Stage Eight: Almost Amboy to Twenty Nine Palms, 58.2 miles. Elevation Gain: 4170‘. Arrived Monday 4:12am, 45 hours 12 minutes From the 508 website “After you pass through the funky throw-back hamlet of Amboy (where you can not count on … Continue reading
Stage Seven: Kelso to Almost Amboy, 33.8 miles. Elevation Gain: 2280′. Arrived at Almost Amboy at Sunday 11:16 pm, 40 hours 16 min Avg. Speed 11.22 mph From the 508 websiteCompared to the just completed Baker Grade, you now head … Continue reading
Main graph above. This section we will cover from Mile 381.6 to mile 416.5 Stage Six: Baker to Kelso, 34.90 miles. Elevation Gain: 2920′. Arrived in Kelso Sunday 8:26pm, 37 hours and 26 min Avg. Speed 11.13 mph From the … Continue reading
Here is the main elevation chart. The section you are about to read is from mile 325 to Mile 382 Part 5 or 7 Stage Five: Shoshone to Baker, 56.3 miles. Elevation Gain: 2186′. Arrived Baker Sunday 4:38pm, 33 hours … Continue reading
Elevation chart for the entire race the section you are about to read is from Mile 253 to Mile 325 Stage Four: Furnace Creek to Shoshone, 73.6 miles. Elevation Gain: 6744′. Arrive Shoshone Sunday 10:30 am, 29 hours 30 mins … Continue reading
Race Profile. This section we will cover from Mile 153.15 to Mile 251.8 Part 3 of 7 Stage Three: Trona to Furnace Creek, 99.2 miles. Elevation Gain: 7538′. Arrived Sunday 0437, 21 hours 37 min Avg. Speed 11.71 From the … Continue reading
Long roads behind me… and long roads before me… and even more long roads in before me… Stage Two: California City to Trona, 70.25 miles. Elevation Gain: 4212′. Arrived Saturday 18:09, 11 hours 9 min Avg. Speed 13.8 mph From … Continue reading
Pictures courtesy of Chris Kostman of AdventureCORPS Well thanks to the best crew and just a little determination…ok alot of determination I finished the Furnace Creek 508 on my Fixed Gear. It was the toughest thing I have done on … Continue reading
With 6 days to go, I am looking at the race course and trying to remember areas where I suffered last year. I did this event multi-speed last year and I am trying to recollect the harder climbs. If you … Continue reading
Here is my race report. I will release sections of my report one time station at a time. If I were to wait until it were complete it would take yet another week. And I know you are all just … Continue reading
