Supporting Partners
TODAY’S UPDATE
– Schedule of Events
– Course Signage
– Pacers / Unregistered Riders
– Rules of the Road
– GPX Files and Release Date
– Private Land
– Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Date | Time | Event | Location | Buckle Time |
| Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5PM – 8PM | MG100 Run Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | |
| Friday, September 18, 2026 | 8AM | MG100 Run Start | Forestville TH | 28 Hours |
| 5PM – 8PM | Packet Pickup | 906AT @ Gluski Park 955 N. Lakeshore Blvd. | ||
| Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 7AM | MG50 Run Start | Downtown Marquette | |
| 7:30AM | MG100 Bike, Duathlon Start | Forestville TH | 12 Hours (100Bike), 22 Hours (Duathlon) | |
| 8AM | MG50 Bike Start | Downtown Marquette | ||
| 10AM | Mini Marji Start | Jackson Park | ||
| 12PM | Finish Line Opens | Ishpeming | ||
| Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 2AM | Jackson Park Cutoff | Jackson Park | |
| 8:30AM | MG2026 Cutoff | Ishpeming |
COURSE MARKING
Course markers consist of four signs:
Red Arrows
Wrong Way
Blame Danny
Blame Todd
The course is marked well, but that does not mean you should leave the gps at home. Like we have always said: Signs fall down, people pull them down, bears eat them, and the wind blows them away. GPS is required.
Course markers should for the most part always be posted on your right side. Turns should be marked before and after the turn. Signage is printed on a reflective material making the arrows very easy to see at night.
The course will be marked between Sunday, September 13th and Friday, September 18th, 2026. The course is marked in sections, and not necessarily in order. If you see something that you think doesn’t make sense – let me know.
PACERS AND UNREGISTERED RIDERS
Pacers and unregistered riders are not permitted. The trails are open to the public, but the event is not open to someone who wants to “ride along.” If you break the rules you will be disqualified. And asked not to return to the event.
Rules of the Road
Unlike most events, we do not put volunteers at every road crossing from Harlow to Ishpeming. Since 2015, the Marji Gesick and all 906AT events have promoted individual responsibility and personal accountability – YOU are responsible for your personal safety; i.e. crossing roads, etc.
Self Supported Ethos: You are on your own. No one is coming to save you. GPS is required. Signs fall down, people tear them down, and bears eat them. You must follow the rules of the road. Do not approach wildlife. Dial 911 IN AN EMERGENCY.
This is what you signed up for. If you are not fully prepared to be responsible for yourself and your choices it would be safer for you to stay home.
GPX Files and Release Date
GPX files will be posted via the 906 Adventure Team RWGPS page prior to the event.
PRIVATE LAND
Marquette Mountain is private property. We are permitted to send racers across their property on the days of the event. Outside of the event you are required to purchase a day or a season pass. Please respect that.
Lowes Trail crosses private property, too. The landowner has been kind enough to grant us access to the snowmobile trail/powerline for the event. Please respect that.
Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick
Story By: Alexandera Houchin
January 7, 2020
Credit: 906 Adventure Team. Cable, age 9, carving out his legacy.
(It’s a good day; it’s a bad day)
Shakespeare insisted that a name held nothing significant; in fact, a name is but an arbitrary designator. A rose, “by any other name would smell as sweet.” If the rose weren’t called a rose, we would still swoon over the sweet smell. Poor Juliet, the owner of a smitten young heart, failed to see everything that exists in a name. In my case, at thirty years old, I still carry my maiden name. Instead, I like to say it’s the name I’ve made for myself; I don’t see that changing any time soon. I grew up in the trailer park across the street from the General Motors Factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended Jackson Elementary school. It was there I celebrated Andrew Jackson as a glorious president; Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What’s in that name? A legacy of brutality*, I say.
*Yes, this is a reference to the 1985 album by the Misfits. Hybrid moments is one of my favorite songs of all time.
I believe that there is a legacy in the name; a name is what we make it. I was Alex for years, ambiguous, unsure of myself. It wasn’t until I began to own my history that I started going by my given name. Alexandera, with the extra “e.” It was the name I was given; it’s up to me to leave the legacy behind…
Link:
<https://theradavist.com/mino-giizhigad-maazhi-giizhigad-the-marji-gesick>