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Leadville Trail 100 MTB

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Entry to the event is controlled and restricted. Some entries are awarded by a random lottery, while other entries are awarded by finishing well in a series of qualifying events. Lottery entries are due by the end of December for the race that is run the second Saturday in August. Qualifying events
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The actual length of the course is approximately 104 miles (167 km), and the greatest elevation is over 12,500 feet (3,800 m) at the half-way point at the Columbine mine. There are six aid stations on the course, at Pipeline, Twin Lakes Dam, Columbine Mine, Twin Lakes Dam, Pipeline, and
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Riders must check out of each aid station prior to the cut-off times. Failure to do so will end the racer's competitive time and result in a did not finish (DNF) race result status. In the final leg toward the race finish, racers must finish prior to a 9-hour cutoff time to qualify for the "big
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are similar to the Leadville 100 race but shorter, typically around 100 km in length. Courses for qualifying events typically cover similar terrain (roads, dirt roads, gravel roads and mild trails) with similar vertical elevation gains (~100 feet per 1 mile).
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Racers must checkout of aid stations prior to cutoff times. These times place limits on the amount of time racers have to finish a course leg. They are found in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB Athlete Guide and also in the event schedule on the website.
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footrace. Both races were begun by Ken Chlouber as part of an effort to spur the economy of the town of Leadville after a local mine that employed many residents closed (the
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turned in the second-fastest time ever to win, 6:23:38, while Rusch won the women's race again and shaved over 15 minutes off her previous record, with 7:31:46.
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The race is run on an out and back course of about 50 miles (80 km), starting and finishing in downtown
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buckle" and a 12-hour cutoff time for completion and to qualify for the "small buckle".
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also broke the course record, which had stood since 1997. In 2011, a conflict with the
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kept Leipheimer away, but U.S. national cross-country bike champion
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by just under 2 minutes and setting a new course record of 6:45:45
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is the second oldest of the well-known 100-mile (160 km)
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by just under 2 minutes. In 2008, Wiens won again beating
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The Leadville Trail 100 MTB race is an outgrowth of the
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Scully, Lizzy (July 2009). "Ken Chlouber's Leadville".
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Leadville
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marathon mountain bike races
Wilderness 101
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Leadville Trail 100
Climax mine
Rockport Company
Life Time Fitness
Leadville, Colorado, United States

David Wiens
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

Floyd Landis
Lance Armstrong

Team RadioShack
Levi Leipheimer
Rebecca Rusch
Tour of Utah
Todd Wells

John Stamstad
Ohio
Russell Worley
California
Mike Volk
Colorado
Mike Volk

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