Hope Mike Brown is OK. He's down.

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Edited Date/Time 7/6/2015 12:29pm
We had a woods race here in northern pa that was pretty brutal. It was very tough (I raced it). About ten minutes after Mike finished, he collapsed. Was taken to a local hospital and haven't heard anything since. Here's a picture my girlfriend took of him on the woods.

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djdesignsco.mx 7/5/2015 4:23pm
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wow thats not good. hope all is well man..no good....
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hopefully it's just exhaustion or something. best wish's to Mike.
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Hope everything is OK with Brownie. Like 500guy said, hope it's just exhaustion or fatigue.
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Sandberm 7/5/2015 4:48pm
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Was it hot there?

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3D 7/5/2015 4:52pm
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I don't know medically how it works but he was underdressed getting sprayed with water. Then he was sitting on a cooler a few minutes later and dropped. Was not responding. It really wasn't hot here today but it was a brutal track for 2 hours. Not an inch to breathe.
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3D 7/5/2015 4:53pm
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Sandberm wrote:
Was it hot there?
Not really. Maybe 85 max.
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Prayers going out for Mike. That sounds scary!
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heat exhaustion is what i hope,heat stroke you rarely live thru.

mike is a close friend, dude has never been hurt really,tuff as a pine knot.

see what I can find out.
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Hoping he is ok.
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hillbilly wrote:
heat exhaustion is what i hope,heat stroke you rarely live thru. mike is a close friend, dude has never been hurt really,tuff as a pine knot...
heat exhaustion is what i hope,heat stroke you rarely live thru.

mike is a close friend, dude has never been hurt really,tuff as a pine knot.

see what I can find out.
That's why I was surprised. He is tough. He started fourth, dropped to about seventh, then made a last late charge back to fifth, I believe. There was also a about 1 hour qualifier earlier in the day. We also ran 2 one hour qualifiers yesterday in the dumping rain. He lapped me by the way.
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JM485 7/5/2015 5:49pm
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Holy crap, I really hope he's alright! Mike is a bad dude and took time to talk to my dad and I at the Sac endurocross last year, really nice guy and it reminded me of why I'm a big fan of his. Hopefully he just lacked nutrition or something not so serious, get well Mike!
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rohleder644 7/5/2015 5:53pm
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Let's hold off on the speculation. I'm sure we'll have actual facts soon enough.

Brownie's a tough old bastard. I'm sure he'll whip this like every other obstacle he's come across. Prayers going his way

Edit.....must have been typing at the same time as EK. Thanks for the update, and glad to hear it
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Good to see he's ok
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Hope he's ok, been a huge fan of his since his Honda of Troy days back in 96 or so...
Boy sure can ride!!!!
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Thanks for the update.. Glad to see he is OK
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Thank you Flex!! I hate hearing about illness's due to heat. They can be extremely brutal on a persons body. Really glad to get good news from this instance.
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#3, Thanks for the updates dudes

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hillbilly wrote:
heat exhaustion is what i hope,heat stroke you rarely live thru. mike is a close friend, dude has never been hurt really,tuff as a pine knot...
heat exhaustion is what i hope,heat stroke you rarely live thru.

mike is a close friend, dude has never been hurt really,tuff as a pine knot.

see what I can find out.
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Good news!!!!
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Scary, glad he's alright!
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3D 7/5/2015 6:16pm
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Thank you. It looked scetchy in person. So glad he's ok.
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Thanks for the update. Glad to hear Mike's ok.
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Great to hear he's ok! Met him at Millville one year, just a real down to earth guy.
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Glad he is ok.
85 is plenty hot especially if humidity is high. I have suffered heat exhaustion in the Arizona heat and now anything above 70 is no good imo
Sir Roostsalot 7/5/2015 6:43pm
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Glad to hear he is okay, heat exhaustion is no joke, along with dehydration. What race was it by the way, there is an event in PA that I've heard many horror stories about. An off road event that has no where to rest is the most brutal of any kind IMO, constantly fighting the bike and terrain with no "breather" is pure hell.
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Hut wrote:
Glad he is ok. 85 is plenty hot especially if humidity is high. I have suffered heat exhaustion in the Arizona heat and now anything above...
Glad he is ok.
85 is plenty hot especially if humidity is high. I have suffered heat exhaustion in the Arizona heat and now anything above 70 is no good imo
The humidity was bad today for sure.
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Sir Roostsalot wrote:
Glad to hear he is okay, heat exhaustion is no joke, along with dehydration. What race was it by the way, there is an event in...
Glad to hear he is okay, heat exhaustion is no joke, along with dehydration. What race was it by the way, there is an event in PA that I've heard many horror stories about. An off road event that has no where to rest is the most brutal of any kind IMO, constantly fighting the bike and terrain with no "breather" is pure hell.
It was the "tough as rorr" race. They had the regular rorr race earlier this year. This was supposed to be like ergburgh(sp). It was. There was a guy that raced the red bull race that said this was harder. He didn't finish today. It's my back yard (almost literally) and I thought I was gonna die. Rorr= reading off road riders.
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stillwelding 7/5/2015 6:54pm
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Just wanted to bump your post again, just spoke with Mike, and wants to thank everyone for their concern. He' good.
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ruskymx 7/5/2015 7:28pm
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Glad to hear he's OK! On another note, dammit! I should pay more attention to more forms of moto. This was 15 minutes (or less) from where I live and I did a whole lot of jack sh*t today....lol I did see a lot of bikes in trucks but just figured everyone was heading up the Burma.

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