Its a great read, and a great adventure. I like Accelerade at my end and carry baggies of it in my trunk bag. I was reminded of that when I came back and attempted the Blue Ridge Brutal. They are long, but most that I tried are relatively smooth and easy. I heard the sound as our bikes connected and I thought this was it, I was going down. Johnsons Camp It is enough of a challenge that everyone who completes it should be proud. While I didnt break my goal of seven hours, I beat last years time by nearly an hour. Speaking of Mitchell, my friends in the southeast might be interested to know that I am now blogging for the 2013 Assault. My only rides are the Ride of Silence and maybe an easy spin the day before the main event. Mitchell Since the official height of that mountain, the highest in the eastern US, is 6,684 feet with a prominence of 6,089 feet, I am wondering what the 11,000 feet reference is about. Im thinking a determined gradual reopening is best for safetys sake. Mitchell registration includes transportation from the finish line in Mt. 1996. It is my A event, the one I want to complete every year. Riders begin at 6:30 AM at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium and follow a 102.7-mile ride to Marion and then climb up Mt. starting from the foot of the mountain, he began 102 miles away in Mitchell, II Jonathan Pait, Sr 650 subscribers Subscribe Share Save 7.7K views 14 years ago Part 2 of the 33rd. I had an experience going up to Mt. They say that it takes as long to get from Spartanburg to Mitchell as it does from Marion to Mitchell. Mitchell presented by Greenville Health System will have a 5:30 p.m. stop time. People behind them passed me. One of the guys turned and looked at me, and jokingly said You guys have hills out there? He had a good point. in parallel to The Assault on Mt. below. required for your device. Ill be smart about it. Bud Campbell's Assault on Mt. Hopefully I didnt tell this guy the ride was easy, because it definitely is not. Pray for us to do what is best so that we can worship God in the most excellent way. Some of you have heard of the Assault on Mt. The lack of cardio training, however, is easily apparent. Who am I kidding? Its easy to psych yourself out. colliding with the cars / trucks / motorhomes coming down the mountain This page was updated last on April 18, 2023. now includes all Federal Parks in the USA. am trying to complete this undertaking for him in his memory. going up to Mt. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. I saw your time and was impressed! It looked like I was wearing black arm warmers. It became even better on Wednesday, Thursday, and then Friday. You also might want to make sure the park is open up top, although you wont be drinking much on the way down. Mitchell in May. I had forgotten how hard it was. I had nothing. Besides, training is the best part. Once the climbing started I passed hundreds (or more) of riders on the way to the top. these pages. In the past, there have been a number of near misses If I am able to ride the way I want, then I am predicting a finish in 9 hours. My suggestion is find out way before the ride what works for you food and drink wise to stop cramping and stick with it. I arrived in Marion at around 3:35. Should you have pictures, anyone has anything that they would like to include on these pages about You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. After we regrouped and started moving forward again, I noticed something was wrong. on NC-80 from Marion up to the Parkway either. At mile 10, I fell victim to someones poor preparation. I was bonking. We want this assault to lead to complete victory, in Jesus name. The riders that I had been with before all passed me. are several ways to do this. I trained for 7 months primarily indoors with the occasional outdoor ride weather permitting. So, were doing what we can in this in-between time to get ready. you can and will receive a hefty fine in the area of up to $500.00 per ticket Everything Else: It is easy for me to neglect upper body and core. I heard the sound as our bikes connected and I thought this was it, I was going down. I have done my fair share of ultra rides and maybe because of the poor shape I was in at the time I rate the Assault on Mt. own personal pictures and thoughts that he thought would be most apropos Are you kidding me? of climbing or about one half of the total climb to the top of Mt. Thats happened last year and I finished the season with dead arms and a wobbly balance. Select Your TShirt Size: This years shirts will be a short sleeve unisex performance blend with a slimmer cut. What if were not there yet? A video diary of the 33rd Assault on Mount Mitchell. Mitchell, safely and back to Marion, NC. Mitchell. Bryan to the Spartanburg Harold Journal News Paper. over the years since his passing. The tough part about climbing in Colorado is not really the elevation profiles. Mitchell Parkway (rest stop #9) by 4:00 p.m. All riders must cross the finish line by 5:30 p.m. All riders not at the aforementioned checkpoints or finish line by the times noted above will be picked up by an official event vehicle along the course and driven to the finish line or back to Marion. Mitchell is much harder than its 4% average grade suggests - removing descents from the equation raises the average grade to 6.2% (15% of the climb includes some descent); 31% (7.6 miles) is at 0-5% grade, 52% (12.6 miles) 5-10%, and a fraction is 15-20%. the preferred format is TIF but JPG is ok but cannot be Mitchell is the highest point east of the Rockies. the links this road either. And Ill wait awhile before I start thinking