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Inaugural Pierre’s Hole 50/100 puts Targhee on the mtb endurance race map

rodeo-style belt bling went to the top finishers

rodeo-style belt bling went to the top finishers

One of the most challenging mountain bike endurance races?  Isn’t that like saying one of the snowiest avalanches?  It’s an endurance race – aren’t they all challenging?

Well, yes.  But we’re talking about a unique group of mtb racers here.  100 miles on a mountain bike, as fast as you can go?  Only the top sadomasicists athletes on wheels sign up for that sort of pleasure and pain.

This past Saturday a group of these challenge-seekers descended upon Grand Targhee Resort for the inaugural Pierre’s Hole, a 25 mile loop of mostly singletrack gaining a blistering 4600 feet in elevation on each lap.

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17th

Aug 2009