Future Plans

Bike, mountain biking, RAAM, Race Across America | UltraRob | Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 at 9:54 pm

Right now I’m thinking I’ll do the RMCC 200k on July 29th. They also have a 300k from Denver to Aspen the following weekend but that would mean a lot more driving and time away from home. I did both of them last year. The 300k is really a great ride and goes over Independence Pass which is one of my favorites in the state.

If my training goes well and my leg is recovered, I’d then like to do the Durango MTB 100. I finished 4th there in 2003 and 5th in 2004. I’ll have to feel like I’m riding well to go do it because it is a race that can really beat you up. It really makes the other 100 milers seem easy. There’s 18,000 feet of climbing with the high point being over 11,500 feet. In 2003 there were 70 starters and only 15 finishers. Part of it was the really muddy conditions but in 2004 the conditions were probably about as good as they’ll ever be and there were only 16 finishers. The number of starters for the 103 miles has dropped because they’re also offering a 50k and 100k.

I’d really like to be back at RAAM next year but don’t see how I can afford it or have enough vacation time. Of course if I had the money, I could take unpaid time off from work. If you know of any good sponsors or would like to sponsor me, please contact me. Of course if everybody that reads this blog would donate $10 and ask 10 of their friends to do the same, I’d have enough money for RAAM. The only problem is that sounds like those get rich scheme’s that are always filling up my inbox.

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