This Saturday is the Wilderness 101 mountain bike race. It is part of the National Ultra Endurance (NUE) Race Series. The course (map) is a single 101 mile loop that travels through Bald Eagle and Rothrock Pennsylvania State Forests and includes about 15,000 ft of climbing. Last year the winning geared time (Jeff Schalk) was just under 7 hours and winning singlespeed time was just over 8 hours. For some, finish times could be as long as 14 hours.

Several local racers will be taking part in this year’s edition including defending single-speed champion / man-eater Gerry Pflug and last year’s defending NUE women’s champion Betsy Shogren. Expect other pain-loving locals to try and mix it up as well. Ruth Cunningham, Rob Lochner, Don Powers, Montana Miller, (others I don’t know for sure if they’re going), etc. will all be there to do battle with the forest.

Good luck to all the racers.

[via Cyclingnews, Wikipedia]

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