Re: Leadville 100..how do they...

[unforgiven99@juno.com]

On Aug 22, 9:54 am, "steve" <st...@steve.com> wrote:
> How the **** do they start 1000 riders? Is it a mass start?
>
> thanks,
> steve
> --
> "The accused will now make a bogus statement."
> James Joyce

It's a mass start with people lined up more or less by expected
finishing time. The first five miles or so are paved in order to let
the pack string out before hitting the trail.

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <1187809658.199201.173900@x35g2000prf.googlegroups. com>,
unforgiven99@juno.com wrote:

> On Aug 22, 9:54 am, "steve" <st...@steve.com> wrote:
> > How the **** do they start 1000 riders? Is it a mass start?
> >
> > thanks,
> > steve
> > --
> > "The accused will now make a bogus statement."
> > James Joyce
>
> It's a mass start with people lined up more or less by expected
> finishing time. The first five miles or so are paved in order to let
> the pack string out before hitting the trail.

Just as another data point, local marathon MTB races often start with a
Le Mans run-to-the bikes, typically featuring a run of a km or so.

Last year, two different local B-level (slow group, MTBs allowed) CX
races started Le Mans style, one with about a 40 m run to the bikes, the
other with about a 500 m run to the bikes.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

[r15757@aol.com]

On Aug 24, 6:52 am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:

> Just as another data point, local marathon MTB races often start with a
> Le Mans run-to-the bikes, typically featuring a run of a km or so.
>
> Last year, two different local B-level (slow group, MTBs allowed) CX
> races started Le Mans style, one with about a 40 m run to the bikes, the
> other with about a 500 m run to the bikes.

That is worse than doping.