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Team Santa Fe Newsletter
June 2004
2004 Teva Mountain
Games
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Gore-Tex USA 10K Trail
Running Championships
Vail, CO. June 5, 2004
http://www.tevamountaingames.com
Jan and Kim
Bear
Jan took 4th in his age group on this 10 km trail
run with a time of 1h 02m
09s. (Mike Kloser won the age group.) The run began downtown and led
out
to the Vail ski hill with three different loops up the mountain. The
elevation change was over 3,000 feet. Kim placed 8th in her age group
with
a time of 1h 21m 57s. It was well attended and fun trail run to do, but
maybe not the day before a "sprint" adventure race that would tax those
climbing muscles over and over again the next day.
Thanks to our sponsors: Montrail, Sof Sol, CW-X, Dermatone, Bolle and
Thorlo.
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Vail, CO. June 6, 2004
www.tevamountaingames.com
Team Santa Fe 1: Kim Bear, Keith
Bushaw, Brad McLean
11th place
The Teva Sprint Adventure Race was designed in a cloverleaf format
where
each of the venues would end at one central transition area located in
the
town of Vail. Twenty -four 3 person teams lined up at Checkpoint
Charlie at
8 am and had to run to the transition area to pick up the mountain
bikes.
Once on our mountain bikes, Brad towed Keith as Keith towed Kim and
headed
UP Vail Mountain. We quickly passed about 8 teams to reach the
orienteering
course. Bikes were dropped and bike shoes were changed to our
Montrails.
The checkpoints were challenging, but Brad and Keith worked well
together in
navigation. We ran into Jan and his team (Team Santa Fe 2) as we
searched
for a CP. After all the checkpoints were found, we ran down the ski
slopes
to bike back to the transition area. We were just slightly ahead of
Team
Santa Fe 2 and it became a close competition. From there we roller
bladed/kick-biked 9 miles along the frontage road to the river put in.
Jan's
team came in right after us and he helped me get my equipment ready for
the
river. This turned into a really fun venue once you got used to
paddling on
an inner tube. We swiftly floated about 7 miles down Gore Creek. We
quickly
changed from our wetsuits into our biking clothes and took off back up
the
mountain in-tow for one last time (barely ahead of Jan and his team).
As we
got to our checkpoint, we misjudged and missed the turn off. We ended
up
"bike whacking" down a very thick brushy slope to find Jan's team ahead
of
us the traverse. We followed them and finished only 4 minutes after
Team
Santa Fe 2 putting us into 11th place.
Thanks to all our sponsors: Litespeed, Terry, Polar, CWX, SixSixOne,
SealSkinz, Dermatone, Bushnell, ThorLo, Montrail, Golite, CamelBak,
BTI, and
Schrade.
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Vail, CO. June 6, 2004
www.tevamountaingames.com
Team Santa Fe 2: Jan Bear, Deb Werenko, Andre Bosel
9th place
The Teva Sprint Adventure Race was quite a bit of fun as you have just
read
and to make it even more fun we had 2 teams racing against each other.
It
was a very close race with both teams only finishing 4 minutes apart.
Billy
Mattison did a great job setting up a fast demanding sprint adventure
race
course. This was my third even with Deb and first with Andre who is
from
Vail. Andre was a member of Team Vail from the Morocco Eco-Challenge
winning
team. Best of all he was a fun guy and great teammate. Thanks to all
our
sponsors: Litespeed, Terry, Polar, CWX, SixSixOne, SealSkinz,
Dermatone,
Bushnell, ThorLo, Montrail, Golite, CamelBak, BTI, and Schrade.
Bowerman
Stafetten (Half Marathon - Relay)
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Copenhagen,
Denmark
7 June 2004
http://www.sparta.dk
Barb Dutrow
78/204
running as a Team (Santa Fe) of one 1:41
Running a race in a Danish-speaking country is full of challenges, but
when
in Copenhagen do as the Danes do. Enter a local race to see the city
and
sweat with the locals. With a few e-mails prior to departure, I found
out
that a half marathon relay was scheduled for a time when I was
available.
The race director stated "Either you can choose to run the half
marathon as
a relay with four runners or you can choose to run all of the legs
yourself." Clearly, I chose the solo category (or so I thought).
