This last weekend the Hairy Media crew participated in the Ore to Shore (O2S) mountain bike race in Marquette, MI. A great event, Jason and I try to do it every year. This year was a little different because we brought our trail mapping gear. Jason road the 28 mile “Soft Rock” and I road the 48 mile “Hard Rock” and we both had our helmet cams and gps gear running. The battery on my camera is supposed to last three hours, and when I tested it in the car on the way to the race it did in fact last three hours. My concern was that I could not get the race done before the battery ran out. As it turned out I almost made it. The camera battery died with about a mile left in the race. Fortunately the long and short course share a lot of the same sections of trail and the little bit I missed Jason got on his camera while riding the short course. The goal of filming the race was to explore how our iMap system may be able to help organizers better promote their races. The video of both courses came out great, it actually is a lot of fun to watch. Still need the take the data and integrate it into the iMap system, probably something I will tackle after the race season is over. In the mean time I have attached a few clips from the footage I got on the Hard Rock. The first is the rollout at the start through the first big climb, Lucy Hill. I really like watching the start with all the riders and seeing how everyone jockeys for position. The other clip is of Misery Hill the infamous climb everyone has to walk up (including me) every year. As always the camera does not do justice to how steep and rocky the hill is. It is interesting to see the different methods for getting up the hill. I carried my bike on my shoulder most of the climb, but there were a lot of people just rolling their bikes. So stay tuned, I am sure there will be an iMap version of this race course at some point.