Training for my first 100

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I agree with all of the above. Like Asteryx I did HC100 this summer and it was also my first 100 mile MB event. I posted a recap about it, including some training comments, on July 25th here (I’ve probably screwed the link up, you might need to search):

Anyone doing High Cascade 100 in 2020?

Yeah I did it in 2021 and it was my first 100. It’s an amazing event and you are going to have a blast. It’s a pretty approachable course, and nothing too technical. There is a little pavement then some double track towards the beginning which is nice because it helped sort the race out before it hit single track, which there is about 60 or 70 miles of. Starting field was around 250 people, and everyone was super nice. People were really cool about asking to pass and pulling off to let faster r…

A few additional comments:

• Train your nutrition: That’s not just the grams of carbs you can ingest per hour, but how you are going to do it. Technical MB trails make it a lot harder to grab bottles, gels etc.

• Technical training: Reiterating what Asteryx says, but its worth repeating. Riding smooth and with flow are worth a ton of watts over a 100 miles of MB trails. Build technical rides into your plan, ride technical trails when you are tired, ride them when they are wet, ride them when they are dry. For me it isn’t about max speed, but rather balancing the highest speed I can carry through sections with as little effort as possible.
  Cheers