Wilderness 101 Mountain Bicycle Race

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
Local name:	Wilderness 101
Region:	USA, Pennsylvania
Date:	Late July
Type:	Mountain Bike Race
History
First Edition:	1991
Number of Editions:	9
First Winner:	Harry Winard
Most Wins Male:	Chris Eatough (USA), 3 times
Most Wins Female:	Tiffany Mann (USA), 3 times

History

This race was held in 1991-1993, 2001-2007. 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. 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.

The male course record was set in 2008 by Jeff Schalk of 6:41. The female course record of 8:36 was set in 2007.

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Results

2008 Results287 starters - 243 finishers

2005 Results229 starters - 207 finishers

2002 Results101 starters - 91 finishers

2001 Results61 starters - 56 finishers1993 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 - unknown1992 Results
* 1st Place Men - unknown
* 1st Place Women - unknown1991 Results
* 1st Place Men - 6:59 - Harry Winard
* 1st Place Women - unknown

ee also

* Rothrock State Forest
* Bald Eagle State Forest
* Montezuma’s Revenge
* Mohican MTB 100
* Lumberjack 100
* The Endurance 100
* Shenandoah 100
* Breckenridge 100

External links

* [http://www.usmtb100.com/ US National Endurance Mountain Bike Series]
* [http://www.mtntouring.com/mountain/htm/wilderness_101/page_w101.htm The event's primary website by Shenandoah Mountain Touring]
* Media Coverage of past events
** [http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2005/jul05/wilderness101_05 Coverage of the 2005 event on Cycling News]
** [http://www.mountainbikeracer.com/1story_04/wilderness_101_july_24_2004.shtml A writeup of the 2004 event by Lauri Webber]
** [http://www.iplayoutside.com/Events/2003/07/5715c.html Coverage of the 2003 event.]