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Race Reports for Assault on Mt. Mitchell

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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is an awesome, awesome ride. Incredibly well supported and organized. As it is a hard timed century lots of big guns show up to race at the front, so the volunteers really work to make that happen. I think I spent about 8 minutes total in aid stations on the whole ride - they really hustle to get you in and out quick if you want to. The only really dreary part of the whole day is the end when you have to shuttle down the mountain. On a slow-going school bus that takes an even longer route back to Marion so as not to impede the riders still coming up. It took us about an hour and forty-five minutes. Then a long wait for the next shuttle to fill up to head back to the starting line in Spartanburg. Another hour-and-a-half. But at least that is a nice coach bus and there is lots of good food while you are waiting. In the end a small price to pay for such an epic day.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Extremely difficult ride.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I was not motivated for this event so I approached it with minimum expectations. However, in the end, we had a very good ride. A few mistakes were made but overall I was very pleased with my performance. I would like to come back next year and focus on a sub 8 hr ride.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was an excellent event. By far better than last year.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I have rated certain aspects of this race as 'too hard' strictly because of the degree of difficulty. It's a completely different riding experience and I'm glad I have been in the Gaps and did Cheaha a couple of weeks before to get used to the mental part of climbing like this. Finishing this event really felt a bit like an IM. It was exciting to reach the finish mat and achieve my goal. The event itself is pretty well run and is a definite bucket list challenge. There are some very talented cyclists that I never saw! The volunteers were great and the aid stations were well appointed. The bus ride down to Marion from the top absolutely sucked. It took about 1.5 hrs in a school bus. It becomes very uncomfortable. I have been told that last year it took about 30 minutes. if you want to say you are a cyclist in some form, you must do this event. You have to qualify at the Marion ride your first year or join the club that hosts the event to get to Mitchell. You can also buy a number
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