John Stamstad

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John Stamstad is a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. He was famous for his domination of long distance mountain bike races. He entered his first long distance road bike race in 1985. The 547 mile (880 km) non-stop race was across Missouri from St. Louis to Kansas City and back. In 1991 he switched from road events to ultra-marathon mountain bike events when he entered the Montezuma’s Revenge, a 24 hour race in Colorado.

Stamstad has moved on to distance running in recent years, serving as a sponsored "ambassador" for Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and equipment manufacturer. He has spent his time running self-supported across some of the world's most desolate terrain. He ran the 200-mile John Muir Trail in 2005, unsupported. On a 100-mile desert run, on the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Stamstad ran with a modified baby jogger full of water and food.

[edit] Major results and records

Iditasport Race (170 mile) - Alaska -1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Iditasport Race (350 mile) - Alaska - 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Ultra-Marathon Cycling Association 24 Hour Off-Road World Record - 352 miles
1996 First solo entry and first solo finish of the 24 Hours of Canaan (He entered as a team using four variations of his name)
1999 pioneered unsupported Divide Racing on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route - 2500 miles and 200,000 feet of climbing. His individual time trial of 18 days and 5 hours stood for 5 years until it was eclipsed in the inaugural Great Divide Race.