Edition IV · Sat Sep 5, 2026 · 6:30 AM
The Melvil Dewey
Challenge.
160 miles north. Albany to Lake Placid. No drop.
42°39′N 73°45′W → 44°16′N 73°59′W
One day · North · No drop
One day · North · No drop
Registration · Open
Edition IV · 2026
≈9,000 ft climbing
Course
Northwest out of Albany at sunrise. Schenectady, then backcountry roads through Ballston, west of Saratoga. Catch the Hudson at Corinth and follow it north to Warrensburg.
The last forty are where it tilts up. Route 9 along Schroon Lake. Over Hurricane Mountain through Elizabethtown. Reverse the Ironman descent through Keene to the village. Some of the hardest and most beautiful riding you'll do this time of year.
See the full route →Adirondacks
Premise
It is one of the longest single-day rides in the Northeast and it ends in a place named for a frozen lake.
Last Year
9:55:02
Winning time, 2025Held in steady headwind from mile 70 onward.All results →