Mountain Bike
Huntsman Senior Games Mountain Bike Time Trial
St. George, UT • Nov 15 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308877/The JEM Trail.
Kim Bear: 41m 42s, 1/1, Expert Women 65-69
Jan Bear: 31m 36.3s, 1/4, Expert Men 65-69
November
Mountain Bike
Huntsman Senior Games X-Country Mountain Bike
Nov 14 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308876/The JEM Trail, same as last year.
Jan Bear: 1h 53m 15.4s, 2/4, Expert Men 65-69
Kim Bear: 2h 23m 42.1s, 1/1, Expert Women 65-69
October
Road Triathlon
Huntsman Senior Games Sprint Triathlon
St. George, UT • Oct 12 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308875/This year's race was based at the Sand Hollow Reservoir. The water temperature was 68 degrees so time for the wetsuit! Both the run and bike portions of the race were pretty hilly this year.
Jan Bear: 1h 36m 36s, 2/9, Men 65-69
Ninth fastest of 40 total men.
Kim Bear: 1h 53m 47s, 3/8, Women 65-69
11th fastest woman overall.
Road Bike
Huntsman Senior Games Road Bike Road Race
Leeds, UT • Oct 11 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308874/A nice 15 mile loop with some steep climbs and steep descents! Same course as last year.
Jan Bear: 44m 48.2s, 2/4, Experienced Male 65-69
Kim Bear: 1h 46m 39.1s, 2/2, Expert Women 65-69
Road Bike
Huntsman Senior Games Road Bike Time Trial
Enterprise, UT • Oct 10 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308870/A fairly straightforward course 14.5 miles long. A real good course for the riders with good power!
Kim Bear: 36m 32s, 2/2, Expert Women 65-69
Jan Bear: 32m 19s, 4/4, Experienced Men 65-69
Swimming, Pool
Huntsman Senior Games Swimming
St. George, UT • Oct 9 2024 https://seniorgames.net/results/…A great venue at Utah Tech Human Performance Center Natatorium.
Kim Bear: 1m 30.2s, 4/10, Women 65-69
Road Bike
Huntsman Senior Games Road Bike Criterium
St. George, UT • Oct 9 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308872/A great 1.3 mile flat circuit with wide turns.
Kim Bear: 20m 10.3s, 2/2, Expert Women 65-69
Jan Bear: 21m 11.5s, 3/5, Experienced Men 65-69
Road Bike
Huntsman Senior Games Road Bike Hill Climb
St. George, UT • Oct 8 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/308871/A short 5K, but steep road cycling hill climb in Snow Canyon.
Jan Bear: 17m 01s, 4/7, Experienced Male 65-69
Kim Bear: 21m 20s, 1/2, Expert Female 65-69
September
Multi-sport Race
Samson Challenge
Albuquerque, NM • Sep 29 2024 https://jccabq.org/samson-challe…A fast fun multisport activity similar to crossfit. This event involves 11 different disciplines done as fast as possible. The events were; rowing machine, tire flips, spartan pull, ground to overhead lifts, sandbag run with obstacles, sled pull, yoke carry, balance beam, overhead lunges with sit-ups, medicine ball toss and water wade with weight.
Jan Bear: 17m 46.7s, 2/15, Rockstar Men
Kim Bear: 14m 28.3s, 1/11, Rockstar Women
Road Bike
Lobo Cancer Challenge
Albuquerque, NM • Sep 28 2024 https://www.athlinks.com/event/3…A 50 mile road bike from the Lobo Football Stadium to Oak Flats Campground and back. This event raises money for the UNM Cancer Research Center.
Kim Bear: 3h 53m 43s, 6/21, Women overall
Jan Bear: 3h 09s, 10/74, Overall
August
Mountain Bike
Maah Daah Hey 100 Mountain Bike Race
Medora, ND • Aug 3 2024 https://www.experienceland.org/m…A tough 108 mile single track mountain bike race. 13K of elevation, up & down all day! I did this event with some of my adventure racing friends( Ries, Keith & Don) and Kim was the support! A really long day in the saddle with temperatures starting in the high 60's to high of 113 recorded on my Garmin. There was also high humidity and this made for a long day. I wouldn't have finished without Kim & Ries who helped drag my through the day for a 13 and a half hour finish.
Jan Bear: 13h 23m 30s, 3rd place, Men 60+
21st place overall out of only 34 finishers. It was a long hard day in the saddle with some walking in the heat. Only about 50% of the starters finished. Actual moving time was about 12 hours.
July
Mountain Bike
24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest Mountain Bike Race
Ft. Wingate, NM • Jul 20-21 2014 https://my.raceresult.com/294425…This is a 13.3 mile course with about 950 feet of climbing per lap. But don't let that fool you into thinking the race is easy. There is a lot of rocky stuff each lap that can catch you out!
Kim Bear: 10h 30m 29s, 3/5, 12 Hour Women's Duo
Kim raced with Kris P. They had a excellent result. Kim did 4 laps, fastest 1:19:16 and slowest 1:38:50 when it didn't make any difference in the standings.