With daylight extending until nearly 11pm, the race began at 6:30pm
near
Osterbro Stadium, where they were concurrently having the Danish
Olympic
Trails! The race consisted of four loops (6,1km - 5km - 5km - 5km),
each
with 26+ turns, and volunteers at every corner!!! I positioned myself
midway
in the pack, not understanding Danish, so that I could begin at the
correct
time and go in the right direction. Being a solo runner, I scanned the
crowd
of runners for anyone else that was not carrying the baton of a relay
team -
I was almost alone in that honor. After less than 10 min. of running
mostly
around a park, the skies opened, it began to rain. It is Scandinavia,
after
all, yet over half of the locals were in cotton; not me! My pace
slowed, the
cobblestones became like ice. Now I had to avoid not just tripping, but
also
slipping. The exchange point for each loop was inside the stadium,
where during one lap, we ran side by side
with the 5 km Olympic qualifiers. OK, I was with them about 2 paces. By
loop
number 3, several of the volunteers figured out I was running solo and
shouted loudly. Not knowing if they were yelling Danish words of
encouragement or disgust, I smiled, waved, and kept going.
When I
reached the end of loop 4 with no finish sign in sight, I stopped,
scanned and saw a person. However, the finish line gatekeeper wouldn't
let
me into the final shoot....I finally discovered that I used the top
race
number with a small 1, not 4, signifying that I was the 1st runner, not
the
4th. However, I had asked a friendly English/Danish speaker what the
Danish
word for running alone was, so after repeatedly telling him the only
Danish
word I knew, and that I had run 4 laps, he let me proceed. The run was
slow,
but great fun. Folks scattered immediately after finishing (it was
still
raining) with their bag of goodies; an entire grocery bag of food (for
4).
No cost break for a solo runner, so I left with my loaf of bread, 4
cheeses,
wine, 4 poweraids, etc. The results did not have a special category for
solo runners, so Team Santa
Fe, a team of 1, finished in 78th place of 204 teams!
Thanks to Thorlo socks and Polar Heart Rate Monitor.
Complete results can be found at: http://www.sparta.dk/Lobsoversigt/Resultater/2004/res_bow_2004.htm?e=73&t=www&l=dk
Adventure X Stream (1)
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Durango, CO
June 12 - 13, 2004
http://www.gravityplay.com/axs
Team
Santa Fe - 4 Person Team members: Lisa Barnes, Ries Robinson, Keith Bushaw, Scott Kempers
4th 4-person Coed Elite, 20:04
 The Durango
course was fun and exciting and also very tough. The race
turned into a 20 hour sprint, with us finishing 4 minutes behind 3rd
place
for a close race. We started on the mountain bikes from the Durango
Mountain Resort and rode the beautiful Hermosa Creek Trail for some
great
single track riding to the Tyrolean traverse. We were pushing to get to
the
ropes as fast as possible since we knew there would be a bottleneck
with
ropes being so early in the race. We still ended up waiting at least 20
minutes to get on the ropes. After the ropes we continued on our
mountain
bikes on the Jones Creek Trail, then a kayak on the Animas into
Durango.
The kayak was evened out since all the teams were using the same Aire
Tomcat
inflatable kayaks. The inflatable kayaks do not track very well, so we
could not afford to stop paddling to eat or drink. If you stopped
paddling,
the kayak would go in a circle. Following the paddle, we ran 9 miles
back
to the kayak start and got back on our mountain bikes. The next
mountain
bike section was a short 10 mile ride to the start of our trek. The
last
event was a long 26 mile trek back up the Hermosa Creek Trail to finish
back
at the Durango Mountain Resort. We left on the trek knowing we were
about
15 minutes behind the 3rd place team. When we reached the final check
point, we found we had gain some time and were now 5 minutes behind
them,
and we ended up finishing 4 minutes behind. They let us know at the
finish
that they could see us coming, so we made them work right up to the
end. Thanks to all of our sponsors for the great gear. The sponsored
gear used
during the race included: CamelBak, Montrail, Litespeed, Schrade
Knives,
SealSkinz, ThorLo, Boulder Bars, GoLite, Shain Helmets, Suunto, WPC
Brand,
Terry, Bolle, Black Diamond, Leki, Simon River Sports, Princeton Tec,
NiteRider, Hydropel, Dermatone, Polar and CWX.
