AllOtsego People
Coop group to take on biking challenge
By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
A group of Otsego County residents have been training for the ride of their lives in the Leadville 100 MTB.
The annual “race across the sky” in the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado, is considered one of the most grueling endurance races in the world. Whether people do the ultramarathon or the mountain bike race, the competitors are embarking on a challenge that breaks even top athletes.
However, that knowledge isn’t going to stop Worcester native Chad Althiser and Cooperstown natives Ryan Miosek and Matt Grady, who have all qualified for the mid-August race and are all training under Althiser’s guidance.
“We grew up in the woods around here, so it makes sense our attempts to continue to be athletes would be outside,” Miosek said.
“And even going back to our days as college athletes playing soccer, if you think about it, we were training to be endurance athletes,” Grady said.
The trio qualified for the Leadville by finishing a 100-mile race. Anyone who finished in a qualifying time of eight hours or less would get a chip to place in the Leadville lottery.
“All three of us won a spot,” Grady said.
