Leadville 100 MTB - Leadman Challenge
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- This is it - my big race for the year - the Leadville 100 miles MTB! This gruesome and historical mountain bike race in Leadville (Colorado) is not for the faint of heart! Riders only have 12hours to travel 104 miles on mostly unpaved road/trails, with 11k ft of climb/descent at 10k above sea level. Needless to say, a major challenge for a non-biker like me. As you’ll see, the race didn’t go smoothly at all…
A lot of work and training went behind this one. I’ve raced both the Belgian Waffle and Silver Rush 50 (see other video), so I know I’m physically capable. What concerned me the most was that I only started riding trails in February, and I remain an absolute beginner. This course may not be very technical for most riders, but for me, it felt absolutely beyond my skills and comfort zone - especially downhills such as Powerline and Columbine. Last time I crashed in April, I couldn’t run for about a month. And except for Silver Rush, I barely order my bike because of my back to back ultramarathons.
The truth is, I was scared to race this one because a crash felt very likely based on what I saw of the course. It's not that I'm afraid of failure or pain - but of injuries, absolutely! Because a crash would not only prevent me from finishing the race (and the Leadman) - it could also end prematurely my running season. And running Leadville 100 miles 1 week later, even a minor fall could be too much. Realistically, I my odds were 50/50.
I had to do everything in my power before the race to maximize my chances. I even, yes, shaved my legs. Even if it’s just placebo-effect, I’ll take it! But more importantly, and luckily, I was not alone! Nora was there to support and crew me, along with Leanne, Mark, Tracy, Cory. Thank you everyone!
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Music credit
• Bay Breeze - by FortyThr33
• Delicate - by Infraction
• Engine - by Infraction
• Cities - by Infraction
• Sax Beat - by Infraction
• What Do You Need - by Mokka Music
• Detonate - by Infraction
• Positive - by Infraction
• Drift Vibe - by Infraction
• Take Me Away - by Infraction
• Escape & Mother Brain - by Super Metroid - Mother Brain
• Cast Roll - by Megaman X
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This is one of the best Leadville videos I’ve seen, so worth it man, congrats and thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much :)
This got me hyped. Thanks for the video. Well done. I do my first one in two weeks.
You're racing Leadville? Cool good luck! I'll be up at Columbine aid station this year! Go get that buckle!
@@runningwithsimon We could call it racing, but I am just going to try and finish it under 12 hours. I am sure its going to almost kill me. Ill see ya at the top! Thanks man! Great recovery by the way. That crash looked brutal.
brings back memories, I did it in 2008, loved how you overcame the fall and pushed on.
Thanks! And congrats to you :) I head the race used to be much harder!
@@runningwithsimon nope, looks exactly the same. 105 miles of suffering
Well well done video. Thank you...
Thanks! Were you racing yesterday?
Great Job!!
Thank you!
Salute to you all for completing this monster! OORAH Keep Going!
Congrats on pushing through after the crash and finishing! Great job on the video too!!!
Great fortitude brother! Congrats!!!!
Appreciate it!!
Love the Metroid music towards the end! Great ride BTW
Thanks! Just did a playthrough and remembered how awesome the soundtrack was!
Hard core, man! I am impressed!
Thanks - that was hands down my biggest challenge this year. And not planning to repeat any time soon lol
Great Video Good luck on the 100!
Mountain biking takes a lot of skill. Even these non technical descents can get dangerous if you are not used to the pitches coming up.
Congrats finished this year too. Considering both next year.
Congrats! And good luck for next year :)
Congrats on finishing
This was great ! I'd love to know if you went up ahead of time and what your experience with altitude is.
Thanks! Yes altitude will mess you up if you don’t adapt. I live at sea level but spent most of the summer in Colorado racing and hiking 14ers. It takes me a week to feel better and maybe 2 weeks to be fully adapted to 14k. It still affects you but not nearly as bad. In contrast, I raced Leadville marathon earlier that year coming 2 days ahead of race day and it was brutal. The race was arguably the easiest of the year, but one of my biggest struggle because I struggled with thin air/altitude (you can see in the video I developed some coughing related to that. Which lasted until the evening, along with terrible headache and dizziness)
Nice work!!!
