# Leadville 2026 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Racing\ **Created:** [January 8, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681 "2026-01-08T17:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grwoolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/grwoolf/32/7725_2.png) [@grwoolf](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/grwoolf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/1 "2026-01-08T17:07:26Z")
I didn’t see a thread started yet for 2026, so here we go…. Lottery results are out today. Hoping everyone the best of luck. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/f/8/f8eec6040db51887f963a90babad5e99229e9808.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![benofw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/benofw/32/12893_2.png) [@benofw](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/benofw)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/2 "2026-01-08T17:09:57Z")
Just got my confirmation email. What did I just sign up for!?! Looking forward to the path to Leadville for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Monkeyevil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/monkeyevil/32/7316_2.png) [@Monkeyevil](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Monkeyevil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/3 "2026-01-08T17:43:06Z")
No luck this year but kind of assumed I wouldn’t hit the lottery two years in a row 😅 ---
**Author:** ![napoleon1981](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/napoleon1981/32/157934_2.png) [@napoleon1981](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/napoleon1981)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/4 "2026-01-08T17:48:25Z")
Congrats winners. I won a coin last year at the 99er and will be riding the 2026 one. Goal will be sub9! ---
**Author:** ![dukeofism](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/dukeofism/32/167570_2.png) [@dukeofism](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/dukeofism)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/5 "2026-01-08T18:10:31Z")
No luck here. Good luck to everyone selected ---
**Author:** ![BCM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bcm/32/137631_2.png) [@BCM](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/BCM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/6 "2026-01-08T18:15:00Z")
I’m in again. I went the camp route with a friend, so I’ll see anyone there who did the same. Base season finishing up this month before I nuke myself with a VO2 block. ---
**Author:** ![CuyunaMtB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CuyunaMtB](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/CuyunaMtB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/7 "2026-01-08T18:30:58Z")
Good luck to all! Excited to be doing this again and my wife will be participating as well. After a 9:02 last year, setting a goal for this year was pretty straight forward. I was excited to see I made the shot near top of Columbine on the Leadville Mtn Bike 100 website banner. Took a screen shot because it’s a better picture than any of the professional ones for purchase! ---
**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 8, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/8 "2026-01-08T18:44:44Z")
This and Moab Rocks are my A races for the year. Getting both ends of the XC spectrum. ![IMG_4738](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/6/0/6048d657798bc8e6d5d06289c2512e2932e13bca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![grwoolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/grwoolf/32/7725_2.png) [@grwoolf](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/grwoolf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/9 "2026-01-08T19:08:47Z")
> [@CuyunaMtB](#): > > I was excited to see I made the shot near top of Columbine on the Leadville Mtn Bike 100 website banner. Took a screen shot because it’s a better picture than any of the professional ones for purchase! That’s awesome, I’m in that pic also (if it’s the one I’m thinking of). I’m 2nd in line in this pic (number plate 1099). I assume you are the guy in front on the Santa Cruz? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/d/b/dbd50f3c4cc6b96a0237e81bbc1638096840b032.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CuyunaMtB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CuyunaMtB](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/CuyunaMtB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/10 "2026-01-08T20:21:47Z")
Yup! On the Santa Cruz, 896. What a coincidence. Congrats on your big buckle. ---
**Author:** ![wik04](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/wik04/32/169940_2.png) [@wik04](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/wik04)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/11 "2026-01-08T20:25:24Z")
Hey! If you were 1099, look at this pic of us going for a leisurely stroll up Powerline together last year! That’s as close as we’ve come to meeting in person. Haha ![863767_1118_0002](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/4/3/434e023c35b98c6a5bc0ab6a7ab8203138cb5270.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mackdhagen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mackdhagen/32/28733_2.png) [@mackdhagen](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/mackdhagen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/12 "2026-01-08T20:36:32Z")
Denied again for the 3rd or 4th year…good luck to all that made it in! Start training and hammer that S out! ---
**Author:** ![grwoolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/grwoolf/32/7725_2.png) [@grwoolf](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/grwoolf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/13 "2026-01-08T20:38:31Z")
> [@wik04](#): > > If you were 1099, look at this pic of us going for a leisurely stroll up Powerline together last year! Crazy how many of us crossed paths at one point or another. In 2024, @BCM and I ended up sitting next to each other after the race (never met previously) and we had crossed paths on course that day as well and finished pretty close to each other. ---
**Author:** ![webdev511](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/webdev511/32/135558_2.png) [@webdev511](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/webdev511)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/14 "2026-01-08T20:53:05Z")
Good Luck to All This year. I’ll be in for next year as I’ll be one of the youngest 60 year olds in the corrals, provided I get my cardiac issues resolved well enough to take another shot. Until then I will live this year’s training and race prep vicariously through you. ---
**Author:** ![BCM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bcm/32/137631_2.png) [@BCM](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/BCM)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/15 "2026-01-08T21:10:39Z")
I was going to say the same thing. There was this picture in the race in 2024 too and we’d never met in person until sitting at the finish line after: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/0/5/057d48bce66cb65c2615b709e1cb0bc90acda2f5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mich\_ML9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mich_ml9/32/168276_2.png) [@Mich\_ML9](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Mich_ML9)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/16 "2026-01-08T23:48:10Z")
Didn’t make it in through the lottery but might try my luck at 99er or maybe even the Leadville Stage Race🤞 Good luck to all that made it in! ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/17 "2026-01-09T03:51:03Z")
Is it too early to start talking about tires? ---
**Author:** ![Speedysmurf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/speedysmurf/32/161698_2.png) [@Speedysmurf](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Speedysmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/18 "2026-01-09T07:47:51Z")
I got in, buzzing to be racing in the US again after doing Sea Otter Fuego XL and XC in 2025. Might need to work on my 450ft above sea level lungs. ![MTB-Story10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/original/3X/2/0/20fc822fb45c8427526c0fcd26f4ed94637b2e1f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![BCM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bcm/32/137631_2.png) [@BCM](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/BCM)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/19 "2026-01-09T13:26:36Z")
> [@DaveWh](#): > > Is it too early to start talking about tires? Wait, we stopped talking about tires? ---
**Author:** ![robbo1234biking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/robbo1234biking/32/165731_2.png) [@robbo1234biking](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/robbo1234biking)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681/20 "2026-01-09T13:51:38Z")
Feel a bit jealous at the moment! Really enjoyed our visit to Leadville last year. I’d like to go back again but it gets a bit pricey coming from the U.K. I’ve taken up running since so I have tentative plans to do the run in 4/5 years! Good luck to all who are going! [Next page](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/leadville-2026-thread/108681.md?page=2)