5/20/2023

Mohican 100K Mountain Bike Race

Loudonville, Ohio

Mike Williams

Finish Time:  10:35:12

Overall Place:  202nd Place / 2030

Steve Zenar:  DNF

Race Recap By Mike Williams:

What a day! This was my 1st attempt at the 100k Mountain bike race.  I finished 30 minutes ahead of my goal on the muddy wet course. This is absolutely the most difficult thing I have ever done. I’m still processing. What a great group of guys to jump in and do this with me!

Race Recap By Steve Zenar:

Yesterday was one of the toughest things I’ve ever attempted. I knew going in I was not ready training wise or MTB skill wise but I was hoping I could somehow muscle through. Conditions were absolutely horrible due to rains over night and about 4 hours into the race start which made a difficult course even worse with all the mud and slick rocks and roots. Unfortunately, due to all of this combined I was able to make it to aide station 2 but I missed the cutoff by almost 1 hour. By this time I was in bad shape and with no food left and also having missed my drop bag due to the cutoff rimes I took the decision to take a DNF and get transferred to the finish line. I am still working to get better on the MTB so although it was difficult to not finish (my first time ever for that experience) I learned a lot, did some things I would have typically never attempted in the past and still set some personal records (longest distance ride on a MTB, most climbs in a single ride and longest time on a ride).