Category Archives: Leadville

Getting through the Leadville 100 MTB Race

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Gillian

Early in 2013 a group of 30+ Vision Quest (http://www.visionquestcoaching.com/) athletes had signed up to do the Leadville 100 MTB race many were roadies, some were triathletes (me) some were avid mountain bikers.  I did have a little background in … Continue reading →

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Leadville training weeks ?

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Gillian

I am here. I arrived in Leadville today.  It seems like the last month has been a whirlwind.  This is it.  This is the true test.  I’m not going to spend a lot of time rehashing the past but I … Continue reading →

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TOUR DE UCAN

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Gillian

No this isn’t a race.   The name of the post signifies my experiment with  UCAN this weekend. I did two completely different rides and had two completely different results.  I found it pretty interesting to see the difference they had … Continue reading →

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Perfect storm for procrastination

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Gillian

It was one of those days today. It went from getting up at 7 to drive to Indiana to do some single track to getting up much later and riding out to botancal gardens and back. The perfect storm was: … Continue reading →

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Leadville training weeks 8-10 – flatlanders unite

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Gillian

Although it looks like my average day blood sugars the above picture is the elevation changes of the leadville mountain bike race.  I try not to look at this too much.  Depending on what minute (yes minute) of the day … Continue reading →

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Leadville training week 7?!!!!!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Gillian

Whew! I can’t believe I’ve been training for Leadville now for 7 weeks, my plan was to blog every week but time has been a tough commodity to come by lately.  In order to make things work these last few … Continue reading →

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First week of Leadville training done!

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Gillian

This was my first official week of Leadville training! My week was a little disrupted by having an out of town guest at work who was training me on some software.     Monday night was 4 intervals of 20 minutes … Continue reading →

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Perfect Training and Perfect Race Execution

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Gillian

Perfect training execution and perfect race execution. A few days ago, this is what I was told I had to do in order to finish the Leadville 100 mountain bike race. But first a catch up.  I haven’t posted in … Continue reading →

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