Races. Events. Travel. Reports
Steve Thorne
Finishing Ironman USA, June 2002 | Trail building in Rothrock State Forest, Centre County PA | My commercial fishing days, Egegik AK)
Ironcross, October 2005 | Singlespeed World Championships, August 2005
Recent
efforts
2008
Wilderness 101,
July 26th, 2008: Ultra-endurance mountain bike race, 101 miles, 50th
place (of 321 entrants) in 9 hr 11 min. Bad legs and lots of struggle
on the day, but I loved just being able to participate.
Rocktober
Challenge Marathon -- a 70 mile (110k) mountain bike race on a
gloriously brutish, technical, and impudent course in central
Pennsylvania's RB Winter State Park. [1st place in age group (now 45+ ;
), 8hr 24 minutes on the course.
2007
Paris-Brest-Paris
(PBP) -- the world's most famous brevet cycling event! August 21-24,
2007. Course:
Riding from Paris, to Brest, and returning to Paris over a total of
1227 kilometers | 762.5 miles. We completed the distance in 74 hrs. We
began with the 84 hour start, rode 325 miles in the first 25 hours, and
slept about 6 hours total over the 3 days of riding (though we took
many leisurely breaks at cafes and check-points along the way!). The
2007 edition was run under the worst weather conditions on record --
constant rain, high winds, and cool temperatures -- in a word --
perfect!
Some Paris-Brest-Paris
2007 photos, mostly of riding in and around Paris prior to and
after the event, are posted on my facebook page. The inclement weather
was not particularly conducive to picture taking on the ride itself.
Preceding
the Paris-Brest-Paris event itself, a group of 6 cyclists living in
State College PA completed the four qualifying brevet rides, comprising
200, 300, 400, and 600 kilometer timed events. The overall experience
was quite extraordinary. For a more detailed report, see friend and co-PBPer Matt Ferrari's
blogged bits (scroll down an entry or two to get to PBP reports).
2006
Six
Hours of Power Mountain Bike Race -- July 16, 2006. [Lap race of
approximately 7 hrs duration. 1st place in age group, 6th place of 95
overall]
2005
Ironcross -- America's longest cyclocross race [62 miles; 19th of 95 entrants]
Singlespeed World Championships, August 21st, 2005 [mountain bike race -- "about 30th place" of 400+ entrants (no official results -- just the way i like it)]
2004
Wilderness 101, July 24th, 2004 [Ultra-endurance mountain bike race, 101.4 miles;18th place in 8 hr 29 min]
2003
Wilderness 101, July 26th, 2003 [Ultra-endurance mountain bike race, 101.4 miles; tied for 12th place in 8 hr 23 min]
Keskinada Loppet, February 14-15th, 2003 [Nordic 50k classic and 25k freestyle. *Freezing* temps -- -27c/-16f!]
2002
Northern Central Trails Marathon, November 30th, 2002 [26.2 miles; time 2:59:37; 8th place overall]
Mountain biking in Rothrock State Forest, early November, 2002, near State College, Pennsylvania
Tussey MountainBack 50 Mile Run, October 5th, 2002 [1st place, new course record of 7:23:36]
Shenandoah Mountain 100, September 1st, 2002 [100 mile mountain bike race]
Ironman USA, July 28th, 2002 [Time, 10:24:04; 9th of 278 in age group, 78th of 1752 overall]
24 Hours of Snowshoe Mountain Bike Race [Duo professional division, 5th of 19 in category]
Boston Marathon (106th), April 15th, 2002 [Running marathon, 26.2 miles: Time, 2:55:33]
Keskinada Loppet, February 15-16th, 2002 [Nordic 50k classic (18th of 323 overall) and 50k freestyle]
Lake Placid Loppet, January 26th, 2002 [Nordic freestyle, 50 kilometers; 5th of 28 in age group]
2001
Northern Central Trail Marathon, November 24th, 2001 [Running marathon, 26.2 miles: Time, 2:59:31]
Ironman Triathlon World Championships, October 6th, 2001 Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i [Time, 11:07]
Ironman Canada, August 26th, 2001 [Time, 10:05:05; 16th of 311 in age group, 57th of 1985 overall]
Wilderness 101, July 28th, 2001 [Ultra-endurance mountain bike race, 101.4 miles; 8th place overall]
Lake Placid Loppet, 27 January, 2001 [Nordic freestyle, 50 kilometers]
2000
Wilderness
101, July 2nd, 2000 [Mountainbike Groupride on the 101
race route]
A partial list of recent (shorter) competition events for which I produced no witty report:
Point Reyes Traverse: This is a 13.2 mile run I organized each year while living in the Bay Area.
Travel
Gringo No Samba! A Carnival report from Rio De Janeiro, 1998