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Race Across the Sky
updated: Aug 15, 2011, 7:55 AM
By Jeff Stern
Just finished the famed Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race in Colorado on Saturday. The race starts at 10,000 ft and climbs as high as 12,600 with a total of 14,000 ft of elevation gain over the 100 miles. Thus, it is known as the "Race Across the Sky."
The town and surrounding mountains are beautiful. Leadville is able to maintain a very rustic and down to earth feel unlike some of the more ritzy surrounding towns (Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge). Although Lance did not show up this year, I must give him a shout out...all my training on Gibraltar (Santa Barbara's
Alpe d'huez where Lance trained) really paid off. Also big thanks to Open Air Cycles on State Street for dialing in my ride, the Niner Air 9, at the last minute. I had zero mechanical issues for all 10 hours and 6 minutes of my ride. I came away with the much coveted silver belt buckle!
More photos to come once I get off the road and back to SB.
Can't wait to get back on my bike once I'm home.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2011-08-15 08:08 AM |
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Congratulations on your ride!, quite an accomplishment. Beautiful pics, especially love the clouds in that part of the world. Thanks for sharing.
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COMMENT 203997
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2011-08-15 09:39 AM |
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Way to go!
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MARK-SB
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2011-08-15 10:14 AM |
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Congratulations! Excellent accomplishment. Thanks for those great photos...and the inspiration to ride my bike more often.
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COMMENT 204105P
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2011-08-15 01:55 PM |
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Way to go! How did you have time to take pictures?
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COMMENT 204249
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2011-08-15 06:39 PM |
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Great pics, CO is beautiful. Congrats.
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COMMENT 204271
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2011-08-15 07:40 PM |
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Awesome pics, looking forward to being in that neck of the woods next week for the US Pro Challenge bike race. Should be an incredible adventure.
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COMMENT 204322
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2011-08-16 08:24 AM |
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I got out there a few days early to get acclimated to the huge elevation difference...did a few training rides to check out the course and brought my phone along. Race day was mayhem. Although I did see a few GoPro s!
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