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Local name(s)
  
Shenandoah 100

Discipline
  
Mountain Bike

First edition
  
1999

Nickname(s)
  
SM100

Race director
  
Chris Scott

Edition
  
18

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Date
  
The Sunday of Labor Day weekend

Type
  
100 Mile Ultra Endurance

Region
  
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

Shenandoah 100 2014


The Shenandoah 100 is an ultra-endurance 100 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held in central Western Virginia near Stokesville. The race is normally held on the Sunday during Labor Day weekend. The race has been run continuously since 1998.

Contents

The organizer, Shenandoah Mountain Touring based in Harrisonburg, VA also runs the Wilderness 101 in Central Pennsylvania along with numerous other cycling races, events and tours. The SM100 is part of a Nationwide series of endurance races the National Ultra Endurance Series since 2006.

The SM100 course starts and finishes in Stokesville Campground near the Stokesville Observatory. The majority of the course is in George Washington National Forest and uses part of the Wild Oak Trail. The course is primarily in Virginia but a small section crosses into West Virginia. The course covers the USGS Topo Maps of Stokesville, Palo Alto, Reddish Knob and West Augusta. As the name implies, the course is 100 miles long and has nearly 12,500 feet of vertical climbing.

Shenandoah 100 race 2015


Notable Records

Larry Camp, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is the only rider to have completed every running of the event, finishing again in 2016 in 12:05. Jeremiah Bishop holds the record for fastest male finisher at 6:49 in 2015 and Sue Haywood holds the record for fastest female finisher at 8:11 in 2007. The longest finisher recorded was Neil Curtis in 1999 taking 18:07 to finish.

References

Shenandoah 100 Wikipedia