Thanks!!!
Superb well done for completing after crashing.
Really liked the bio data set up like a car. Watts, mph, etc
Thanks! It's very helpful for me too to see if I paced myself well or not!
Just watched the full leadman series! Grateful you weren't too hurt on the bike crash. I'm looking into doing leadman next year - how quickly did you sign up for the race? I know spots are limited and I'm not sure if it sells out in an hour or if its a couple weeks and am concerned with just getting into the race. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you finish off the series!
Thanks! 100 run tomorrow - really excited about it :)
Good luck for next year!
I actually went through the lifetime foundation, but my guess is you have to be quick!
Garrett I am also thinking of Leadman. From what I see it fills up rather fast.
@@seanmullins9187 thanks, sean. I wonder if it’s fast as in an hour or a day… I’m guessing perhaps an hour.
Great Job!! You should always wear MTB gloves, might have helped to save your arms, but maybe not?
You’re 100% right - I’ll get some. I was lucky my hands themselves were spare otherwise the race would have been over
Great job Simon. I couldn’t believe your heart rate never went all that high and kept recovering. You must be in incredible shape!
@@johnsands578 Thanks! I tried not pushing beyond zone 2. But yep, I relied on having good legs to compensate my bad handling skills!
Your no gloves Guy!!
Beyond cool 😎
Haha thanks!
Thanks for the video! Congratulations! What kind of training plan did you use?
It wasn't very structured to be honest. With the amount of ultra marathon I was racing, especially through the summer, it was hard to follow any plan. The bulk of my training for cycling happened in Feb / March / April (most of it is on my strava, although some indoor session are not). If I was not running an ultra, tapering or healing, I tried to go a long ride every weekend (100ish), trying to have a fair amount of gain and some trail/single track. Week days, I'd include some 1-2hrs indoor ride at low intensity. But weekly mileage varied greatly depending how much running vs. cycling I was doing, and even cycling, how much was indoor vs. road vs. trail. Tracking my FTP, it went from about 3.0 W/kg to 4.0 W/kg fairly quickly, then it was stagnant. I think including more intervals would have helped, but I felt it was good enough fitness-wise and that my real weakness was my handling skills.
Then the last big piece was to get acclimated to altitude - I was able to work remotely from Colorado for a couple of months while racing the Leadman. From experience, I know altitude would be an issue. It takes me about 1 week to 'feel good', and 2 weeks to feel '100%'
@@runningwithsimon Thank you so much for the answer! Are you going to race Leadville MTB this year?
@@artemartem7534 No, but I'll be volunteering at the aid station up top Columbine, and racing LT100 run the week after! Are you racing this year?
@@runningwithsimonFirst, I have to finish Lake Tahoe 100k :)
Fantastic effort, congratulations on completing the Leadville 100! Great video too. Can you tell me what system you use to get the power/speed etc graphics on the video?
Thanks! Sure, I use Garmin VIBR edit (free). Then you just need to create an overlay, upload your data file, and sync. It can sometimes be a pain to sync manually, but definitely worth it.
@@runningwithsimon thanks mate
great video. what corral were you in?
Orange. It looks really hard if you start all the way back of white - there isn’t really enough time before St Kevin’s to avoid being stuck
@@runningwithsimon thanks for that. despite wave starts and white corral being subdivided, there is still some riders saying it is congested going up kevins. would like to see some video of that.
The music especially at the end was too much! Great ride and congrats on finishing, but man that alarm bell music was so terrible.
No gloves on this course 🤔
haha yeah... ...yeah... Gloves would have been nice. I was (obviously) bleeding some from my hands after the crash.
You live, you learn. I'm more of a trail runner and did a lot of things wrong in that race. But hey, I made it :)
Please wear full finger gloves next time. 🙂
Awesome...next time, gloves
Great job .. you need to wear gloves
I really do - I was lucky this time. I'll get some for sure!
Are you wearing tennis shoes? That’s a major major disadvantage
Yes, I'm using flat pedals and running shoes. Certainly not the best ... The bike is pretty heavy too at ~30lbs
@@runningwithsimon my lord a 30lbs bike on top of it hats off to you man.