| Wilderness 101 |
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| Local name: | Wilderness 101 |
| Region: | USA , Pennsylvania |
| Date: | Late July |
| Type: | Mountain Bike Race |
| History |
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| First Edition: | 1991 |
| Number of Editions: | 9 |
| First Winner: | Harry Winard |
| Most Wins Male: | Chris Eatough ( USA ), 3 times |
| Most Wins Female: | Tiffany Mann ( USA ), 3 times |
This race was held in 1991-1993, 2001-2006. The 1991-1993 race courses were primarily fire-roads and roads. The 2001 race covered substantially more single-track, double-track and degraded fire-roads than the earlier editions. Every year since 2001 the course has been changed to include more and more single-track. Time records for the 1991-1993 races can not be compared to the later races. Regardless the race has always been physically and mentally demanding.
The winner of the 1991 race was Harry Winard with a time of 6:59:40. He won the race on a Bridgestone MB-0 mountain bike with road type tires, 1.5" Avocet Cross, and a triathlon aero bars, Scott Lemond-Style clip ons. The modern course with a much higher percentage of trails would reduce the chances of anyone from winning on such a bicycle. A write-up of the 1991 race and an interview with Harry Winard was published in the October 1991 issue of Dirt Rag, No 19 pages 42-44.
The winner of the 1992 race is unknown. John Stamstad , an ultra-endurance mountain bike legend, won the 1993 race.
In the 2005 race Chris Eatough set a course record of 6:59:48, breaking his own record from 2003 of 7:04:30 for the modern course. Tiffany Mann, on a single speed bicycle, set a course record for women of 9:14:47.
177 starters - 127 finishers
278 starters - 218 finishers
229 starters - 207 finishers
208 starters - 194 finishers
167 starters - 145 finishers
101 starters - 91 finishers
61 starters - 56 finishers
Each person that finished was provided with a t-shirt that had their placing and finish time detailed using felt-iron on letters and numbers.
- 1st Place Men - John Stamstad
- 1st Place Women - unknown
- 1st Place Men - unknown
- 1st Place Women - unknown
- 1st Place Men - 6:59 - Harry Winard
- 1st Place Women - unknown
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