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It was a weekend like any other... Okay, you got me. The weekend of The Crusher 2019 was pretty unique for me. I had signed up for the SledgeHAMR in 2018 but ended up skipping it because my Fiancée was extremely ill with food poisoning. That race wasn't going to be nearly as daunting, as it started and finished in the same area. Fair warning, this is fairly wordy up to the point where I actually talk about the race, but I hope it's a good read.
The Crusher is what they renamed the SledgeHAMR to as a point-to-point race between Copper Harbor and Marquette, Michigan. It was advertised as a 225 mile unsupported race through areas in the Upper Peninsula where there wasn't really any opportunity to stop at places to find aid. To an outsider this description might have seemed unnecessarily harsh, but of what I experienced, it was definitely the truth.