Wilderness 101

While a lot of pittsburgh MTBers were heading to the super popular 6HOP this weekend, a few DHers traveled to the infamous Wilderness 101 near State College looking for some usual fun. Scott, Justin, Ruth met up with Jake & Steve to claim a large piece of weekend real estate. Once camp was set up, it was out for a little spin on the end of the course. Looked great!

After an evening meeting up with racer-type friends from all over (Mark, Gerry P., Andy G., THE WV clan), good dinner and sleep it was up at 5 to get as ready as you could for the long day. With a 7AM start, the group was off on what would turn out to be a nice hot day promising the usual long mountainous climbs and bumpy descents. Depending on what you have trained for this year, the course treated us all differently, but as with all hard efforts, it's happy to finish whether you had a good day or bad one! A lot pain subsides as you finally reach the home stretch of rail trail leading staight to the partying tunes of the camp site.

Once back, it's a sweet outdoor shower or the creek bath and then to check out the kegs.

Steve---used experience to grab a ---th place!
Justin ---knew what he's getting into, respectable finish----
Jake The Fast Driver---(first MTB 100, will he do another??)--9.5 hours, including the high speed need to bunny hop an opossum munching nest of rats.
Scott-1st Masters ----- & chipper as a squirrel afterwards.
Ruth---head on collision with a R-snake, but didn't speed me up too much. Barely finished, 13 hours.

No pics as it was a busy day, but results posted on shenendoah touring site. Thanks Shenendoah Touring, Chris et al, and all the volunteers for another great ride. For details about the course/event: http://www.mtntouring.com/