A long 26 miles of rough trail with some techy sections. A little shorter than last year.
A fast and flowy 9 mile course in the Galisteo Basin. This race is a fund raiser for the trail system. Kim and I both raced on different teams. Kim was on the Racing Volunteers and I was on the Racing Officials team.
I did 3 laps for our team of B. Bonwell and C. Bearsmith, who each did 2 laps.
Kim rode 3 laps with her best time of 59:35. Her teammates were daughter Sam and JJ.
A flat and fast race in the Bosque along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.
Darn, I was having a good race and made a small error on lap 2/5 and caught the rear derailleur on a small stump and that was the end of my race!
A slightly changed course as compared to last year and a new venue for the start/finish. Her lap times were 1:12:58 and 1:12:08.
Kim was part of NM/El Paso Go! She did 2 laps for the four person all women's team. The team finished first out of seven all women teams!
The overall results after 8 days and 648K with 15000M of climbing our total time was 44:42.52.1. We ended up in 5th place out of 19, 60+ men's teams that started the race. We were pleased with our results as after 7 nights in a tent with harsh conditions, mechanicals issues and body issues it is really tough racing!! Thanks Phil for toughing it out!!
With partner Phil Simpson.
Two big climbs in 80K and 2400M of climbing. Phil had a bike that was not working and he was not feeling well.
With partner Phil Simpson.
A tough 78K and 2300M stage, lots of big climbs.
With partner Phil Simpson.
Another big day, 102K and 2450M of climbing in the rain and wind after a cold night in a very wet tent!
With partner Phil Simpson.
Another team time trial but this time 47K long with 875M of climbing during a very , very windy day!
With partner Phil Simpson.
Another 100K and 2300M of climbing.
With partner Phil Simpson.
A long hot day with 116K of distance and 1850M of climbing.
With partner Phil Simpson.
A tough 98K stage with 2550M of climbing.
With partner Phil Simpson.
This is a 8 day mountain bike stage race in South Africa that covers 648K and 15000M of climbing. It is done with a partner and you must stay within 2 minutes of your partner throughout the race. It is considered one of the toughest mountain bike races in the world. A 16 mile team time trial with 875M of climbing. We finished in 3rd place out of 19 teams.
My partner was Philip Simpson from Las Cruces, NM.
A 3 stage enduro.
The overall results.
Only seven men in this age group completed all three events.
Only 3 women in this age group completed all three races.
A generally fast course but with some technical climbs and decent in the last quarter of the race!
A fast and fun 5 mile mountain bike trail with a little of everything, making for a great time trial course.
About a minute slower than last year.
A 24 hour Mountain Bike Race that has been happening for 23 years. The course is a 16 mile fast desert course with rocks, sand, lots of cactus and fun twisty turns.
We had a great team and came in second with a total of 20 laps. Team members, Dave, David, Howie, Aileen and me. I did 4 laps with times of, 1:07, 1:11, 1:14 and 1:09. My two slower laps were night laps.
Kim's team was a group of guys from El Paso, team name "12 Hours of Old El Paso". She did 3 laps, 1:22, 1:34 and 1:32. She was a replacement for Susie E.
A fun and interesting race in the heart of Tempe, AZ. Some rough technical terrain and fast hard-packed gravel along the canal riding. Each lap was 6.6 miles long with a run through a long culvert twice each lap that was dark and had two way traffic. The climbing was not insignificant with about 450 feet of climbing each lap. Considering each lap had a flat 2.5-3 miles along the canal there were some tough rocky climbs.
A very tough 50 mile mountain bike in the Franklin Mountains on the outskirts of El Paso. I think this is the toughest 50 mile mountain bike race due to the technical terrain and you are constantly going up or down. I rode the course with Pile Simpson my Cape Epic partner this year.
There were only 36 finishers of the 63 starters. The last finisher was at 9:16:50.
Classic desert racing in the winter, great temperatures and fast trails.
This was the 15 mile expert women's race. Kim was the only 60+ woman.
This was the 43 mile marathon race. First 60+ man in group.