Cycling Gravel biking

Gravel Grovel

Name: Gravel Grovel
Start: 2026-11-21
End: 2026-11-21
Location: Norman

Norman, Indiana, United States

Saturday, 21 Nov 2026 22 days left

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Date 21 Nov, 2026

Races 7 distances

Entry fee $25.00 – $70.00

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Gravel Grovel

About the event

The race is the original gravel road race in Indiana.
The 100k course has about 4300' of climbing, a mix of gravel and pavement with a few miles of trail.
Grab some friends and do the all 2-3p 100k Relay with segments of 16-24ish miles.
The 42mile course takes you through the pristine gravel of Charles C. Deam Wilderness while having challenging climbs.
Also, the 30mile Course is a truly breath taking Gravel ride taking you through the most scenic sections of HNF such as Charles C. Deam Wilderness while offering a Ebike division for the less serious riders looking for a fun time!

Races offered

21Nov

100k

Cycling

Distance: 100K
Start time: 09:30
Entry fee: $70.00

21Nov

100k 2-3person Relay

Cycling

Distance: 100K
Start time: 09:30
Entry fee: $45.00

21Nov

100k Tandem

Cycling

Distance: 100K
Start time: 09:30
Entry fee: $45.00

21Nov

42 Mile

Cycling

Distance: 42 Miles
Start time: 10:00
Entry fee: $55.00

21Nov

30 Mile

Cycling

Distance: 30 Miles
Start time: 10:30
Entry fee: $40.00

21Nov

30 Mile Jr.

Cycling

Distance: 30 Miles
Start time: 10:30
Entry fee: $25.00

21Nov

30 Mile EBike

Cycling

Distance: 30 Miles
Start time: 10:40
Entry fee: $30.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for November in Norman.

Temperature4.1° / 13.0°

Feels like0.1° / 9.5°

Sunshine hours6h 42m

Rainfall2.6 mm

Snowfall0.1 cm

Wind12.1 km/h (Gentle breeze)

Humidity69.8%

Max UV indexLow (2.0)

Sweat lossLow

Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft

Sunrise08:28

Sunset18:31

About Norman

Learn more about the host city, Norman.

Norman is an unincorporated town in northwestern Owen Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 58 northwest of Brownstown, the county seat of Jackson County. Because the community had two different names, the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Norman" in 1943. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47264.

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Video

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Gravel Grovel.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Tom Jones	M	50	Indianapolis, IN	1:29:08.85
🥈	Bob Harwell	M	81	Indianapolis, IN	2:14:22.47
🥉	Lincoln Baker	M	76	Jasper, IN	3:20:58.4

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Noah Reckers	M	25	Wheaton, IL	1:38:31.53
🥈	Adam Reckers	M	20	Columbus, IN	1:41:24.44
🥉	Connor Zakowski	M	30	South Bend, IN	1:41:56.35
4	Leila Faraday	F	22	Bloomington, IN	1:42:05.81
5	Jake Potter	M	27	Bloomington, IN	1:43:47.6
6	Marc Yeager	M	51	Fishers, IN	1:46:03.81
7	Max Romans	M	30	South Bend, IN	1:46:14.36
8	Jim Frazier	M	55	Indianapolis, IN	1:48:14.77
9	Larry Harrison	M	53	Connersville, IN	1:58:00.26
10	Anne McDonald	F	49	Cincinnati, OH	2:05:08.4
11	Luke Brunson	M	41	Indianapolis, IN	2:05:29.7
12	Shelby Thompson	M	47	Indianapolis, IN	2:05:34.86
13	Grace Parker	F	35	Louisville, KY	2:13:17.63
14	Jared Reckers	M	23	Indianapolis, IN	2:13:24.63
15	Alex Jenkins	M	31	Sullivan, IL	2:13:27.22
16	Jonathan Steele	M	60	Rocky River, OH	2:16:48.32
17	Michael Demichele	M	51	Prospect, KY	2:24:11.73
18	Gage Ott	M	16	Camby, IN	2:30:48.99
19	Tanner Ott	M	19	Camby, IN	2:30:49.02
20	Harlee Lavoy	F	20	Camby, IN	2:30:49.24
21	Julia Ogorchock	F	26	Louisville, KY	2:34:15.93
22	Derek Graham	M	45	South Lebanon, OH	2:49:38.27
23	Brittany Graham	F	38	South Lebanon, OH	2:49:38.67
24	Allen Shoup	M	34	—	3:10:23.1
25	Liz Lieberman	F	33	Bloomington, IN	3:10:23.56
26	Nik Borisuk	M	35	Nashville, IN	3:11:45.04
27	Daniel Johnson	M	33	Columbus, IN	3:11:45.25
28	Nicolas Ajkay	M	55	Prospect, KY	3:24:07.63
29	Ethan Trusty	M	34	Huntingburg, IN	3:33:45.45
30	Matt Blesch	M	33	Holland, IN	3:33:45.51
31	Chris McConnell	M	36	Bloomington, IN	3:33:46.45
32	Kyle Dischinger	M	33	Newburgh, IN	3:33:47.85
33	Alvin Coffey	M	54	Louisville, KY	3:33:58.41
34	Mary Henson	F	70	Lexington, KY	3:35:00.07
35	Louisa Summers	F	57	Berea, KY	3:35:00.27
36	Kimberly Peterson	F	68	Lexington, KY	3:35:00.46
37	Zarheer Jooma	M	48	Louisville, KY	3:37:25.11
38	Julie Bannon	F	59	Westfield, IN	3:53:10.28
39	Kim Bunn	M	61	Brownsburg, IN	3:54:39.9
40	Lisa Hanger	F	60	Brownsburg, IN	4:02:56.7
41	Alan Gossard	M	74	West Lafayette, IN	4:04:34.41
42	Ross Lerch	M	42	Prospect, KY	4:07:41.94
43	Sean Woodard	M	26	West Lafayette, IN	4:35:43.77
44	Christopher Woodard	M	56	West Lafayette, IN	4:36:21.85
45	Thomas Buechler	M	68	Jasper, IN	4:36:28.37

