[The Toninator]

it was a 97 mile MTB race this last weekend and it was torture.
27 Miles of single track, 42 miles dirt road and 28 miles of paved roads.
I beat my own personal time by 20 minutes this year even after taking a wrong turn or two. Finished 7:20 for 18th of 51.
Hell even Gringo was there as a volunteer!
It was a good time.

 

[splat]

why don't they just add 3 miles to make it an even 100 ?

But Nice Job Tony. Just finishing that sounds like a accomplishment to me.

 

[The Toninator]

it's a new cycle computer, i just put it on that morning i'm pretty sure i went over a 100 because of the detours

I honestly wanted to do better but i really havent been riding so i did about as good as i could honestly expect.
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[DHS]

cool. sounds like fun, not sure about the paved road stuff. i'd get bored.

 

[JRB]

Tony did well. I helped out with rest stops and some of those folks looked pretty bored. Kind of wish I had done it, but I had fun not doing it as well.

 

[narlus]

yeah 28 miles of paved roads is definitely a drag.

best long race/ride i've done is the Vermont 50. barely any pavement, tons of great singletrack, and 10 feed zones. soemthing like 8000' of climbing thrown in too. and people also run it.

 

[JRB]

yeah 28 miles of paved roads is definitely a drag.

best long race/ride i've done is the Vermont 50. barely any pavement, tons of great singletrack, and 10 feed zones. soemthing like 8000' of climbing thrown in too. and people also run it.

You're CDs made an appearance at the check stops. They were enjoyed by all.

 

[Heidi]

Nice job Tony! Sounds like maybe you'll be up for the 100 mile Park City race in June????????? It's something like 95% singletrack!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Skookum]

ugh.... too much mileage.

congrats on your self punishment.

 

[The Toninator]

Nice job Tony! Sounds like maybe you'll be up for the 100 mile Park City race in June????????? It's something like 95% singletrack!!!!!!!!!!!

where's that? sounds like fun.

 

[Heidi]

where's that? sounds like fun.

Looks like they moved it to August and I think it now conflicts with Mt. Snow Nationals.

http://www.thee100.com/

 

[JMAC]

it was a 97 mile MTB race this last weekend and it was torture.
27 Miles of single track, 42 miles dirt road and 28 miles of paved roads.
I beat my own personal time by 20 minutes this year even after taking a wrong turn or two. Finished 7:20 for 18th of 51.
Hell even Gringo was there as a volunteer!
It was a good time.

NICE you gotta love those brutally long races, that test your mind as much as your body.