# Leadville 100 MTB 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Racing\ **Created:** [January 13, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-100-mtb-2019/9737 "2019-01-13T20:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![DaveWh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/davewh/32/13120_2.png) [@DaveWh](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/DaveWh)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-100-mtb-2019/9737/28 "2019-01-24T22:58:10Z")
The best way is to look at past finishers times and splits. For your given target time, find 5 (more if you want) finishers with that time. Then take the average of their times for each split. You can get a very good read this way. The hardest part will be estimating what a good (realistic, yet still stretching you) target is for your finish time. This post has some estimates of how to do this based on your FTP. > [@Leadville 100MTB FTP?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/leadville-100mtb-ftp/9433): > > I am training for my first Leadville 100MTB this August. I was wondering if there is any information out there in regard to how watts/kg relates to finishing time? In other words what kind of watts/kg does it take just to finish sub 12 hour? Sub 11? Sub 10? Sub 9?..and so forth. A chart would be awesome! I know there is much more to that race than just your FTP…endurance, nutrition, coral position etc. But it would be nice to have an idea of a time frame to set a reasonable goal. I currently at … --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-100-mtb-2019/9737)._