Welcome to the Hampshire 100

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

2012 Registration Opening January 15th

See registration information here.
Race Details are here.
Race Rules & Pointers are here.

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.

Event Photos Posted
The 2011 Hampshire 100 photo album has finally been posted. (Sorry for the delay.) Have a look at it here.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE INAUGURAL GROUP OF HAMPSHIRE 100 HARDCORES
Yes - all seven competitors that were going for their 5th completion in a row at the Hampshire 100 managed to find their way to the finish line. There will more formal recognition later, but in the meantime, if you run into any of these Hardcores, give them an extra congratulatory handshake.

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?

Yes, the rumors are true.
David “Tinker” Juarez is scheduled to participate in the 5th Annual Hampshire 100. It does appear that the course should suit him perfectly. We consider it a great honor to have this legend visit NH. After all, how often do we get to ride with someone who is a MTB Hall of Famer, current world masters MTB Champion, 3 time National Champion, 2 time Olympian, and more. To remind ourselves of how good a rider he has been for so very long, check out his website.

New Hampshire 100 Video
A new video collage of the 2007 through 2010 races has been posted to whet your appetite for the coming season. See it on the video page. Do you have what it takes to ride the Hampshire 100?

The USA Cycling Pro MTB Ultra-Endurance Tour (Pro UET) is coming to the Northeast!

The Hampshire 100 has been selected to participate as an event in the 2011 pro tour season. Pro UET will offer various disciplines of racing for endurance athletes. Individual rider rankings will be offered for the Pro/Solo category in 6-hour, 24-hour, marathon, and ultra-marathon events around the country. The top-10 ranked riders in the Pro/Solo category for both males and females will have the bragging rights to a top-10 number plate at each event. More information here.

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!