2024 - Spike’s Challenge Race
2024 distances
Paddle sports
Spike’s Challenge C2 - Expert 1
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 8:00 AM Registration for all Spike’s Challenge events will run from 8am until 2pm at the Grayling City Park Pavilion. These events include C-1 Race, C-2 Race, Junior and Fledgling Races, Mentor Races, etc. Pre-registration is $45/Team, Saturday registration is $50/Team. Both paddlers must still sign in at the table in order to get a sprint position. Early registrants not sprinting must sign in by Sunday at 8:15am in Joe Wakeley’s garage. There will be no registration on Sunday July 21, 2024. All registrations must be received by Saturday July 20, 2024. Saturday July 20, 2024 - 9:00 AM Sprints for starting position at Grayling City Park Pond. Participants will sprint in the order in which they register or sign-in at the registration table. There will be a 10-minute break between each heat of 10 sprints. There will be two teams on the sprint course at a time. Teams may look over the course during the breaks. (See Sprint Rules) Sunday July 21, 2024 - 8:30 AM Line up of the C-2 start of the Spike’s Challenge on Ingham Street. Teams will line up based on their sprint time from Saturday. Those who did not sprint will start in the last row. Sunday July 21, 2024 - 9:00 AM Start of the C-2 Spike’s Challenge 2:00 PM Lunch and Awards Banquet at the Grayling City Park Pavilion – bring a lawn chair. Lunch provided by Spike’s Keg ‘O’ Nails of Grayling. For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Spike’s Challenge C2 - Expert 2
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 8:00 AM Registration for all Spike’s Challenge events will run from 8am until 2pm at the Grayling City Park Pavilion. These events include C-1 Race, C-2 Race, Junior and Fledgling Races, Mentor Races, etc. Pre-registration is $45/Team, Saturday registration is $50/Team. Both paddlers must still sign in at the table in order to get a sprint position. Early registrants not sprinting must sign in by Sunday at 8:15am in Joe Wakeley’s garage. There will be no registration on Sunday July 21, 2024. All registrations must be received by Saturday July 20, 2024. Saturday July 20, 2024 - 9:00 AM Sprints for starting position at Grayling City Park Pond. Participants will sprint in the order in which they register or sign-in at the registration table. There will be a 10-minute break between each heat of 10 sprints. There will be two teams on the sprint course at a time. Teams may look over the course during the breaks. (See Sprint Rules) Sunday July 21, 2024 - 8:30 AM Line up of the C-2 start of the Spike’s Challenge on Ingham Street. Teams will line up based on their sprint time from Saturday. Those who did not sprint will start in the last row. Sunday July 21, 2024 - 9:00 AM Start of the C-2 Spike’s Challenge 9:05 AM Start of the C-1 Barton Cup Qualifier – if not run on Saturday. 2:00 PM Lunch and Awards Banquet at the Grayling City Park Pavilion – bring a lawn chair. Lunch provided by Spike’s Keg ‘O’ Nails of Grayling. For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Spike’s Challenge C-2 - Junior or Fledgling
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 5:00 PM Registration continues for all races at Joe Wakeley’s yard. No dogs are permitted on Joe’s yard. C-1 pre-race, Barton Cup Qualifier, Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing. 5:30 PM Start of Junior or Fledgling C-2 race to Burton’s Landing 6:00 PM Start of the C-1 race and Barton Cup Qualifier For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Spike’s Challenge C1
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 5:00 PM Registration continues for all races at Joe Wakeley’s yard. No dogs are permitted on Joe’s yard. C-1 pre-race, Barton Cup Qualifier, Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing. 5:30 PM Start of Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing 6:00 PM Start of the C-1 race and Barton Cup Qualifier For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Spike’s Challenge C-1 - Youth
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 5:00 PM Registration continues for all races at Joe Wakeley’s yard. No dogs are permitted on Joe’s yard. C-1 pre-race, Barton Cup Qualifier, Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing. 5:30 PM Start of Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing 6:00 PM Start of the C-1 race and Barton Cup Qualifier For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Spike’s Challenge C-1 - Grand Veteran (70 years +)
Saturday July 20, 2024 - 5:00 PM Registration continues for all races at Joe Wakeley’s yard. No dogs are permitted on Joe’s yard. C-1 pre-race, Barton Cup Qualifier, Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing. 5:30 PM Start of Junior C-2 race to Burton’s Landing 6:00 PM Start of the C-1 race and Barton Cup Qualifier For Schedule of Events, Sprint Course Map, Sprint Rules, and Race Course Map go to: https://www.ausablecanoemarathon.org/events/spikes-challenge/
Race-day weather
Conditions on July 20, 2024 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:13 AM and sets at 9:17 PM local time (EDT) in Grayling on July 20, 2024 — 15h 04m of daylight.
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- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
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