Century at Sansom aka Sansom 66

Date: Saturday, December 08, 2012

Event: Century at Sansom aka Sansom 66

About the Ride:

Is this the toughest endurance mountain bike event in Texas? Many will attempt it, few will complete it. Time restrictions are tight, margin for error is slim and the course is difficult. Sansom Park is NOT your typical urban mountain bike trail. 1500′ of elevation per each 11 mile lap through loose rock climbs and descents and nary a straightaway over 200 feet long. The trail is fun and challenging and we’re doing every bit of it!

Field is currently limited to a maximum of 100 participants because of permit limitations. We will upgrade the permit if the original 100 sells out early enough to justify the additional expense of a higher level permit with the City.

This is a distance event with a timed cutoff(s) not a timed endurance event. Finish times will be logged DNF unless all laps are completed within the allotted time.

Solo (Elite) Century of 6 laps but with a cutoff based on 90 minute laps. I completed a lap today in 1:25 poking along since I hadn’t ridden Sansom in a while. The lap GPS’d at 10 miles but GPS always loses at least 10% so I’m confident that 6 laps will get our metric century. 6 laps is going to be very tough to complete. I don’t expect many solo finishers at all. You don’t have to be Pro or Cat 1 to participate but we may limit this field to experienced single track endurance racers based on the technical difficulty of the course.

Solo (Sport) Half Century of 3 laps with no cutoff time. 3 laps in a day will be plenty tough for most of us mortals. This should be an extremely well rounded field.

2 Person Relay (Men, Women, Co-ed) 6 laps with a cutoff based on 90 minute laps. Relayers must alternate laps so each rider must ride 3 laps for the team to complete the course. No individual rider will be allowed to ride consecutive laps. The relay teams were extremely fun when we did Hell on Wheels at Northshore. I’m really look forward to doing another event with the relays.

CATEGORY DISTANCE     START TIME FEE   PRIZES FIELD LIMIT
Solo Elite Men 6 laps (must be an experience endurance racer) 66 miles 9:00 AM $60
Solo Men 3 laps 33 miles 9:00 AM $60
Solo Elite Women 6 laps (must be an experienced endurance racer) 66 miles 9:00 AM $60
Solo Women 3 laps 33 miles 9:00 AM $60
Relay Men (each rider must register individually) 66 miles 9:00 AM $50
Co-ed Relay (each rider must register individually) 66 miles 9:00 AM $50
Relay Women (each rider must register individually) 66 miles 9:00 AM $50

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Event Website: http://www.spinistry.com/

Registration details: Online Registration via BikeReg.com

Contact info: (817) 715-0533