Lyle Pearson 200

The 10 stages of the Lyle Pearson 200 (click to enlarge)

My flight from Taiwan was rough, and that was important as I was flying straight to Boise on a Friday for a bike race on Saturday. This is a 10-stage, 188 mile bike race with 19,000 feet of elevation gain. Luckily you do it as a team. Team Sockeye Brewing (yes, we had a sponsor!) consisted of Michael (the Captain), Lee, Mark and myself. I did leg 3 solo (painful), leg 7 with Mark (crazy fun) and Leg 10 with the full team (nice way to get to Sun Valley). With us, we had our official race driver and team manager, Wade.


Michael spinning up leg 6. Yes, that is snow.

Our original estimates were 12 hours, but we finished in 10:30. This race is also handicapped, so because of our lack of racing skill and, ahem, stature, we were able to take another 40 minutes off, giving us a final time of 9:47. That was good enough for 45 out of 58 teams. Don't worry, we are already plotting for next year!

Sunday was nice and leisurely with a mountain bike ride up Adams Gulch in the morning, lunch, then a drive back to Boise, followed by a quick unpack/pack session, then back in the car and drive to Portland...

Official results: Here
My Pictures from the race: Here
My pictures from the mountain bike ride: Here
GPS data for the full race (we passed Lee's Garmin eTrex as a "baton"): Here
My Leg 3 GPS data: Here
My Leg 7 GPS data: Here
My Leg 10 GPS data: Here
Adams Gulch GPS data: Here (GPS had some trouble with this one in the valley)