Leadville 100 MTB - Leadman Challenge

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Ultra Marathon Trail Running with Simon

Жыл бұрын

This is it - my big race for the year - the Leadville 100 miles MTB! This gruesome and historical mountain bike race in Leadville (Colorado) is not for the faint of heart! Riders only have 12hours to travel 104 miles on mostly unpaved road/trails, with 11k ft of climb/descent at 10k above sea level. Needless to say, a major challenge for a non-biker like me. As you’ll see, the race didn’t go smoothly at all…
A lot of work and training went behind this one. I’ve raced both the Belgian Waffle and Silver Rush 50 (see other video), so I know I’m physically capable. What concerned me the most was that I only started riding trails in February, and I remain an absolute beginner. This course may not be very technical for most riders, but for me, it felt absolutely beyond my skills and comfort zone - especially downhills such as Powerline and Columbine. Last time I crashed in April, I couldn’t run for about a month. And except for Silver Rush, I barely order my bike because of my back to back ultramarathons.
The truth is, I was scared to race this one because a crash felt very likely based on what I saw of the course. It's not that I'm afraid of failure or pain - but of injuries, absolutely! Because a crash would not only prevent me from finishing the race (and the Leadman) - it could also end prematurely my running season. And running Leadville 100 miles 1 week later, even a minor fall could be too much. Realistically, I my odds were 50/50.
I had to do everything in my power before the race to maximize my chances. I even, yes, shaved my legs. Even if it’s just placebo-effect, I’ll take it! But more importantly, and luckily, I was not alone! Nora was there to support and crew me, along with Leanne, Mark, Tracy, Cory. Thank you everyone!
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I am once again teaming up with the LifeTime Foundation to raise fund to feed healthy meals for kids at school. Read more about my fundraising as I attempt to complete in 2022 both the Lead Challenge and the Grand Slam
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Music credit
• Bay Breeze - by FortyThr33
• Delicate - by Infraction
• Engine - by Infraction
• Cities - by Infraction
• Sax Beat - by Infraction
• What Do You Need - by Mokka Music
• Detonate - by Infraction
• Positive - by Infraction
• Drift Vibe - by Infraction
• Take Me Away - by Infraction
• Escape & Mother Brain - by Super Metroid - Mother Brain
• Cast Roll - by Megaman X
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@saprissa26 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best Leadville videos I’ve seen, so worth it man, congrats and thanks for sharing your experience.

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

@Chahtawarrior31 Жыл бұрын

Salute to you all for completing this monster! OORAH Keep Going!

@elennane1133 Жыл бұрын

brings back memories, I did it in 2008, loved how you overcame the fall and pushed on.

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And congrats to you :) I head the race used to be much harder!

@elennane1133 Жыл бұрын

@@runningwithsimon nope, looks exactly the same. 105 miles of suffering

@benshredding2577 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on pushing through after the crash and finishing! Great job on the video too!!!

@PoppoBikes 10 ай бұрын

Well well done video. Thank you...

@runningwithsimon 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Were you racing yesterday?

@seanmullins9187 Жыл бұрын

Great Video Good luck on the 100!

@2011hwalker Жыл бұрын

Mountain biking takes a lot of skill. Even these non technical descents can get dangerous if you are not used to the pitches coming up.

@nikond90 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on finishing

@chuckfrizzell8668 Жыл бұрын

Great fortitude brother! Congrats!!!!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!!

@chadhurd1570 Жыл бұрын

Love the Metroid music towards the end! Great ride BTW

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just did a playthrough and remembered how awesome the soundtrack was!

@danilohermoso8560 Жыл бұрын

Hard core, man! I am impressed!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks - that was hands down my biggest challenge this year. And not planning to repeat any time soon lol

@royrcf Жыл бұрын

Superb well done for completing after crashing.

@kensegel5909 Жыл бұрын

Great Job!!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ivanmillan-pulecio4734 Жыл бұрын

This was great ! I'd love to know if you went up ahead of time and what your experience with altitude is.

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes altitude will mess you up if you don’t adapt. I live at sea level but spent most of the summer in Colorado racing and hiking 14ers. It takes me a week to feel better and maybe 2 weeks to be fully adapted to 14k. It still affects you but not nearly as bad. In contrast, I raced Leadville marathon earlier that year coming 2 days ahead of race day and it was brutal. The race was arguably the easiest of the year, but one of my biggest struggle because I struggled with thin air/altitude (you can see in the video I developed some coughing related to that. Which lasted until the evening, along with terrible headache and dizziness)

@kevindraper4000 Жыл бұрын

Nice work!!!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@dcasandman Жыл бұрын

Congrats finished this year too. Considering both next year.

