Now in it’s fifth year, the Marji Gesick challenges participants to, as we like to say, “Find your limits. Destroy them.”

We don’t think you can finish in less than 12-hours. Actually we have our doubts you can finish at all. Are you willing to sign the dotted line and take the Danny Hill Challenge? We have a course just itching to break ya.

Ride your bike a lot? That’s cute. We’ve watched a lot of big motors blow up in the first 30-miles. We have rocks up here that will eat your little rocks. Not kidding. Consider yourself a “technical rider”? You will find our definition of riding technical terrain and yours are not the same. On the bright side you’ll get a chance to find out if you enjoy riding in the dark – for hours.

Beginning at Little Presque Isle, the half marathon course runs for 1.5 miles along Lake Superior beaches and then passes pristine Harlow Lake. From there it gently winds up 300’ of elevation to views of the Huron Mountain Range from the top of Bareback Ridge. The course then winds back down to Lake Superior for a 1.5 mile stretch of rugged running from Wetmore landing back to the finish at Little Presque Isle. Some sections of the half marathon course are extreme.