2015 NUE Schedule

[1speed]

Fools gold is an awesome course. If you squeeze it in, I highly recommend it. I'd guess 75-80% fun single track! Nothing brutal other than the first climb of the day and of course the sheer volume of trail. Pretty fast course though. Kinda reminds me of Wiss.

Not that you asked, but
I believe that whiteface race is mostly gravel roads.

How do you do at altitude? I'm horrible. My power drops by about 25%.

Yeah, from what I hear the Whiteface course is actually very similar to Iron Cross. I've ridden altitude a few times without major issues -- in Santa Fe I started in town at around 7000 feet and rode up to the top of the ski mountain at about 12K. I was okay for that ride, but it was slow going and I was very tired when I got back to the place I was staying. I rode it again a few days later and felt a lot better. I'd be going out to Leadville a week early to acclimate, so hopefully that would make it manageable. Right now I'm just hoping I get the chance to find out!

 

[Mitch]

Yeah, from what I hear the Whiteface course is actually very similar to Iron Cross. I've ridden altitude a few times without major issues -- in Santa Fe I started in town at around 7000 feet and rode up to the top of the ski mountain at about 12K. I was okay for that ride, but it was slow going and I was very tired when I got back to the place I was staying. I rode it again a few days later and felt a lot better. I'd be going out to Leadville a week early to acclimate, so hopefully that would make it manageable. Right now I'm just hoping I get the chance to find out!

Marty, good luck with the Leadville thing.. Dan M. has been going for a few years and might be able to offer some help?? That race is on my bucket list but I'm a long shot.

 

[1speed]

Marty, good luck with the Leadville thing.. Dan M. has been going for a few years and might be able to offer some help?? That race is on my bucket list but I'm a long shot.

Thanks, Mitch! I'll take all the advice/help I can get! One of the PIA elements of it is that it's such a popular race that even though I haven't even qualified yet, I already had to reserve a room -- I got one in November and it was already one of very few left anywhere near the race start.