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Congrats! And good luck for next year :)

@garrettbarner2403 Жыл бұрын

Just watched the full leadman series! Grateful you weren't too hurt on the bike crash. I'm looking into doing leadman next year - how quickly did you sign up for the race? I know spots are limited and I'm not sure if it sells out in an hour or if its a couple weeks and am concerned with just getting into the race. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you finish off the series!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 100 run tomorrow - really excited about it :) Good luck for next year! I actually went through the lifetime foundation, but my guess is you have to be quick!

@seanmullins9187 Жыл бұрын

Garrett I am also thinking of Leadman. From what I see it fills up rather fast.

@garrettbarner2403 Жыл бұрын

@@seanmullins9187 thanks, sean. I wonder if it’s fast as in an hour or a day… I’m guessing perhaps an hour.

@gavinmatten4524 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic effort, congratulations on completing the Leadville 100! Great video too. Can you tell me what system you use to get the power/speed etc graphics on the video?

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sure, I use Garmin VIBR edit (free). Then you just need to create an overlay, upload your data file, and sync. It can sometimes be a pain to sync manually, but definitely worth it.

@gavinmatten4524 Жыл бұрын

@@runningwithsimon thanks mate

@artemartem7534 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Congratulations! What kind of training plan did you use?

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

It wasn't very structured to be honest. With the amount of ultra marathon I was racing, especially through the summer, it was hard to follow any plan. The bulk of my training for cycling happened in Feb / March / April (most of it is on my strava, although some indoor session are not). If I was not running an ultra, tapering or healing, I tried to go a long ride every weekend (100ish), trying to have a fair amount of gain and some trail/single track. Week days, I'd include some 1-2hrs indoor ride at low intensity. But weekly mileage varied greatly depending how much running vs. cycling I was doing, and even cycling, how much was indoor vs. road vs. trail. Tracking my FTP, it went from about 3.0 W/kg to 4.0 W/kg fairly quickly, then it was stagnant. I think including more intervals would have helped, but I felt it was good enough fitness-wise and that my real weakness was my handling skills. Then the last big piece was to get acclimated to altitude - I was able to work remotely from Colorado for a couple of months while racing the Leadman. From experience, I know altitude would be an issue. It takes me about 1 week to 'feel good', and 2 weeks to feel '100%'

@artemartem7534 Жыл бұрын

@@runningwithsimon Thank you so much for the answer! Are you going to race Leadville MTB this year?

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

@@artemartem7534 No, but I'll be volunteering at the aid station up top Columbine, and racing LT100 run the week after! Are you racing this year?

@artemartem7534 Жыл бұрын

@@runningwithsimonFirst, I have to finish Lake Tahoe 100k :)

@roxic1212 Жыл бұрын

Really liked the bio data set up like a car. Watts, mph, etc

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's very helpful for me too to see if I paced myself well or not!

@XCRiders Жыл бұрын

Your no gloves Guy!! Beyond cool 😎

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks!

@rogsands5644 Жыл бұрын

Great Job!! You should always wear MTB gloves, might have helped to save your arms, but maybe not?

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

You’re 100% right - I’ll get some. I was lucky my hands themselves were spare otherwise the race would have been over

@johnsands578 Жыл бұрын

Great job Simon. I couldn’t believe your heart rate never went all that high and kept recovering. You must be in incredible shape!

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

@@johnsands578 Thanks! I tried not pushing beyond zone 2. But yep, I relied on having good legs to compensate my bad handling skills!

@michaelhotten752 Жыл бұрын

great video. what corral were you in?

@runningwithsimon Жыл бұрын

Orange. It looks really hard if you start all the way back of white - there isn’t really enough time before St Kevin’s to avoid being stuck

@michaelhotten752 Жыл бұрын

@@runningwithsimon thanks for that. despite wave starts and white corral being subdivided, there is still some riders saying it is congested going up kevins. would like to see some video of that.

@joseph42s Жыл бұрын

The music especially at the end was too much! Great ride and congrats on finishing, but man that alarm bell music was so terrible.

@michaelhoward6752 6 ай бұрын

No gloves on this course 🤔

@runningwithsimon 6 ай бұрын

haha yeah... ...yeah... Gloves would have been nice. I was (obviously) bleeding some from my hands after the crash. You live, you learn. I'm more of a trail runner and did a lot of things wrong in that race. But hey, I made it :)