The True Grit Epic is a mountain bike race held in St. George, Utah every March. It runs through the red rock terrain around the Santa Clara River Reserve and Snow Canyon area — slickrock, hardpack, and desert singletrack. The riding out there is completely different from anything in the Midwest and the technical demands … Read more
The Shenandoah 100 is a 100-mile mountain bike race held every September in Stokesville, Virginia, in the George Washington National Forest. It’s considered one of the classic American 100-milers — serious climbing, mixed terrain of forest roads and singletrack, and a well-organized event that’s been running since 1999. The Shenandoah Valley in fall is a … Read more
The Mohican 100 is a 100-mile mountain bike race held every June in the Mohican State Forest of north-central Ohio. It’s one of the longer-running 100-milers on the endurance MTB calendar and has a decent following in the Midwest. The course runs through the Mohican area trails and forest roads — it’s not flat, but … Read more
The Wilderness 101 is a 101-mile cross-country mountain bike race held every July in the Rothrock State Forest of central Pennsylvania. It’s one of the original American endurance mountain bike races — been around since 2003 — and it covers genuinely technical terrain with a lot of climbing. Pennsylvania forests are no joke: rooty, rocky, … Read more
The Marji Gesick 100 is a 100-mile mountain bike race held in the Marquette area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula every September. It’s not a normal 100 miler — the course is brutal, the cutoffs are tight, and the buckle is legitimately hard to earn. You’re riding through the RAMBA trail system and surrounding terrain, which … Read more