10,000 Miles to Go

  I haven’t done a race report in a while, since Marji last year in fact, so let’s see if I remember how to do this. Lumberjack 100 recap, review, reheat I’ll start with the details. For as long as I’ve race Lumberjack it has been a 3 lap race that totals out at about 97-98 miles with 6-7k feet of elevation. It is a very fast course with some even faster two-track in the middle. My fastest time to date was last year at about 7 hrs 10 minutes. I’ve done 100 miles gravel races that have taken longer. It is the true definition of pedal to the medal all day and speed is rewarded with more speed. This year was the 20 th anniversary of the event, so the directors decided to go way back in time, like to the origin of the race and make it a 4 lap course with most of the two-track taken out. They also added some climbs back in that haven’t made an appearance in a very long time: fire tower climb and whatever it is they want to call that steep thing right behind the lodge; I’m sure it...