The date is set for Saturday, October 29.
Judging by the number of early RSVP’s from Enduro vets and other hard-men, it looks like it’ll be a good year for strong riding.
We might have some course changes, but we’ll finalize them sooner than later so as to facilitate your map review and strategy. We will not provide gpx files. Consider that sort of thing part of your very own top-secret preparation.
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Cold, damp, warm, dry, and grueling.
The 2010 San Jacinto Enduro is in the books. Bleary eyed mountain bikers gathered in a public campsite to review the course and talk about safety at 5:45am. We started out at 6am with lights on in the cold, damp after a couple weeks of steady rain on Mt San Jacinto.
We climbed Thomas Mountain and were rewarded with a fantastic sunrise above the clouds. Did anyone get a picture of that?
A friendly motorcyclist greeted us on Rouse Ridge with doughnuts. No kidding! Later, riders made their way past a surprise aid station just before hitting May Valley singletrack. Kelly & Mary staffed the suprise aid station, complete with marshmallow cheerios treats, apples, bananas, and oranges. Trail magic at its best.
Dave had the eye of the tiger.
Eric Nelson, a 2010 Tour Divide alum was greeted by the family.
The Mann Show
Neon!
While we had fewer riders this year (many no shows likely because of questionable weather) the riders who did come were hammers.
The course ran very fast this year with damp, hardpacked roads. The first man and first woman(n) riders posted times 35-39 minutes faster than their respective records from last year. The singlespeed record was shattered by more than an hour and a half.
The first loop was highlighted by cool temps, dramatic weather in the surrounding mountains, and some surprise traffic on the roads.
In contrast, the second loop was sunny, warm, and drier. Riders reported rough conditions on this year’s additional singletrack, the Morris Creek trail.
Also on the second loop, riders found yet another surprise:
Abbey explains the finer details of home-baked trail magic.
The first rider arrived back at camp before 1pm.
Guy “20 proof” Sutton posted the fastest course time.
Dan “shakedown” Wilcox of Homebrewed Components crushed the singlespeed time. Amazingly, he did this on his brand new bike. The SJ Enduro was one heck of a shakedown ride!
Allison “wo-mann” Man beat her own record.
Nick “when’s the start” Zielinski started a good ten minutes late but managed to catch a lot of the group by the end of the first loop. He made up more time on the second loop after waiting, fruitlessly, for a good-for-nothing rider who’d decided to wrap it up after the first loop.
The two newest bikes on the course. The one on the left was a day old, the one on the right was two weeks old.
After the ride, a number of peeps stuck around the campsite to trade stories and make plans for the “next big ride.”
Freddie explains how he narrowly fought off a mountain lion attack on the trail.
Dave takes in the scene after a long day on the bike.
Marmu
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The SJ Enduro gives no prizes. Ever.
However, the first man, woman, and singlespeeder to finish the entire course find/earn one of these. Can you guess which ones are dedicated to whom?
We’re set for the 2010 Enduro.
RSVP’d riders have the Loop 2 map addendum, camping info, and other important info in their inboxes.
The sun will rise on us somewhere near Rouse Ridge.
For you non-natives/ cue sheet non-readers, we’ll be working to get some GPS routes for Lap 1 and Lap 2. We’ll most likely have them posted on the connect.garmin.com site.
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We are opening up the Start List to all comers… come join us!
First: read the Rules/FAQ page
Then, shoot us an email to sanjacintoenduro@gmail.com
Get your suffer on!
We’re scheduled for October 23rd this year.
Expect a similar course, with the addition of at least one more singletrack descent.
We’ll be capping the field in the 45 rider range to keep things self-supported legal… RSVP will open soon.
Stay tuned!
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And what a great time it was.
41 starters, 38 finishers.
Big props to the hard-men at the front of the pack, with Guy Sutton & Kenny Gioeli pushing a blistering pace and finishing the complete route at 1:21pm clock time…
Props also are due to Dan Mc Cormack & Stephanie Guadreau-McCormack on their all-day Enduro experience, working through navigational challenges and exhaustion. There were a lot of good experiences out there, lots of smiling faces back in camp.
Big props are also due to trail angels Mary Metcalf-Collier & Rachael Gollub, who took it upon themselves to provide treats to all the ride participants at the summit of the May Valley climb. The brownies really were wonderful…
The final results are up here, on the Results Page.
Mary’s pics are up here
Keep your ears on for this event, and possibly others, to spring up again.
Rubber Down,
The Enduro Non Management
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Tagged holy crap that was hard, Idyllwild moutain biking, San Jacinto Enduro
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