Lander Biathlon

Mountain Bike Biathlon

Beaver Creek XC Ski Area (South Pass- above Lander)

August 28th, 2010

The mass start for this race was a bit smaller than Leadville.

Off to the races.

Guns and bikes... count me in! Hard to find local races. With nothing else on the agenda for this weekend I thought it'd be fun to try out the Lander Biathlon again. Had great fun doing it a couple of years ago.

Didn't have a clue where I was going- so I followed the herd.

The route was about a 3 mile loop that you road three times (10 miles total). There was a shoot bout of five shots after the 1st and 2nd laps. Each time you missed they added a minute to your time.

My first shooting bout was prone. I missed twice.


You shoot at metal targets that clap shut when you hit them.

Seamus wrang the cowbell!

My second round was standing (off-hand). Last time they wouldn't let me shoot off-hand... a rule for begginers. I missed once or twice last time. This time I had four/ ten misses.

Had I had more time to zero the rifle I was shooting, I may have done a better job of shooting- it was off (high) and I had to compensate because of it... which kind of threw my consistency off. Still great fun!

Running to my mount.

Off to ride my 3rd and final lap.

Web cheering me on, yelling... "No sand bagging- we wanna see you puking at the finish this time!"

After it was all said and done I completed the race in 45 minutes or so. I missed four times- so my overall time was 49 minutes. It was pretty fun. I'd encourage anyone that like to ride a little to give it a whirl some day. Good stuff!