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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. 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 technical 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 too. 100 miles of this will be very difficult.
The scenery was great; lots of look outs, lots of section of trail following along pretty river and some 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 whacked back on the trail |
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| Took a wrong turn and bush whacked 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 |
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