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Rugged Adirondacks bike race draws over 200 competitors
WILMINGTON, N.Y. (ABC22/FOX44) – A difficult mountain bike race held on narrow dirt paths through the Adirondacks was won by a man from Williston, Vermont on Sunday, while a Pennsylvania man won on the longer and more challenging 100k course.
The Wilmington Whiteface 100k and 50k mountain bike race was held for its 13th year. The longer 100k (67 mile) race featured nearly 8,000 feet of elevation gain on a winding course from Wilmington to near Elizabethtown and back, while the shorter 50k (30 mile) still involved a difficult loop in the Sentinel Range near Keene.
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Brad Patnaude of Williston, Vermont won the 50k with a time of 1 hour and 43 minutes, while Bobby Lea of Pennsylvania won the 100k with a time of 4 hours and 16 minutes.
Out of the 220 racers to complete either course, some of the most inspiring were the race's two oldest finishers, Ronnie Poplar of Wilmington, Vermont and Janice Bunn, a local from nearby Morrisonville, both in their 70s. Two teenagers also completed the 50k course – Adelaide Pearl of St. Johnsbury, Vermont and Duncan van Dorn from Lake Placid.
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The race's course was slightly different from previous years owing to a missing bridge and road construction, and the morning started out chilly, but quickly turned warm under mostly sunny skies.
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