Wilderness 101 Mountain Bicycle Race
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The Wilderness 101 Mountain Bicycle Race is an ultra-endurance 101 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held annually in late July. The race starts and ends in Coburn, Pennsylvania. The course is a single loop covering roads, forest roads and trails. The total climbing in the race is approximately 10,000 feet (3050 meters.) The majority of the course is within the Bald Eagle and Rothrock Pennsylvania State Forests. The event is organized and run primarily by Shenandoah Mountain Touring locationed in Harrisonburg, VA.
| Wilderness 101 | |
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| Local name: | Wilderness 101 |
| Region: | USA, Pennsylvania |
| Date: | Late July |
| Type: | Mountain Bike Race |
| History | |
| First Edition: | 1991 |
| Number of Editions: | 8 |
| First Winner: | Harry Winard |
| Most Wins Male: | Chris Eatough (USA), 3 times |
| Most Wins Female: | Tiffany Mann (USA), 3 times |
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[edit] History
This race was held in 1991-1993, 2001-2004 and was held in 2005 on July 30th. The 1991-1993 race courses were primarily fire-roads and roads. The 2001 race covered substantially more single-track, double-track and degraded fire-roads than the earlier editions. Every year since 2001 the course has been changed to include more and more single-track. Time records for the 1991-1993 races can not be compared to the later races. Regardless the race has always been physically and mentally demanding.
The winner of the 1991 race was Harry Winard with a time of 6:59:40. He won the race on a Bridgestone MB-0 mountain bike with road type tires, 1.5" Avocet Cross, and a triathlon aero bars, Scott Lemond-Style clip ons. The modern course with a much higher percentage of trails would reduce the chances of anyone from winning on such a bicycle. A write up of the 1991 race and an interview with Harry Winard was published in the October 1991 issue of Dirt Rag, No 19 pages 42-44.
The winner of the 1992 race is unknown. John Stamstad, an ultra-endurance mountain bike legend, won the 1993 race.
In the 2005 race Chris Eatough set a course record of 6:59:48, breaking his own record from 2003 of 7:04:30 for the modern course. Tiffany Mann, on a single speed bicycle, set a course record for women of 9:14:47.
[edit] Results
2006 Results 278 starters - 218 finishers
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2005 Results 229 starters - 207 finishers
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2004 Results 208 starters - 194 finishers
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2003 Results 167 starters - 145 finishers
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2002 Results 101 starters - 91 finishers
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2001 Results 61 starters - 56 finishers
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1993 Results
Each person that finished was provided with a t-shirt that had their placing and finish time detailed using felt-iron on letters and numbers.
- 1st Place Men - John Stamstad
- 1st Place Women - unknown
1992 Results
- 1st Place Men - unknown
- 1st Place Women - unknown
1991 Results
- 1st Place Men - 6:59 - Harry Winard
- 1st Place Women - unknown
[edit] See also
- Rothrock State Forest
- Bald Eagle State Forest
- Montezuma’s Revenge
- Mohican MTB 100
- Lumberjack 100
- The Endurance 100
- Shenandoah 100
- Breckenridge 100
[edit] External links
- US National Endurance Mountain Bike Series
- The event's primary website by Shenandoah Mountain Touring
- Media Coverage of past events
