Lumberjack 100 (100 mile MTB) - 2021

***Conditions were horrible for filming and about as bad as it gets, but cleaned the lens when I could. I was surprised how much I was actually able to capture. Ran out of battery around the 8 hour mark so I missed the final 30+ minutes into the finish. I edited out the bathroom and lap/pitstop breaks.***

The Lumberjack 100 is a 100 mile off road race featuring 90% singletrack terrain and 10% two track dirt roads. The race was held on June 19th, 2021 in Wellston, Michigan (Manistee County) at the Big M, XC and Ski Area in the Manistee National Forrest. The 2021 race was SOLD OUT (within minutes). With the cancellation of the 2020 race due to the pandemic, all 2020 racers entries were deferred to the 2021 event. The race was capped at 430 racers. It was 3 laps of about a 32 mile course, with a couple mile initial paved rollout, totaling 100 miles with around 9000 feet of climbing. Course direction for 2021 was COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, which was a first for me as I did this race in 2018 CLOCKWISE as my first ever 100 mile MTB.

The weather was looking perfect a few days prior, but the night before a thunderstorm was suddenly in the forecast for the afternoon. Unfortunately the weatherman was right and midway through the first lap the rain came and made a mess of the course. This slowed everything down and left me at some point with little to no front brake. A couple minor crashes due to conditions and lots of mud also resulted in my lockout (Twinloc) being stuck in the middle position not allowing me to open it up for downhills or lock it out for the road sections. The rain and conditions remained poor for the later part of lap 1 and most of lap 2. Lap 3 brought some heat and humidity but at least the course began to dry a bit.

I was hoping to go sub 8 hours but the conditions all but limited that attempt. Also, I didn't seem to have the legs, mindset or the energy for the day and that resulted being in a dark mental spot midway through lap 2. Happy to push through the inner demons and finish in 8:36:23.

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