Black Bear Rampage 2011

[Bigred15]

This is coming up in a few weeks, September 11th to be exact. I did this race for the first time last year and it was a lot of fun. It says 40 miles, but it's actually closer to 44. 4000+ feet of climbing and 3800 feet of descent. It's held on the Tanasi and Brush Creek trail systems, east of Chattanooga. The White Water Center is where the '96 Olympics had the Kayaking competitions. The schwag bags are some of the best I have seen and the event is well organized. You even get a catered meal after the race.

Black Bear Rampage [Scott's Bicycle Centre]

[Bigred15]

Results for those that are interested. With my primary race bike not it operating condition at the moment (fork), I was "forced" into entering the single speed class. Mmmmm, fun. I went in hoping to do nothing more than survive and improve upon last year's 5:11:xx time. I figured that wasn't too high if a goal to reach for. Turned out I was right. I dropped 1 hour 22 minutes off of last years time, which was on a geared bike, and finished at 3:49:23 for a top ten finish in the SS class. Awesome race as usual, you missed out of you decided not to go.