UltraRob's Adventures

Picture posted by ssperl on Mtbr.com

The Kokopelli Trail Race sort of happend last weekend. The BLM had e-mailed Mike Curiak and then Adam Lisonbee saying that a permit was needed even though there was no registration. They contact Adam because he proposed the date on Mtbr.com. The BLM showed up at 11 o'clock Friday night and after a lot of discussion fined Adam $275 for not having a permit. About 50 other riders had shown up and pitched in to cover the fine.

As the discussions were taking place some of the riders started out. Since it's pretty much self timed and not really organized, it shouldn't have affected the finish. Dave Wiens hammered the 142 miles in 12 hours and 45 minutes. There are several great pictures posted of the Kokopelli trail posted at Mtbr.com. The Denver Post also did an article on the race. The Kokopelli Trail Race is something I'm interested in doing so I'll have to see how the permit issue shakes out.

The pictures have me all excited for my ride of the Kokopelli Trail over 3 days starting tomorrow. I'm also nervous since I really haven't done any serious mountain biking in the last year. In fact I just took of my rigid fork this week that I had put on before Race Across America last year since I had my mountain bike in case I needed lower gearing on the climbs or something happened to my 2 road bikes.

Labels: Dave Wiens, Kokopelli Trail Race, mountain biking