Durango MTB 100

The Durango MTB 100 was last weekend. It sounds like the weather wasn’t any better than what I had riding around Independence Pass and Aspen. When I first got back from RAAM, I had thought of training for it until I realized how much stuff I needed to catch up on. Instead of staying fit and being in race shape, I’ve gotten fat and out of shape.

They had a little over 40 riders attempt the full 100 mile course which is about the same as the last couple years. When I did in 2003 which was the first year it was held, there where about 70 riders but they didn’t have the shorter options. Also nobody knew what a tough course it would be. The number of finishers has stayed around 15. The last couple years they’ve been offering a $500 bonus to the first person to finish under 9 hours. The Leadville 100 Mountain Bike race had 59 riders under 9 hours this year. The weather ended up being so bad this year that they stopped the race before the 3rd loop so it will be at least next year before someone breaks under 9.

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