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Ride Report: Dirty Century Redemption

As many of you know, my major goal for this spring was to ride 100 miles on my mountain bike. To that end, I decided signing up for a race would help ensure my success. I would have aid stations spread out all along the course, other people to ride with, a date to train …

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Getting Down and Dirty: 100 Mile Mountain Bike Races

Breckenridge 100. Photo: Mountain Moon Photography. In the mountain bike world the closest thing we have to the runners’ Marathon is the dirty century, or 100-miler as some like to call it. Truthfully, riding a mountain bike 100 miles is way more difficult than running 26.2 miles. My brother is a runner and he recently …

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The Dirty Century Training Plan for Finishers

A 100 mile mountain bike ride is totally doable – you just need to train for it. While there are plenty of training plans out there, I’d like to share my finisher’s plan for those who, like me, are only competing with themselves. Let’s face it – racing 100 miles is out of reach for …

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Cohutta 100 Race Report: Finishing Never Felt So Good

This past weekend I completed my first dirty century mountain bike ride – the Cohutta 100 – near Ducktown, TN. It took me nearly 13 grueling hours to finish the 100-mile course with 14,000 feet of climbing but I’m proud to say I am an official finisher! Here’s how my day shook out. The race …

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100 Days to the Cohutta 100 Mountain Bike Race

Ok, so I may have been a little over-ambitious in my New Year’s resolutions this year. Earlier this month I signed up to complete my first 100-mile mountain bike ride, the Cohutta 100 in Tennessee on April 28. It’s 100 days to race day and I’m starting to wonder what I’ve gotten myself into. The …

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