John Stamstad

Who is John Stamstad?

John Stamstad is a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. He was famous for his domination of long distance mountain bike races. He entered his first long distance road bike race in 1985. The 547-mile non-stop race was across Missouri from St. Louis to Kansas City and back. In 1991 he switched from road events to ultra-marathon mountain bike events when he entered the Montezuma’s Revenge, a 24 hour race in Colorado.

Stamstad has moved on to distance running in recent years, serving as a sponsored "ambassador" for Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and equipment manufacturer. He has spent his time running self-supported across some of the world's most desolate terrain. He ran the 200-mile John Muir Trail in 2005, unsupported. On a 100-mile desert run, on the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, Stamstad ran with a modified baby jogger full of water .