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June 15, 2007
Shenandoah Mountain 100
I'm not really sure why, but I'm planning to attempt the annual Shenandoah Mountain 100 this year. It's a brutally difficult, 100-mile mountain bike race in the mountains near Harrisonburg. Here's a good writeup of last years race. Both Jeremiah Bishop and Sue Haywood are local riders.
Here's the elevation profile for this year's race. There's 12-14,000 feet of total climbing!
I've given myself a couple benchmarks that must be met if I'm to enter. The first is that I must weigh a maximum of 175lbs. A little over a year ago, I weighed in at a whopping 205 lbs. I'm currently at 189 and dropping. The second is that I must have ridden at least 40 miles of this year's course, and not be completely dead.
I expect that even if I'm in top condition, it will take me 13-15 hours. That's totally insane.
Posted by mark at June 15, 2007 12:48 PM Subscribe (FeedBurner)
Comments
well...
are you going to do it?
I am headed down to race this weekend
am I nervous?
sure!
but
I think I will re-read a post from 2005 on my blog
give it a read
you will have to scroll down pretty far
but I think it may help
http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_gwadzilla_archive.html
I have not read it in a while
but I think it will help me get my head right
-jg
Posted by: gwadzilla at August 28, 2007 3:18 PM