The Susitna 100 standings were updated regularly during the race. Now they are ordered by finish with the winners of each division highlighted. Pete Basinger won the overall. I raced with him in the 2003 Fireweed 400. He was ahead of me for the first half but I caught him soon after the turn around in Valdez. We were back in forth in Keystone Canyon. I passed him one last time as we started up Thompson Pass. His crew of 2 young women kept leap frogging ahead and flirting with me. It kept me pushing hard because I figured Pete wasn’t far behind. It took several hours before I didn’t see them anymore. Pete finished 33 minutes behind me.

Jill finished in 20 hours and 50 minutes to be the 3rd woman finisher. She’s already written 3 posts about the experience and plans to write more. First post, 2nd post and 3rd post.

Since John Stamstad was entered, I assumed he would be on a bike. Instead he was on foot. He finished 2nd in the foot division. Jill’s boyfriend Geoff won and set a new course record. It’s pretty amazing because 2 weeks before he was sure he had a stress fracture in his foot and didn’t think he’d even be able to do the race. I guess it just forced him to be well rested for the race.

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The Susitna 100 starts tomorrow. It’s a 100 mile race on the snow in Alaska. You can choose to mountain bike, ski, or travel by foot. You have until the morning check in to decide based on conditions which mode of travel you want to use.

Jill that lives in Juneau is doing it for the second time. She always has great posts about her rides along with pictures of the awesome scenery. John Stamstad is on the start list. I haven’t seen anything about him racing in a long time. In ultra mountain biking, he’s known for eating Spam and Twinkies during races. I remember one year at the 24 Hours of Moab, he lapped me during the night and I asked him how it was going. He said it would be better if he would quit throwing up. I didn’t say much but I thought how much better of a racer he could be if he would use some good fuel. Even with what he ate he generally did really well. I think 24 Hours of Moab is one of the few races that I didn’t win even though he did it at least a couple times.

The following weekend is the Iditarod Trail Invitational. It has pretty much the same rules but you have a choice between 350 or 1100 miles. My friend has done it and has tried talking me into it. Sometimes I really start thinking about doing it but then I come to my senses.

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