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Ryan Ray	M	38	Indianapolis, IN	2:20:17.5
🥈	Matt Levasseur	M	50	Midland, MI	2:22:32.36
🥉	Charlie Hammon	M	30	Columbus, IN	2:22:33.48
4	Neal Ward	M	34	Carmel, IN	2:29:05.9
5	Parker Hopkins	M	27	Indianapolis, IN	2:29:26.9
6	Dennis Barber	M	67	North Vernon, IN	2:37:35.03
7	Danielle Reitsma	F	39	Wadsworth, IL	2:38:25.85
8	Mary Penta	F	46	Indianapolis, IN	2:44:16.79
9	Craig Reynolds	M	68	Terre Haute, IN	2:46:43.21
10	August Miller	M	53	Midland, MI	2:47:54.48
11	Andrew Whitesel	M	51	Indianapolis, IN	2:48:46.83
12	Isaac Johnson	M	21	—	2:50:11.36
13	Steve Johnson	M	49	—	2:50:18.75
14	Jeremiah Westendoof	M	41	Marengo, IN	2:51:10.48
15	Chad Wilkening	M	50	Noblesville, IN	2:54:01.9
16	Stephen Derose	M	53	Cincinnati, OH	2:56:17.93
17	Todd Callahan	M	53	Hutsonville, IL	2:57:48.34
18	Brian Lindley	M	53	Sidney, IL	2:58:05.67
19	Jeremy Enz	M	52	Avon, IN	3:01:27.66
20	Daniel Delph	M	48	Louisville, KY	3:03:42.3
21	Mj Keymon	F	56	Morgantown, IN	3:04:51.78
22	Blake Robinson	M	35	Indianapolis, IN	3:05:01.88
23	Julie Pace	F	54	Fairland, IN	3:10:04.33
24	Jason Ochoada	M	52	Collierville, TN	3:11:24.78
25	Christopher Bearden	M	52	Noblesville, IN	3:12:01.25
26	David Palmer	M	49	Zionsville, IN	3:22:21.37
27	Jonathan Yoerger	M	40	Zionsville, IN	3:22:22.19
28	Adam Mahomed	M	39	Indianapolis, IN	3:22:23.11
29	Daniel Stauder	M	59	Saint Louis, MO	3:30:22.91
30	Alan Clements	M	51	Indianapolis, IN	3:33:10.89
31	Jereme Grinslade	M	49	Carmel, IN	3:42:19.25
32	Justin Allen	M	45	Chicago, IL	3:44:51.35
33	Ed Quant	M	60	Chicago, IL	3:47:04.72
34	David Dinn	M	52	Greencastle, IN	4:06:22.77
35	A.J. Cox	M	48	Greencastle, IN	4:06:38.35
36	Jacob Trexler	M	28	Greencastle, IN	4:06:39.86
37	Santiago Carbajal	M	16	Oak Lawn, IL	4:21:50.11
38	David Rudy	M	68	Nicholasville, KY	5:20:29.88

