Only a Few Hours Until the Leadville 100

Colorado, Dave Wiens, Lance Armstrong, Leadville 100, mountain biking | UltraRob | Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

The Leadville 100 starts in the morning. I’m about to find out if I can finish when I’m 35 lbs over my race and only trained for 6 weeks. I’m still giving myself a 50/50 chance of finishing.

Both Dave Wiens and Lance Armstrong talked a bit at the racer meeting today. Dave talked about how he’s been coming to Leadville since he was young. One of his first races was the Mosquito Pass race here.

Lance downplayed how well he’ll do. He said he’ll be happy to be within an hour of Dave. Somehow I don’t believe that. He did say he’ll be showered and had meal by the time Chris Carmichael finishes. He rode the Columbine climb last week and said it was really tough.

One of the Trek guys had Lance’s bike out near the start. It is one sweet bike. Of course it’s more the engine than the bike.

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