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also heads up there's an xterra mtb race here on 4/28. i was only able to find the "half" marathon loop so far...

looks like there's a lot of activity this week. they're going to be repaving the aux entrance road it seems. all parking is blocked off and there are huge mounds of gravel there. in the beach area they have a bunch of new playground equipment staged for installation soon and i actually saw them...

well to be fair they always have these races on the weekends. it's not their fault that it has rained every damned weekend this year

i would just like to say that the new timber section + old timber section is hands down my favorite trail in the park. outstanding job

it's been my experience that calling the park office for anything is a complete waste of time. i've called them dozens of times over the years about trail conditions and they don't seem to care ever. i stopped bothering to call when i had a park ranger (yes the ONE time i ever actually saw one...

rode yesterday and honestly was expecting worse. trails looked pretty ok generally outside of some really bad tire ruts just after that damn bridge on double pond. to me the worst parts were from really deep horse prints in some areas. i'm much more offended by how they left the beach area. huge...

njdep will turn a blind eye to anything for the right amount of $$$. i wonder what ragnar paid to set up tents in the beach area. i wonder what i'd have to pay to set up a tent in the beach area...

it looks like a FEMA camp in the beach area. i've never seen it like this. apparently they have "glamping" tents you can rent this year. i especially enjoyed dodging the 18 wheeler and forklifts they had sprawled directly in the middle of the trail today. also port a potties everywhere. maybe 30...

oh no not this again. last year i had to dodge these guys every 2-3 minutes as i was unlucky enough to not check their routes beforehand. what a disaster that was. here it is for this year in case you want to avoid them https://www.runragnar.com/event-detail/trail/wawayandalake#course on the...

i'm happy to say that the 2 worst trees down on red dot have been cleared, the one around the blind downhill and the one on the flat section near the twin bridges/nature jim junction. nature jim section looks like a lost cause at this point. it's been flooded and just about impassable for most...

there's also a really angry family of wasps/hornets/yellow jackets/whatever living under (i guess) one of the bridge sections on plymouth. had the misfortune of stopping for a gel there and was bitten 6 or 7 times. REALLY FREAKING PAINFUL

a dozen or so trees down for the past year and nature jim's section constantly flooded

unpopular opinion (?): small downed trees are fine. the larger ones though, the ones that hit the chainrings, should be removed. if not, people will just carve a new section around said obstacle. i've seen it countless times. it's one thing to preach skills blah blah but for a lot of riders they...

park is quite dry i'd say, including all of pumphouse. to those sadists who still ride red dot, there's yet another tree down, but this one is dangerous. it's in a blind corner on one of the downhill sections maybe halfway down. impossible to see until it's way too late. i crashed hard (luckily...

ah ok. yeah great job on this