The Rocky Mountain State Games is introducing a true endurance mountain bike race this year with the Falcon Trail 100k on August 1st. That’s 5 laps of the Falcon Trail at the Air Force Academy. According to their info that works out to be 63 miles. In addition there will be shorter races with 1 or 2 laps of the 12.6 mile course depending on category.
They will be running the course in the clockwise direction. The trail is mostly fast, fun singletrack with a few technical sections. This Google map with embedded photos shows the trail. Click on the photo images to get a bigger photo to pop up. This would be a great race for anyone considering doing the inaugural 24 Hours of Colorado Springs on the Falcon Trail in September.
I’m still undecided about whether to race it. It would be great training for the Leadville 100 which I’m in no shape to do. I plan on pre-riding the Leadville 100 course during that week so I might be too tired to race. It’s a fine line between pushing hard in training and over doing it.
Sand Creek Sports that puts on many of the great mountain bike races in the Pikes Peak Region is contracted to manage the race. The Sports Corp though handles registration and volunteers. I did hear from Andy at Sand Creek Sports and he says The Sports Corp is short on volunteers for the 100k. The info for volunteering is here.
– UltraRob
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Tags: Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, endurance racing, Falcon Trail, mountain biking, Rocky Mountain State Games
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