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The course is 33 miles. For the race there are 33/66/99 (they round up to 100) options.
It had rained the day before so it was a bit muddy, not horrible but it made trails a bit soft and there where spots where water had pooled and other places where the trail seemed to be the drainage route for water.
There were lots of turns. Jeff felt like are ride closely resembled one of the orienteering races that he dose because we spent a lot of time looking at a map and exploring different trails before finding the correct one.
The trails overall were pretty techincal with lots of short-meduim steep climbs. Jeff had a 1x10 and he was wishing he had more gearing for the steep climbs. I think the average speeds on this course will be about 3 miles an hour slower than other 100 milers like the Shenandoah 100. I think there will be a lot of people dropping out of this race. 100 miles of this will be very difficult.
The senery was great. lots of look outs, lots of section of trail following along pretty river, lots of relics of old built over construction.
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| great scenery |
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| getting ready to duck under a branch |
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| epic water crossing |
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| brought cloths across on first load, bike across on second |
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| testing the depth of the water |
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| climbing |
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| perspective make Jeff look tiny in this pic |
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| took a wrong turn and bush wacked back on the trail |
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| took a wrong turn and bush wacked back on the trail |
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| in the parking lot, train passing in background |
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| riding along the river |
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| we were lost again |
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| roter issues |