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Alex Hamilton	M	22	Bloomington, IN	3:06:41.86
🥈	Gonin Goude	M	25	Bloomington, IN	3:07:06.77
🥉	Noble Guyon	M	29	Bloomington, IN	3:09:50.42
4	Maddison Russell	M	33	Encinitas, CA	3:09:53.95
5	Alec Clements	M	17	Indianapolis, IN	3:13:06.39
6	Ben Weaver	M	56	Columbus, IN	3:20:08.38
7	Kyle Kalish	M	29	Columbus, IN	3:20:11.64
8	Randy Gilbert	M	57	Elizabethtown, KY	3:20:13.16
9	Kevin Broadstreet	M	46	Delphi, IN	3:21:12.36
10	Nick Reader	M	30	Cincinnati, OH	3:26:11.07
11	Caleb Langley	M	28	Bloomington, IN	3:29:59.58
12	Michael Goertemoeller	M	50	Cincinnati, OH	3:31:15.81
13	Marc Jurewicz	M	55	Mason, OH	3:31:56.21
14	Austin Yazel	M	34	Columbus, IN	3:33:49.51
15	Ralph Nurse	M	48	Valparaiso, IN	3:34:22.9
16	Derek Dotlich	M	28	—	3:37:02
17	Marc O'Leary	M	40	Plainfield, IN	3:37:02.41
18	Jim Whaley	M	48	Louisville, KY	3:40:25.01
19	Chad Hopkins	M	46	Fishers, IN	3:41:20.98
20	Ryan O'Hara	M	48	Dayton, OH	3:47:44.57
21	Justin Pendygraft	M	49	Louisville, KY	3:48:44.33
22	Lauren Mervar	F	22	Bloomington, IN	3:49:07.91
23	Lillian Campbell	F	33	Louisville, KY	3:49:24.86
24	Travis Stevens	M	45	Dayton, OH	3:49:32.61
25	Ryan Yoder	M	36	Nashville, IN	3:53:06.63
26	Ryan Clark	M	47	Noblesville, IN	3:53:15.02
27	Brian Collier	M	51	Walton, KY	3:53:38.86
28	Ryan Coddington	M	48	Indianapolis, IN	3:54:12.52
29	Dustin Sitterding	M	39	Angelus Oaks, CA	3:55:17.82
30	Alex Cohen	F	42	Louisville, KY	3:57:18.56
31	Joel McKay	M	52	Bloomington, IN	4:01:30.42
32	Matt Fox	M	48	Lawrenceburg, IN	4:05:25.21
33	Kamila Bujko	F	36	Louisville, KY	4:08:28.44
34	Ethan Clements	M	16	Indianapolis, IN	4:14:07.2
35	John Hawks	M	20	Indianapolis, IN	4:15:51.68
36	Randy Witte	M	52	Fairland, IN	4:17:39.4
37	Andrew Livingston	M	45	Noblesville, IN	4:18:45.54
38	Jason Meyer	M	43	Ossian, IN	4:18:59.16
39	Brian Drummy	M	45	Bloomington, IN	4:19:53.4
40	Seth Greiner	M	35	Indianapolis, IN	4:20:40.74
41	Joseph McLain	M	47	Louisville, KY	4:23:58.86
42	Bryan Knappmiller	M	63	Pacific, MO	4:25:29.93
43	Josh Robeson	M	44	South Bend, IN	4:26:54.64
44	Matt Rouse	M	59	Fishers, IN	4:27:57.97
45	Michael Campbell	M	52	Georgetown, IN	4:28:50.68
46	Scott Wagner	M	65	Fort Wayne, IN	4:30:43.51
47	Gary Johansson	M	60	Indianapolis, IN	4:35:54.73
48	Rafael Zorrilla	M	56	Glen Ellyn, IL	4:37:44.12
49	Matthew Jordan	M	43	Indianapolis, IN	4:41:18.14
50	Neil Damron	M	44	Indianapolis, IN	4:46:49.51

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Nissa Jooma	F	16	Louisville, KY	3:41:25.02
🥈	Q. Lerch	F	10	Prospect, KY	4:07:43.49

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Blackwood Spokesmen .	—	—	—	4:24:16.81

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