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Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race 2010

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On Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at 6:30 AM, the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race got underway. According to the website, “The 50-mile out and back course is in the midst of the Colorado Rockies. Low point, 9,200 feet; high point is Hope Pass, 12,600 feet. Majority is on forest trails with some mountain roads.” Carson City’s Mike Williams was in the group of hundreds that started the race, but among the much smaller group that finished the grueling 100 mile race.

Leadville 100 mtb race 2010 from Kathy Williams on Vimeo.

Mike had been training hard for this race, often sprinting past us while we were up for our leisurely lunch rides up in Ash Canyon. On July 9th though, Mike was in a bicycle accident on Timberline Road that left his back broken in 3 places! I saw him a few days later, limping over to the city pool for some painful physical therapy. I don’t suppose anyone thought he’d make Leadville at this point. But Mike bounced back quickly, continued his training, and was able to make the race! This is a video from the race with some footage of Mike, and his wife Kathy’s words are below:

This video was created by our 13 year old daughter who was ‘race support crew’ for her dad in this years Leadville 100 mountain bike race. Mike (her dad) was forced off the road July 9th while training for this race, broke his back in 3 spots (L2,3,&4) lateral processes. We didn’t think he would be able to make the race – he did and he finished. This is just one of stories of this incredible race above 10,000 feet. She did a great job of capturing the ‘spirit’ of the event. The music is “Wishing Well” by The Airborne Toxic Event.

Some guy named Levi won the race. Here’s how Mike stacked up against the leader and another famous rider.

OverAll – Name – Age – Representing – Total Time – Back – Pace
1 – LEIPHEIMER, Levi – 36 – SANTA ROSA, CA – 6:16:37.2 – +0:00.0 – 15.9
27 – OVEREND, Ned -54 – DURANGO, CO – 7:56:39.4 – +1:40:02.2 – 12.6
268 – WILLIAMS, Michael – 48 – CARSON CITY, NV – 9:41:59.4 – +3:25:22.2 – 10.3

The Overall scores go down to 1022, and then there are pages of DNFs (did not finish). You could say Mike did rather well! Good job, Mike, and congratulations!

Yoga for Cyclists

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Although cycling is fantastic exercise, it is an activity that has limited body motion. We spend most our time seated, hunched over, spinning our legs in a 175mm radius. We rarely get the chance to stretch out our muscles on the bike, and our bodies can get really stiff. I’ve found a few leg stretches that really help me, but I’ve wanted more. It’s not just my legs that need to be soothed. I’ve always been curious about Yoga, but had never tried it.

Yoga for cyclists with Uma Kleppinger

I found a great Yoga for Cyclists article over on OregonLive.com. In the article, Heidi Swift talks about her experience with yoga and cycling and has a great video from Uma Kleppinger. Uma takes you through a short routine that lasts under 5 minutes and concentrates on one side of the body. It’s meant to be repeated on the other side, so just restart the video and mirror what you just did. I spent 10 minutes doing the routine, and really enjoyed it! It incorporated the stretches I’ve already been doing, but flowed through them smoothly. I typically had to stand up and change positions to do all mine. The routine also hits the rest of the body, including the arms, back, and neck, some very important parts that I was missing simply doing my leg stretches.

On her website, Uma Kleppinger says,

“As a life-long on-again off-again bicycle commuter, a long-ago bike messenger in New York, and having raced road, cross, track and mountain bike disciplines, I know all too well how cycling can cause musculoskeletal imbalances. It never ceases to amaze me how people who think nothing of lubing their chain after every ride, or performing routine maintenance on brakes, hubs and bottom brackets never stop for a moment to think of how all those miles are wear and tear on their own bodies.”

Give the video a shot and let me know what you think! Do it in your living room or in your cubicle at work if you don’t mind showing people how awesome you are. Uma makes some of the positions look very easy, so don’t be surprised if you can’t follow exactly what she’s doing. You want me to grab where? I plan to do the Bike Yoga Challenge, and do the routine for 30 days. I feel great after just the first day and am excited to see how I feel in a month.

Uma currently has one book out, Essential Yoga: A Simple Practice for Busy Lives, and it looks like she is working on another book, Uma’s Good and Awesome Yoga for Mountain Bikers.

TRT Descent – Extended Dance Mix

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Here’s another video from Brent Ruybalid of their descent from South Camp Peak  to Kingsbury Grade along the Tahoe Rim Trail. The video is full of music fitting for a Friday!

Brent says,

This ride takes you from South Camp Peak to the trail head off Kingsbury Grade. The music I chose really flowed like the trail… sooo… I added another song… then another! We have some funk, some funky jazz, and some jazzy funk. The first song is “Chase Me” by an old funk band called Con Funk Shun. Song two is called “Pick Up The Pieces” by Average White Band. Song Three is called “Jungle Jazz” by Kool & The Gang. As always – SUPPORT THE ARTS! If you like this music, find it and buy it!

Kingsbury to South Camp Peak Revisited

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I recently posted a story about the Northridge Rider’s trip to South Camp Peak on the Tahoe Rim Trail.  The guys have since put together some more material that needs to be shared.  First we have a video that Brent made of the climb up to The Bench on South Camp Peak. He’s still working on the descent video…

TRT 7/31/10 from Brent Ruybalid on Vimeo.

And here we have a GPS map Jesse made that shows the elevation profile of the trail. He should have every trail in the vicinity mapped out by year’s end.

Kingsbury to the Bench
Kingsbury to the Bench

Bike Chariot Racing

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Ben Hurt

With the oil volcano spewing away in the gulf, and the way the economy is going, I often wonder what things will be like a year from now. After seeing this video over on the Life Bikin’ Blog, I wondered if this was a glimpse into the future of bicycle racing in the years to come. Will team cars, color coordinated uniforms, and gentlemanly conduct give way to armored chariots, thick padded armor, and gratuitous violence? Only time will tell.