Adventure X Stream (2)
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Durango, CO
June 12 - 13, 2004
http://www.gravityplay.com/axs
Team Santa Fe (Bear Pair) - Kim and Jan Bear
2nd 2-Person Pair,
20:12
This 24-hour race began with mountain biking at 5 am on Saturday
morning.
We climbed up out of the Durango Mountain Ski Resort and then flew down
a
dirt road on our bikes to the Hermosa Creek Trailhead to begin 20 miles
of
single track. We kept passing and being passed by another mixed pair
"Team
Boulder". They would become our "competition" for the entire race. The
single track was beautiful, but Kim's tire caught a rock wrong and she
fell
down a slope almost into the creek. No injuries, except cuts,
scratches,
bruised pride and loss of confidence from the mishap. We continued to
the
Tyrolean traverse, which was a little bit of challenge, as you had to
pull
yourself up for the last few hundred yards. From there, we continued
mountain biking as Jan towed Kim up Jones Creek trail to a spectacular
view.
Coming down Kim fell again causing Jan to take a bad spill. Things
could
only get better.HA! Then next section was paddling. We transitioned
quickly, but found the boat kept pulling to the right. Kim's eye began
to
water profusely (must have scratched the cornea in an earlier fall).
Jan
was now left to steer the boat with a crewmember that only had one
functioning eye. From the river we transitioned into a 9-mile run/jog/
power walk. This began downtown and ended up back at the boat put in.
The
run brought two exciting events: a baby bear rummaging in some berries
and
passing Team Boulder putting us into the lead for pairs. It was about 3
pm,
hot and sunny as we transitioned back to our bikes to ride back UP to
Hermosa Creek Trail. From there, a 28-mile trek remained before the
finish
line. Team Boulder left the transition several minutes ahead of us and
we
never saw them again. We got to trek with Team Santa Fe, which made it
fun.
We finally finished with the help of Hammer Gel in second place in a
time of
20:12. Should of used our Gel sooner as we got a new burst of energy as
soon as we ate it!
Thanks to our sponsors who helped us finish: Litespeed, Camelbak,
Montrail,
SealSkinz, ThorLo, Boulder Bars, GoLite, Shain Helmets, Polar, Leki
Trekking
poles, CWX, Sof Sol, Dermatone, SixSixOne, Bolle, and Wenger.
AdventureXStream, Durango, CO. Kim and Jan Bear at kayak run
transition.
San Juan Solstice
50 Mile Run
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Lake City,
CO
June 19 2004
http://www.lakecity50.com
Carl Gable
13:56:10
12/20 Male 45-49, 66/150 Starters
It was a last minute decision to run this race. I had signed up in
January
but Barb and I had decided to run the Sawtooth Mt. 62 mile run from
Stanley-Ketchum ID instead. However, Barb had an unexpected family
emergency
and we had to cancel the ID trip. Since I was trained up for a 62 mile
run
and had an entry, the San Juan 50 seemed like a reasonable plan B.
This would be my first fifty mile run so the plan was to take a
conservative
approach. Start out slow and taper. The race starts out at 5AM and has
a
sixteen hour time cutoff. 150 runners started, 107 finished. The course
is
spectacular. It starts with a 4500 foot climb to 13000 feet in the
first 10
miles and then a 4000 foot decent in 5 miles. Now you are warmed up so
it is
time to start another 4000 foot climb to mile 24, and you are not even
half
way through the course. But the next 18 miles are awesome vistas as you
run
a rolling and descending course along the continental divide. At mile
40 you
cross the Slumgullion Pass road and head out for a final 1600 foot
climb and
2500 foot decent back to Lake City.
I think it finally hit me around mile 20 that I had probably picked one
of
the hardest 50 milers around as my first. Might as well start out with
a
bang!!! It was a perfect day for the run. Clear and in the low 40's at
the
start. The wind had picked up during the run along the divide but that
helpful. It was a tail wind gusting to 20+mph. I was happy with my food
and
water intake. In the final 10 miles I passed five runners and was only
passed by one runner so I felt my pace at the end was going according
to
plan. I have a much more positive outlook on a race if I finish feeling
strong, no matter what the overall time turns out to be. As usual, the
thing
I would have done differently is go faster.
This is a great course. Lots of steep climbs and descents but the
surrounding are breathtaking (or was it the hills). The quality of the
trail
is also amazing. I was constantly surprised at how good the footing is.
