitting, didn't matter. The whole climb was muddy goo.

The Road Route:

We returned to the Mifflin route for 2023, and one of the staples of this route is eating junk food fueling at the Mifflin Market.

 Fresh from 2020, Kling road climb.

And every Trippple from 2019 to present, and likely all future additions will finish on park climb. 😁

Ride Totals:

Same as the previous three years, all kinds of stats were recorded, but I'm writing this blog, so only my stats count.

• 36 miles MTB (Rod, Nathan, and I put on a few extra due to navigational issues)
• 29 miles gravel (Rod and I checked out turkey ridge mid-ride)
• 50 miles road (Only one wrong turn and bonus climb to back track 🤷‍♂️)
• Distance: 115 miles
• Elevation: 13,294 feet
• Mohican Trippple - Octogeddon

2023 Mohican Trippple Finishers:

Same as 2022, seven finishers!

• Chris Marquardt - 8th time rider, 3rd time finisher! (Two years of cancer treatment and recovery, then rips the trippple in 2023, BA)
• Chris Holmes - 7th time rider, 6th time finisher!
• Allen Kraus - 4th time rider, 3rd time finisher!
• Doug Metzger - Original bad idea ride expert, 8th time rider, 6th time finisher!
• Jacob Morrison - 2nd time rider, 2nd time finisher!
• Rodney Palmer - 6th time rider, 5th time finisher!
• Joshua Smith - 3nd time rider, 2nd time finisher!

Caylene knocked out some finisher shirts for 2023!

Honorable Mentions:

John Del Toro Completed all the MTB miles, took a break, then rode with Doug for the pavement section. #DNF

Bob Barb rode all of the course but missed the new MTB section. This would have nearly been the course in 2017, 2019 or 2020, but not this year. #DNF

Historical List Of Trippple Finishers:

The Mohican Quaddddruple:

The Mohican Trippple is dumb. Running is dumb. GD match made in heaven. Rod, Tom and I sent a trail half marathon on Sunday at 7a.

Those Hills:

Rod and Tom at mile 15 when the run was only suppose to be a little more than 14 miles:

Run Stats:

• Distance: 16.07 miles
• Elevation: 2,136 feet
• Mohican Quaddddruple Foot Party
  

Honorable Mention Part 2:

Thomas Ryan road all the MTB, all the gravel, and completed the half marathon. He DNF'd the trippple and the quaddddruple. He's the only person to have ever done that.

Future of the Trippple:

No date yet, but I think we're all in for cycling's #1 ride. 😁 A date will be decided sometime this fall. I think we all need some time to forget about all that GD mud on Beams road.