(HERMANN, MO.) — A record 33 people made their way into an elite club this past weekend by completing all 200 miles over five loops of Alpine Shop’s 2022 Tour of Hermann Gravel Challenge bike race throughout Missouri’s wine country in Hermann, Mo. Saturday, April 30: Storms threatened to postpone the race before anything could … Read more
The 2022 Tour of Hermann Gravel Challenge kicks off this Saturday, April 30 in the beautiful Missouri wine country surrounding Hermann, Mo. First of all, our thanks to all of you for being patient. We did make some changes to two loops in the interest of rider safety. We’ll detail those changes below. We also … Read more
GREY SUMMIT, Mo. – Officially, spring will begin tomorrow, on Sunday, March 20. For the runners who participated in the 2022 The North Face Shaw Bloom Trail 10k/20k on Sat., March 19, spring may have looked like it was trying to hide out for awhile. In typical Midwestern fashion, temps were in the 80s on … Read more
ARNOLD, MO – On a shockingly warm day with the added difficulty of up to 17 mph headwinds, the 2021 edition of the Meramec Marathon may have started nearly four months after it was supposed to have due to the pandemic, but it sure felt like we could have been back in the early summer … Read more
As has been the case for so many things this year, Alpine Shop’s and the Off-Road Racing League’s annual Trail 10k/20k at Shaw Nature Reserve was just a little different than normal. Instead of the usual spring kick off, the date moved to late September. Instead of the beginnings of blooming flowers, we had the … Read more