Mt Tam Triple Crown Hill Climb
Published by Adam Doti September 18th, 2007 in Mountain Biking, Road Biking, Running, Adventure Racing
[RACE REPORT] This year's Mt Tam Triple Crown Hill Climb was the inaugural and included a small field of local riders and runners. The event comprised 3 stages over 3 days over Labor Day weekend 2007. And each stage started in Mill Valley and end at the top of Mt Tam. It started with a mountain bike race on day 1, followed by a road race on day 2, and concluded with a trail/road run on day 3. Below is short summary of each day’s event and my MotionBased GPS digest. Day 1, MTB MotionBased Digest I finished 8th out of 22 riders. The field was mixed; but the good riders were very good! The interesting thing about this race was the variety of bikes. It was as much about one's choice of a bike as much as your fitness. There were single speeds, 29er single speeds, fixed gear single speeds, fully rigid singles speeds, cyclo-cross bikes, traditional mountain bikes. The winner rode a fully rigid single speed. Day 2, Road Ride MotionBased Digest I finished 8th.again! The field was mixed; but the good riders were still very good! Day 3, Trail Run MotionBased Digest The sufferfest ended with a 2.5 mile hill climb, on foot, from Mill Valley to the summit of Mt Tam. I spent 43 minutes of heart-pounding, vomit-inducing running, climbing, and scrambling to finish that stage in 5th and finish the 3 stage Triple Crown in 8th. (Day 3 was also part of the renowned 27 year-old Mt Tam Hill Climb foot race http://www.tamalparunners.org/html/hillclimbarticle.php) Overall, the Triple Crown was such good times. I learned more about Marin's cycling and especially running culture and history. Very interesting!! I'll be back next year for more suffering. My climbing season continues with the 47 year old Mt Tam Hill Climb pro and amateur road race; followed by the more laid-back Diablo Challenge; and in the meantime the weekly Low Key Hill Climbs around the Bay Area.
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