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The Summit Daily News is reporting that Lance Armstrong has officially entered this year’s Leadville 100. Last year, he finished 2 minutes behind Dave Wiens, 6-time winner and course record holder. Chris Carmichael is registered and there is also talk that Floyd Landis will make his return to Leadville this year too.
Lance racing Leadville. Summit [...]
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You see, I signed up for this crazy 100-mile mountain bike race held in Colorado called the “Leadville 100”. Well, this insane race actually starts at 10,200 feet above the ocean and goes uphill from there. I can smell the ocean from my house.
No, I don’t really live at 123 Main Street.
Both Lance Armstrong and [...]
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At first, it was just mud. And the mud was fun, maybe just a little slippy, but mountain biking through mud feels really elemental and soulful.
As we climbed higher on Middle Peak, the snow patches alongside the trail crept quietly until at last they covered the width of the fire road. You could ride [...]
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I was doing my weekly budget today and saw a check had cleared for $250. I didn’t remember the expense so I clicked to view an image of the cleared check…
…and fell COMPLETELY out of my chair. It was the check I wrote to the “Leadville Trail 100” for my entry in this year’s Leadville [...]
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The entrants list for the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 MTB race was just released and my name is not on it. There was a record number of applicants this year due to the publicity of Lance racing it last year.
I’m bummed. I guess I’ll have to create some other adventure for this year.
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After the thrashing my legs took on Saturday, I planned to do a sort of threshold workout on Monday by riding the Penasquitos Canyon MTB trail as fast as I could. Out and back, it’s a total of 30 miles with really only one significant grade.
The trail near I-15 is like flying down a [...]
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In a fit of frustration and anger, I picked up a good sized rock and threw it as hard as I could at my bike. The rock bounced off the saddle. I’m surprised it didn’t bounce back and hit me in the head. That’s just the kind of day I was having.
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Oh man, I hate crashing. It always seems to happen the same way.
Step 1 – You notice something is going awry
I’m zooming down a dirt/gravel fire road, headed for the parking lot at the end of a very fun ride in Penasquitos Canyon. I accelerate downhill and am preparing for the turn at the [...]
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I was awkward and uncomfortable when I first started riding my new mountain bike. I didn’t seem to have very much control. For some reason I couldn’t turn very well and was nervous about hitting large obstacles. I knew deep down that my bike could handle it but I sensed that I didn’t trust it.
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I’m so stoked, I can hardly maintain. I just bought this mountain bike!
I used to mountain bike years ago, before I got into road cycling with such passion. In fact, the reason I quit mountain biking was that I wore out my bike, which I take as a good sign.
With my Tour de France adventure over, [...]
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