{"id":23920,"date":"2019-05-18T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboats-manic-training-owner-pedals-across-the-alaskan-tundra-in-fat-bike-race\/"},"modified":"2019-05-18T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T22:48:00","slug":"steamboats-manic-training-owner-pedals-across-the-alaskan-tundra-in-fat-bike-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/steamboats-manic-training-owner-pedals-across-the-alaskan-tundra-in-fat-bike-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamboat\u2019s Manic Training owner pedals across the Alaskan tundra in fat bike race"},"content":{"rendered":"
Graham Muir takes a break under an aurora borealis.<\/strong>
Courtesy of Mark Smith<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If Jack London\u2019s character in \u201cTo Build a Fire\u201d had a fat bike, maybe he would have survived. Manic Training gym owner Graham Muir certainly did, albeit with a bit of suffering, in his entry into the Iditarod Trail Invitational.<\/p>\n

The fat bike race is 350 miles across Alaska on the Iditarod dog sled trail. While it offers three distances \u2014 150, 350 and 1,000 miles \u2014 Muir chose the middle length, pedaling across the frozen finish line in four days, 16 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe race has a lot of different challenges, from the distance and sleep deprivation to minus 25 degree temperatures and miles of glazed ice to ride across,\u201d Muir said. \u201cThere was also a lot of open water and ice bridges to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riders stopped at six checkpoints, two of which also were spots where racers could stash bags of food.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bikes are loaded with all the equipment you need to survive, including sleeping systems, expedition clothing, food, stove and more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One setback for Muir was a flat tire suffered when it was a balmy minus 15 degrees. It took 90 bone-chilling minutes to fix. His riding partner also broke his seat clamp with just 100 miles to go. Still, from riding under the aurora borealis to experiencing the unadulterated beauty of Alaska in the winter, it was worth every crank of his iced-up pedal.<\/p>\n

To earn a spot in the invitational, Muir competed in the Jay Ps Fat Pursuit 200-kilometer and 200-mile races in Yellowstone and joined Jay and Tracey Petervary\u2019s five-day Fatbike Camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe logistics are pretty hard,\u201d Muir said. \u201cIt would be easier next year, but still difficult. I\u2019m on the fence about doing it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same holds true about ever doing the longer race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 1,000 is a different league entirely,\u201d he said, adding that the winners finish in about 18 days and 30 days is the cutoff. \u201cIt would have to be the right circumstances. Work wise and financially, it\u2019s definitely an expedition-like undertaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Graham Muir takes a break under an aurora borealis.Courtesy of Mark Smith If Jack London\u2019s character in \u201cTo Build a Fire\u201d had a fat bike, maybe he would have survived. Manic Training gym owner Graham Muir certainly did, albeit with a bit of suffering, in his entry into the Iditarod Trail Invitational. The fat bike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 01:43:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}