This past Saturday, June 17, was the 5th annual Whiteface Mtn Uphill Bike Race in upstate NY, USA, and this was my second year in the event. It was a real kick.
Way to go Steve! Great write-up, and nice to see how soundly you bested your results from last year. With climbs and times like that, you're pedaling with a pretty elite crowd.
Nice write-up, well done for beating your record and completing the race in such a short time. Something tells me you are going to have to train very hard to cut another 30 minutes off next year though!
Great story. I am just at the beginning of my learning curve for climbing, but getting better slowly and hoping to tackle something like this in the future.
Great story. I am just at the beginning of my learning curve for climbing, but getting better slowly and hoping to tackle something like this in the future.
One of the most fun parts is the surprise, interest, and amusement shown by the other competitors. Also, most of the bike racers think that unicycling is not just hard but close to impossible, so they give you even more credit than you really should get for it. It's too much fun, in between gasping for breaths. You'll love it.😄
dont worry, i will take a look at it, then ask my mom and stepdad if i can enter in it, every day for the next year, but i need some info on it, like when is it gonna happen next year, or around what time? but would it be hard to do on a 24? i really want to do this, is it all on cement? is there a website for it?
dont worry, i will take a look at it, then ask my mom and stepdad if i can enter in it, every day for the next year, but i need some info on it, like when is it gonna happen next year, or around what time? but would it be hard to do on a 24? i really want to do this, is it all on cement? is there a website for it?
I wouldn't do it on a 24, but it could be done. I did. Next year's race date is Jun 16/07 I believe.
my stepdad has family up there, do you know how far away from horseheads it is? like right when you come off the highway there and there is that dennys and one hotel?
Congrats Steveyo, you are an animal. I saw Filly in one of those pics, she is a riot. Way to work it, remember, pain is a good thing! Don't stop chasing those dreams, as you find out with every one, the bigger the effort, the bigger the reward.
Congrats Steveyo, you are an animal. I saw Filly in one of those pics, she is a riot. Way to work it, remember, pain is a good thing! Don't stop chasing those dreams, as you find out with every one, the bigger the effort, the bigger the reward.
Thanks. I hope you stay away from this race so I keep my record, because you're a bigger animal.
Filly tried out the KH29 a couple times, and seemed intrigued. As I left her she was ruminating that there are no women's uni records yet in any of these races. I'd be stoked to see her learn - she's freaky enough.
The 'race results ' (http://tinyurl.com/s4kq3)show I was 185th out of 217 finishers. There were an additional 10 DNFs.
WHITEFACE MT. UPHILL BIKE RACE WHITEFACE VISITORS BUREAU JUNE 17, 2006 WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIAL RESULTS TC - Total Climb 3555 F WEATHER: CLOUDY START TEMP: 77 F FIN TEMP: 59 F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIB COMPETITOR----------------------------- FINAL RANK Nr TOWN SURNAME+NAME CLS NAT/YR TIME 1 200 Burlingt Harpp, Jason M-2 /23 45:10.7 2 215 Lake Pla Burke, Timothy M-2 /24 48:07.2 ... 100 15 White Pl Steinel, Gary M-5 /53 1:06:58.2 ... 185 156 DELMAR RELLES, STEVE UNI /43 1:25:53.1 ... 217 102 New York Van Hoesen, Lois F-5 /59 1:58:04.3
i may be there with you next year!! my mom said that we would try to plan our vacation to horseheads around when this event is, and i may be able to compete!!!