about next year. Select Your Bike Destination:Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium: Select this option if Spartanburg is your final destination of the day.Tom Johnson Campground (Marion, NC): Select this option if you are having a family member/friend pick you up from the Tom Johnson Pavilion in Marion or if you are leaving your vehicle there on Sunday before the ride. It was still warm and sunny. Marion, The Fabulous 4th of July Tour That was the most mentally challenging thing Ive ever done. By the way this No refunds will be issued if you are unable to board the last bus. about another 6000+ feet of never ending vertical climbing to the top of Mt. SLOWING is heard every minute or so. On Monday I will visit Dr. Ekman again, probably get an X-ray, and a direction for treatment. Its in the middle of road race season, so its almost never in the cards. Just stay relaxed and keep turning the pedals over and you will be OK. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Training plan - Assault on Mount Mitchell, https://theassaults.com/assault-on-mt-mitchell/. Any hard copy or actual photos / pictures Mitchell and The Assault on Marion. and smile for the camera! SLOWING is heard every minute or so. He then headed to New Orleans, then to New York, and finally to Washington, DC. Were not through this yet. At first it seemed awkward and difficult to ride. of what I have please contact me. Let me encourage you, we will get wherever there is, but right now we are going to stay in this valley, and do what it takes until we can all come out on the other side as safely as we can. So the bottom line is make sure your lights has Cmon Americans! Freewheelers chose not to keep any records what so ever. The Assault on Mt. My pace picked up and I started passing people again. I rode with people who have trained a lot harder than I have. In fact, a lot of the climbs up to the Blue Ridge Parkway are tougher than the Parkway itself. I filled part of a bottle, figuring that would be enough to get me up Highway 80 to the Blue Ridge Parkway. They are not Mitchell. There is some lingering soreness, and I can tell that my hip still is not quite right. Mt. At his request I Thats nearly a 25% fail rate, and these are not ordinary people who just grabbed a bike and decided to ride up a mountain. This year, just finishing is the goal no matter how long it takes. the event uses, SAG's are While the grades were not terribly steep, Matt found them to have their own unique challenges. auditorium, attached to the rear of the riders I was confident for this years Assault. The Marion ride stops at the fifth rest stop in Marion which where he found the gate to the Mt. Mitchell began when John Bryan and family were Hopefully well be able to meet on two wheels soon enough. Bikes will be put on a separate truck and transported to the Tom Johnson Campground. Something that has a lot of longer sweet spot and threshold intervals in it. No dogs or pets are allowed, animals specifically trained to aid a person with a disability is the only exception. Hwy 80 really took a toll on me. Then without They also receiver the annual patch These lights are to be on at all times. prior to his death. My time will only allow for two short workouts per week at the gym. I refuse to waste what this uphill battle has already cost us. I was maybe half the climber I had been in the Blue Ridge. added each year to try to The biggest thing about the Assault on Mitchell is that the last 12-15 miles is all mental. of this great ride was started to be documented. We are constantly changing gears and the majority of the time we are in the lower section of the cassette (in the 11-15 tooth gears). running of the 26th Assault on Mt. and just turned around and coaster back to Marion. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The ride starts in Spartanburg, South Carolina[1] and ends at the summit of Mount Mitchell in Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County, North Carolina. Earlier this year when looking for good climbing blogs, I bumped into The Climbing Cyclist. The last quarter of the ride is steady, consistent climbing for miles and miles, after having already punished the legs with 70+ miles of rolling hills. Now, if we can just get everyone on the same page, Roger, Thanks! Wes and I left them in the lurch by backing out. In our impatience to crank back up, lets put the brakes on enough to do everything we can to be smart. I tried to conserve water, knowing it probably wouldnt be enough to take me through the climb. to weather conditions. Who am I kidding? If Im dealing with some soreness that could carry over, or if Im dealing with cramps or any of the bad things that can happen on an endurance ride, then I may bow out. Mitchell and Mitchell this past May, fantastic experience. It is our local rite of passage. Looks like I should plan on 25+ miles of climbingmaybe 50+ overall. Mitchell itself. Finally I reached the top and guzzled as much water, Gatorade and Coke as I could, while filling both bottles all the way. You would be surprised by how nice the riding is out here. That is actually a little crazy, so congrats on finishing and improving your time. This is a policy set forth by the Blue Ridge Parkway and Mt. address etc. Most got cooked climbing the mt. Then all riders get on busses for the return trip The difference is Ill be keeping it shorter and running faster. And Ill wait awhile before I start thinking about next year. Gravity hurts right now. Then I get an email saying he had set aside a few days, and wanted to try the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Marion ride has just a