I'd
love to try it again. It was also an appropriate training run leading
up to
the Leadville 100 in August.
Thanks to Montrail shoes, Thorlo socks, Hydropel foot protection,
Boulder
Bars, CW-X shorts, Dermatone sun block, Camelbak hydration systems, for
gear
sponsorship.
6TH Annual
Butterfly 10K Run
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Pojoaque, NM
June 20,
2004
Jan Bear
www.the-athletes-edge.com/
3rd Place 45-49 age group
I planned a good training weekend, I thought a little speed work would
be
good after yesterdays 5 hour mountain bike ride. The only problem was I
needed to get up at 5:30 to get to the event by its 7AM start. The
other
problem was I didn't know where the race started. Once there I ran into
friends from work and had a nice run on primarily dirt rolling roads
with
the course set up in a Butterfly pattern. The course allowed you to see
the
front runners as they headed to the finish. boy, they move fast. My
time was
47:56 placing me third in my age group. It was a well run event and
lots of
fun. After a short cool down I also ran the 5K unofficially with a
friend
and finished in 26:26. Thanks to Montrail, ThorLo, CW-X, Bolle and
Dermatone
for their support.
New Mexico
Orienteer's June Event
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Sunday June
20, 2004
Los Alamos, NM.
http://mouser.org/nmo/
Deb Werenko, Jan Bear
After last months debacle orienteering with Ries I wanted some more
practice. Deb was anxious to work on her skills so after the 10K and 5K
runs
it was off to Los Alamos to tackle the Green Course. The last event in
Los
Alamos was excellent, but I learned that several courses are set up
together; participants have to be careful about the CP's for their
particular course; so I was prepared. This course was shorter and had
less
elevation than the May event but the CP's were a little more
challenging. We
moved through the course steadily with only small errors, but found all
the
CP's (we think); official results have not been posted. The course took
us
about 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete. It was a lot of fun and
certainly
challenging. The New Mexico Orienteers Club is doing a great job and I
plan
to continue to do as many of their events as possible.
Thanks to our TSF sponsors for help with ear during this event, please
visit
our web site for a complete list of TSF sponsors http://www.teamsantafe.org .
6th World
Rogaining Championship 2004
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Springerville,
Arizona
May 8-9, 2004
Lisa Barnes, Todd Kurth
50th Place Overall and 20th Place Mixed Open
http://www.tucsonorienteering.org/rogaine/index.htm
The 2004 World Rogaining Championship was hosted this year by the
Tucson
Orienteering Club in Northeastern Arizona. I have done a two other
previous
Rogaines through the Tucson Orienteering Club and found the events to
be a
lot of fun and very well organized. I drove to Springerville on Friday
night
and camped overnight with friends from Phoenix. The location for the
Rogaine
was beautiful, despite the mosquitoes. I met up on Saturday morning
with my
Team Santa Fe teammates to complete registration and pick up our maps.
We
picked up our maps at 8 a.m., which gave us 3 hours before the start of
the
event to pick a course, turn in our intention sheet, and prepare our
packs.
We looked through the maps and decided to do a counter-clockwise loop.
We
planned to first try to get the controls in the more open, less terrain
featured areas of the course. The thought was that it would be easier
to
find the controls in these areas in the daylight. We would save the
controls
located in the more rugged terrains for after dark, since this would
give us
more distinct features for night navigation. We ended up covering a lot
more
of the course than we thought during the daylight which was a pleasant
surprise. The navigating of the course was not too difficult, but the
distance between the controls was large. It was definitely a runner's
course
and was more difficult than previous Rogaines, since it was the World
Championships. The distance we covered during the first day and night
definitely took its toll and slowed us down considerable by morning. We
were able to complete 32 of the 64 controls and obtained 2060 points.
The
event was great fun and very good orienteering practice for future
adventure
races. I want to thank all of our sponsors. I completed the event with
no
blisters thanks to my Montrail Vitesse shoes, Thorlo socks, and
Hydropel. I
wore my CW-X tights and CW-X long sleeve shirt for both warmth and
protection from the sun. I also used my Go-Lite jacket, my Camelback
Rally
pack, my Princeton-Tec headlamp, Dermatone sunscreen, Repel bug
repellent,
Bolle sunglasses, and Polar hat.
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