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The Leadville Trail 100 MTB is the second oldest of the well-known 100-mile (160 km) marathon mountain bike races held in the United States, the oldest being the Wilderness 101 in central Pennsylvania. The Leadville Trail 100 MTB was first run in 1994 and has become one of the best marketed, attended and known marathon events in mountain bike ...
Leadville Trail 100 MTB: This mountain bike race was added in 1994. The race was the idea of Tony Post, then a marketing vice president at the Rockport Company, sponsor of the event who arranged for television coverage for both races. The first mountain bike race drew just 150 entrants, while the 2009 edition allowed 1400 entrants.
Leadville, Colorado, has the highest incorporation rate in the United States. It sits at 10,120 feet, which means that if Denver is the mile-high city, Leadville is the two-mile-high town.
Leadville 100, 2003-2008 David Wiens is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer . He is known for his six consecutive wins in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB mountain bike race including defeating Tour de France riders Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong .
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Leadville Race Series Announces Event Schedule for 2013 Expanding schedule features 15 events, including training camps Exclusive 'Leadman' division guarantees entry in both Leadville 100s ...
Ashley Arnold and Ian Sharman Crowned Champions at 31 st Annual Leadville Trail 100 Run Nearly 500 participants displayed strength and willpower to conquer the trail; Leadville Trail 100 run ...
In 2006, Weihenmayer created the Adventure Team Challenge, a first-of-its-kind adventure race in which teams of disabled and non-disabled athletes compete; his team won five years in a row. In 2010, he completed the Leadville 100 mountain bike race, with elevations all above 10,000 feet, on a tandem, once again becoming the first blind person ...