Welcome to the Hampshire 100

HE'S BACK...

Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Tinker Juarez will again be on course at the Hampshire 100. This will be one of the final events used as a lead up to his participation in both the National, and the World 24 Hour Solo Championships, to be held in September. (Tinker has previously won both events.) More information can be found at Tinker's website.

New England Endurance Series

The Hampshire 100 is pleased to become one of the founding events of the New England Endurance Series in 2012. This series was formed to give endurance cyclists within New England a championship close to home.
More information at the NEES website.

2011 Hampshire 100 Video Posted

See it on the video page.

Hampshire 100 Hardcores Posted

The first class of Hampshire 100 Hardcores is now posted here. If you know these guys, convey your awe and congratulations on their accomplishment.

A sample of comments from 2011 participants:

• EXCELLENT, A++++ for the Hampshire 100
• Great advance info, great signage
• I loved the wooded sections of singletrack that seemed almost like no one else had traveled there
• Great race!
• The event lived up to its reputation
• The volunteers all did a phenomenal job
• The experience ...was priceless
• Amazing time
• I can't wait until the next one
• The aid stations are the best I've ever experienced
• Definitely one of the harder things I've done on a bike
• I really enjoyed it
• Thanks again for putting on a really nice race
• A terrific ride through some beautiful, enjoyable, and a few diabolical miles of riding in your neck of the woods
• Thank you for putting on this very challenging race
• I am psyched to try this again
• I had a blast
• It was worth the 7 hour drive
• It was a splendid day
• This was the best race I'd done all year
• The course was great---it had a little of everything
• Everyone at the support stops were helpful and accommodating
• Thanks to you, the volunteers, the fiddler, and the sponsors
• The early morning snacks and the post meal were great
• This was a great event!
• The course was superbly marked and had a bit of everything NH has to offer, including massive stone wall in the middle of the forest. It's a rugged and beautiful state
• Put this on your calendar

More Photos from 2011
A larger collection has temporarily been posted on the EFTA website. See if a favorite can be found there.

NUE COMING TO NEW ENGLAND!

Next year, the Hampshire 100 will be offering you a choice - 100 Kilometers or 100 Miles.
Yes, the National Ultra Endurance Series (NUE) has added this event to its great schedule for 2012. Reserve the date on your race calendar and plan to register early, as many of these events sell out. More information soon.

A big thank you to all who helped make the 5th annual Hampshire 100 a success. The riders, the volunteers, the sponsors, the landowners---all did their part and more.

Results are posted here. Pictures are coming in from various cameras around course and will be sorted and posted over the coming weeks. We always welcome digital photos you are willing to share. Please forward to the .

The world’s greatest deal for pre-event carbo-loading will again be offered Saturday evening at the venue. A hot pasta meal (both a meat sauce and a vegetarian version), along with green salad, roll, and dessert will be available for $5.

While the Hampshire 100 has a strict “no pre-ride” policy due to the large number of private landowner requests, this year offers an opportunity to at least sample, before race day, some of the glorious trails maintained by Greenfield Trails Association (GTA). Approximately 4 miles of their trails will be included in the H100 course. If you would like to ride a bit of these trails, plus ride some of the other fun stuff this group has, plan on joining GTA for a led ride Saturday, August 20th. Just gather at the pavilion at either 4:30 or 6:30 to enjoy an hour excursion on these trails. In order to appropriately plan, please email the indicating interest.

In an event of this scope, there are more generous souls than you can imagine, all who volunteer their efforts to make it happen. Each volunteer is critical to the success of the event, and, try as we might, there is no way they can be adequately thanked for their hard work.

Even so, we are driven to publicly and humbly thank our sweeps. We will have returning, for the fifth year, two teams of sweeps. These teams do all we ask and more. They start early, some even before the participants, and finish late, behind the last participants. In between, they serve as triage assistant, provider of technical assistance, hailer of sag wagon, temporary crossing marshal, server of gourmet energy bars to “bonkers”, and cheerleader to the weary rider. Oh, yeah----and puller of approximately 1,000 course markers. Their reward at the end----leftovers from the post-event barbeque.

So, a humble thank you to these two returning sweep teams who cannot seem to get enough of helping participants have the best ride possible----Two Wheeled Mafia out of Concord, NH and Souhegan Cycleworks of Milford, NH. They will once again ensure no one is left on course.

The fiddler has been found once again and is practicing his repertoire. Where will he be on course this year?

A sample of comments from 2010 participants:

• The course was the best ever
• Where else can you race and find a fiddler
• Very impressed with the support of all the volunteers along the course
• Having so much support and cheering along the way was such a great help
• I'm going to keep coming every year for the awesome time
• An incredible experience
• I pushed some mental and physical boundaries for sure
• Thank you for putting on a phenomenal event
• Everything from course marking to food stations to dinner after the race were top notch
• Great race
• I really enjoyed the course
• Yes it was tough
• The sweet singletrack at the end was awesome
• Thank you for the self service water stations
• Awesome day in the woods
• The H100 had a fair share of very sick trails
• Even 55 miles in, I was still elated for every twist and turn over soft pine needles
• Looking forward to next year
• The five marathons I've run pale in comparison
• Woo-hoo!