Race Across The Sky

[crazycanuck]

I've not seen this film but people know before they enter an mtb event that there are cut off times.

At the 100k enduro we did a couple of months ago riders had to be at a certain km point by x time..if you weren't there then your race day was over. The time cut off (not to mention the HILLS!!!) was the main reason I did the shorter distance this time round.

Sure hope this doesn't mean more roadies who can't handle real singletrack and getting dirty start mtn biking.

[kacie tri-ing]

Great movie! I loved it too!

The team car comment was hilarious! What a great film (and event!)

[andtckrtoo]

Gosh darn it, now I want to start mountain biking again. And don't worry, this roadie can handle real single track - although it may take some time to get my technical single track legs back.

[OakLeaf]

Don't worry CC, Leadville is safe from the likes of me.

It was definitely the kind of movie that at the end makes you say, "Wow, I'd like to do that." But then the lights come up and you remember you're going to have that same feeling crossing the finish line of that marathon. And that the last thing you need is another sport to train for.

I think it's true, as one of the riders commented after the film, applications will increase. But they don't have to make the field any larger. Sounds like they're very sensible about that.



I don't know about petitioning for another theater showing though. Yeah, it was cool seeing the movie in the company of a bunch of mountain bikers (a couple of whom had done Leadville, and one of whom had done the run). Even as the only roadie in the group. But trying to get another theater special event scheduled will just delay the release of the DVD.

Obviously they're not planning a holiday season release for this year - which I think is a mistake on their part. One thing they might do that would probably make a theater replay profitable is to do another live panel discussion in the lead-up to the 2010 race. Apparently Chris Carmichael was supposed to participate this time, and couldn't.

By clicking through, it looks like this is the link to use if you want to ask them to do a replay. It wasn't clear when they mentioned it in the panel discussion.

[Red Rock]

I was unable to go since the nearest theatre was a two and half hour drive from where I live. I SO wanted to see this. Someone mentioned that they are going to put it on DVD?. THAT would be awsome. I will have to keep watching for it.

I guess that is one of the drawbacks from being in a small town.

Red Rock

[maillotpois]

I loved watching all those kids running across the finish line with their parents. Amazing.

[LilBolt]

I really enjoyed the film, and shed some tears, too. I would have enjoyed hearing more of the participants stories. Dave Wiens thanking the volunteers at the turnaround point was one of my favorite moments that seemed to capture what must be the real spirit of the race. The 'retro' guy also was great.

[Irulan]

Sure hope this doesn't mean more roadies who can't handle real singletrack and getting dirty start mtn biking.

The Leadville 100 is mostly jeep road. Out of 100 miles of race course, there's less than five miles, if that, of singletrack. The general consensus as I understand it is that LA did so well because of the lack of singletrack. He set a brutal pace on the non-climbing sections of dirt road. I'm not discounting the difficulty of doing 100 miles of dirt at elevation, I'm just saying it ain't singletrack is all.

Now a race like the Cascade Creampuff, that is 100 miles of singletrack, that might be a different story.

I ditto the comments on the inspirational stories and that it was a little heavy on the Lance stuff. I really wish they would have said how many women overall were entered, looked like very few to me.

[OakLeaf]

I've never been a Lance fan, and the fact that he was the only one onstage who didn't applaud when the moderator mentioned Roxanne Hall didn't make me like him any more.

[OakLeaf]

people know before they enter an mtb event that there are cut off times.

Of course they do, but that doesn't make it any less heartbreaking for someone who DNF's a major goal (and Leadville is a major goal for nearly anyone). Especially if they've trained their butts off hoping to come back after major surgery like the guy in the movie.