little over 5000 vertical feet The only time it bothers me while riding is on long descents. Mountain Riding: A group is doing occasional trips to the Upstate for Watershed repeats. found and provided to me for inclusion in these pages. Mitchell all riders MUST be transported off the mountain via bus. warnings and noise makers at the famous hairpin curve. The pack seems to speed up and then abruptly slow down, putting each rider on high alert, sitting on their brakes. Mitchell in 2008. Ive been up Hogback Mountain in your neck of the woods and if memory serves me well that will be similar to Mitchell minus the length. Right now I can probably sustain an 8-minute mile. I filled part of a bottle, figuring that would be enough to get me up Highway 80 to the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Off-Road Assault on Mt Mitchell is a 60-mile MTB race with 10,500 feet of climbing. and normal traffic is allowed. An eternity later it said 1.5 miles to go. After the Marion riders finish at the Tom Johnson Camping Center, Mitchell riders will continue the last 28 miles alone, plodding their way to the top of the mountain. I have done that ride twice and both times was before I started using Trainer Road. Once they arrive at the Tom We might have to have certain services for specific groups of people delineated by age, illness or whatever criteria works to mitigate risk. I was able to ride through it with only minor discomfort. You will have to make separate arrangements to transport your bike to Spartanburg). Assault on Mt. The voice of reason! 108 days until I put my tires to pavement and begin riding towards the top of Mount Mitchell. I had my plan. Im not saying that Rocky Mountain climbing is easy in comparison. No exceptions. More important to be the church even if Im new ways, tim, Hello! now includes all Federal Parks in the USA. Therefore, the ride holds a difficult degree of logistical planning to get riders off of Mt. Could it be that we took everything in on the way, and paid less attention on the way back home? I just had to keep my hand crooked to the right and lean a little differently to keep it balanced. 70 miles through lush Carolina countryside. Ill plan to focus on speed for the first trip up and go slower on subsequent trips. The 43rd Assault on Mt. annual event in which thousands have and do participated in. Mt. Im just finishing the Build Phase plan and am leaning towards the Climbing Road Race plan for my next phase. I am Racing is in full effect here in the south and I have been traveling every weekend to a different city to go race. The Assaults on Mt. The 2009 Assault. I chugged along. However, it was my very first century ride. It was still painful, but I was going to do this thing and probably at a good time. Handicap Rider to make it to the top on a hand powered trike. Build: Sustained Power Build on The Blue Ridge Parkway, nor on the top of Mt. I have not done a single interval or anything like it all year. Mitchell State Park. You can totally build up to this! So, if grueling, steep miles and Mitchell is a 102.7-mile self-paced ride from Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, to the summit at Mt. It is & was in extremely poor I had put in the work. with SAG's trying to pass bicycles to get up the mountain and end up almost Please join us for the 45th Annual Assaults on Mt. Finally, Id like to give a couple shout outs. Even if you do not ride in the Mitchell event, you might find the material useful to prepare for any sort of endurance event. Assault on Mt. Mitchell in western North or join their family members and go directly home very tired and exhausted. https://www.strava.com/segments/695873. be a very expensive ride to the hospital if the chopper can even fly due I got slower and slower. The problem was that the temperature was really starting to rise and I had not hydrated enough along the way. He toughed it out, made it up to Mitchell, and came back down elated. As a result, these pages are what I have been able to amass to date dont underestimate the temperature changes you may encounter. I ran out of water with a mile to go. For several years starting in 1992, completing The Assault on Marion was a prerequisite implemented to increase the proportion of finishers, but this requirement was dropped in recent years. Hiking. Come join the discussion about bike parts, components, deals, performance, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more! In 2005, John Bryan 100k Century. these pages. Economic disaster is tantamount to death for lots of people. This would be the first big challenge. Want a copy REMINDER FOR 2023: Updated Time Limit + Checkpoints! Your safety should Many say that the time it takes to get from Spartanburg to Marion (mile 76) is the same as it will from Marion to Mitchell (mile 102). Select Your Ride:The Assault on Marion: 74.2 miles from Downtown Spartanburg, SC to the Tom Johnson Rally Park Pavilion in Marion, NC. on Since this will include a strength program, I will stop lifting on my own time. The only real negative was that nobody recognized him as Australian, and one could mistook Australia for Austria. Overview. lead Moto from 1979 ~ 2006. Keeping in the spirit of internationalism, they added Julian from Edinburgh, UK, and Patrick from Sydney, Australia. In 2012, I just registered for Mt. One thing he noticed is that there is not a lot of consistency. Mitchell Event. If you get hurt then it is a very Soon enough, that meant I was getting tired. All this came from his personal archives. bicycle and a light on the front of the One of our three rules that we Methodists live by is Do no harm. We will not violate that! I chugged along. If I have 20 weeks to prepare and if I do all of the base, build and specialty rides it adds up to 28 weeks, any thoughts on breaking those up to 20 weeks. NOTE: The As it turned out, he was planning on a trip to the states later in the year. More people passed me. We'll be back from 6am, but before you go, here are the highlights from today: We will have 6 ft. social distancing and probably have limitations on the size of the crowd. Mitchell for $25 . A group of us hired a personal trainer who will lead us on a road cycling and hill climbing exercise program. Change). One called Mitchell and Marion in 2023. All of us did and the pack kept going. Mitchell riders continue on for another 29 very hard, Since then Ive been teetering between 156-158, which is close to the same weight for my first Assault, and a little heavier than last year. these pages and to be included in a display of all of the patches for Join us for 60 miles and 10,500 feet of climbing at the 20th annual ORAMM! Just stay relaxed and keep turning the pedals over and you will be OK. It was still painful, but I was going to do this thing and probably at a good time. / DVD. I reached 161 before I was able to resume training again. You did great and Im sure youll improve next year. this road either. The Assaults on Mt. In my opinion, it is the benchmark against which all other rides are measured. He was a veteran of 15 Assaults on Mt. THWACK! In the 22nd Annual Assault This too shall pass is a popular phrase, especially when we are ready to move on. It is frustrating, but something one has to deal with in order to get an easy ride to Marion. JavaScript is disabled. Mitchell. I bumped into a first-time rider at the hotel and he asked me for any tips. I did the Assault on Mt. I waited a few minutes at the start after everyone left and then rode pretty much by myself until Marion. Ive found that even while riding by myself or in group rides, I have been able to move along at a decent pace, far faster than I expected at this point. make the process of entering the Assault equitable. I could feel the heat intensely. As for the riders who do make it to the top, Of course I also let him know about my website. Im not even sure if weve turned around yet. payable in Federal Court in Asheville NC if you are caught. Mitchell, which at 6,578 feet is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. about While I didnt break my goal of seven hours, I beat last years time by nearly an hour. I had nothing. My final time was 7:07. Mitchell and Marion in 2021. I was confident for this years Assault. Mitchell. work and personal webpage PLUS this webpage. My cycling experience before I did the ride was multiple centuries with 6-8000ft of climbing and one 38 mile ride climbing 10,000. It has now been nearly seven weeks since my last ride. That is the churchs mission. Great ride and I enjoyed the read. Good to see you at the start line. There isnt a place on the way up to refill, so if you have no support, then I would carry what you expect to drink. I checked his website a few months later, and to my surprise, he had just climbed Mount Baldy outside of Los Angeles. But the climbing is different. also in need of two of the Assault on Marion Patches for inclusion on required for your device. Last November I rode to mile 16 on Mount Lemmon and felt pretty good but that was with a summers worth of miles on legs. My left handlebar was crooked, pointing to the right and sitting a little lower. Did I have any suggestions? Thanks for sending them. That's nearly a 25% fail rate, and these are not ordinary people who just grabbed a bike and decided to ride up a mountain. This will probably be base miles only, although knowing myself Ill probably push on a few sections. One of the biggest challenges is mental, pushing yourself to continually grind up the hill, knowing that at some point the reward will be worth all this punishment. He was the first handicap rider to enter and finish this event ! Mitchell Mitchell, NC | Registration for 2023 is now open. I thought that this was a great idea and agreed to The Assault Patches and Results - The Assault on Mt. My time goal was to finish at around 8 hrs, I finished just under 8 hours riding time. It was still warm and sunny. If it was me, 20 weeks is exactly 12 weeks of sweet spot base 1 & 2, followed by 8 weeks of sustained power build. The Assault on Mount Mitchell is hard. It seems like weve been in COVID-19 quarantine forever, but thats exactly where we still are. After that Ill do short weekend group rides of 30-50 miles at a time. An eternity later it said 1.5 miles to go. The Assault on Mt. Mitchell on my own registration in 2018. Climbing will not come easy. GOOD to KNOW: Updated Time Limit + Checkpoints! Mount Evans was a little steeper, averaging 4.5% over 27 miles. There are fully stocked rest stops approximately every 10 miles and you can send anything you want to . My legs hurt far more after this ride than anything I had done in the Rockies. A forum community dedicated to Road Bike owners and enthusiasts. These articles are For the first 73 miles, the two rides follow the exact Mitchell is harder than the climb OF Mt. The last two weekend rides proved to be good tests. In the meantime were starting to have discussions among the powers that be to decide if our reopening will be a rolling start or an all-at-once one. I have a growing collection of cycling friends in your area now, so there WILL be a visit one day, you can be sure. Mitchell State Park in North Carolinaa total vertical ascent of more than 10,000 feet.

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