Jan Bear: 23h 39m, 5/22, 24 Hour Co-Ed Team
Our 5 person Co-Ed team was made up of Tamatha R, Todd K, Don M, Ries R. and myself. There were 22 teams in our category and we finished 5th. The top 5 teams all finished with 21 laps. My times were 1:03:54, 1:06:36, 1:11:42 and 1:08:28.
Mountain Bike
Firecracker 50 Mountain Bike Race
Breckenridge, CO • Jul 4 2024 https://2022firecracker50.itsyou…A tough but fun Fourth of July mountain bike race. The rest continues to be very hard. The race is 5o miles in length with 3900ft of climbing. Kim and I entered the 120+ age group. We were the only coed pair. We ended up 6th out of 9 teams. Our total time was 6:58:22.
Kim Bear: 3h 53m 15s, 6/9, 120+ age group
Jan Bear: 3h 05m 08s, 6/9, 120+ age group
June
Mountain Bike
The Torture at Glorieta Camps
Pecos, NM • Jun 29 2024 https://www.webscorer.com/race?r…This year's La Tierra Torture became The Torture at Glorieta Camps due to permitting issues with the City of Santa Fe. We had a great course with varying levels of difficulty for beginners, intermediate and expert racers. The loop varied between 3.5 and 5 miles in length. The intermediate and expert racers had some more demanding climbing and rocky decents.
Kim Bear: 1h 26m 24.2s, 1/1, Intermediate women 60-69.
Jan Bear: 1h 53m 28.8s, 2/4, Expert men 60-69
I was beaten handedly by my brother Todd!!
Road Triathlon
Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon
Loveland, CO • Jun 22 2024 https://resultscui.active.com/ev…A fun triathlon in a very pretty spot near Fort Collins, CO. Very scenic lake and a rolling bike course with a run through a beautiful sculpture garden. Kim did the aquabike a 1.5K swim and 30 mile bike while I did the sprint triathlon, a 750M swim, 15 mile bike and 5K run.
Kim Bear: 2h 19m 31s, 2/3, Aqua Bike Women 65+
Jan Bear: 1h 37m 59s, 2/7, Sprint Men 65-69
May
Mountain Bike
Iron Horse Mountain Bike Race
Durango , CO • May 26 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/292634/This year's race was a 5+ mile loop starting at Chapman Hill and going up to Fort Lewis College around the campus and back down Champan Hill. There were several fun sections but also a couple big climbs each lap. I did 3 laps and Kim did 2 laps.
Jan Bear: 1h 26m 07.6s, 1/4, Men 65+
Kim Bear: 1h 16m 42.7s, 1/2, Women 65+
Mountain Bike
Alien Run Mountain Bike Race, NMORS #1
Aztec, NM • May 4 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/281962/A long 26 miles of rough trail with some techy sections. Same course as last year.
Kim Bear: 1h 47m 42.3s, 1/1, 60+ Women
5th of 7 women in the sport race.
Jan Bear: 2h 28m 01.6s, 1/1, 60+ Men
17th of the 23 men who did the expert course.
April
Mountain Bike
Epic Rides Whisky 50 Mountain Bike Race
Prescott, AZ • Apr 27 2024 http://results.epicrides.com/liv…This race has been on our list for a few years but was always on the same weekend as our 6 Hours in the Basin Mountain Bike race. Finally they were on different weekends so we signed up. Kim signed up for the 25 mile race and I signed up for the 50 mile race. Both races we fun but maybe a little to much dirt road riding for our liking but certainly understand the need for it when you have a couple thousand riders. The courses had some great singletrack just not enough.
Kim Bear: 2h 57m 54s, 4/10, Distinguished Women 60+
Jan Bear: 4h 52m 19s, 8/43, Distinguished Men 60+
Mountain Bike
6 Hours in the Basin for Commonweal
Santa Fe, NM • Apr 20 2024 https://www.webscorer.com/race?p…This was our 6th annual race at Galisteo Basin. We have been using the same fast and fun 9.5 mile loop with about 800 feet of elevation per lap. There is a little bit of everything each lap, rock, gravel, sand, tight twisty sections, fast flowy sections and some double track for passing. This year's race started in cold windy conditions and ended with sun and temperatures in the low 60's.
Jan Bear: 46m 05.5s, 1/3, Male Team
Todd K. and Brent B. were on my team. We did 7 laps in 5:55:59.7. Todd did 3 laps and Brent and I each did 2 laps. My second lap was 46:30.6.
Kim Bear: 57m 21.2s, 2/4, Female Duo
Kim did 3 laps, her other laps were 1:00:52.4 and 1:05:24.9. Her partner was her daughter JJ Williams.
Mountain Bike
Zia Rides TommyKnocker 10
Fort Bayard, NM • Apr 6 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/275529…This year's race was COLD. We woke up to snow flurries and a temperature of 32 degrees, with the wind chill making it feel even colder. Kim was paired up with Maripat for a Female Duo and I was paired up with Ries for a Male Duo. The race course was about 13 miles in length with about 1000 feet of climbing per lap. The first lap is only 10 miles in length primarily on a dirt road for the first 4+ miles to spread everyone out. A fun course but the high winds, gusts to 40 MPH accompanied with the cold certainly made for a challenging day on the bike.
Jan Bear: 9h 39m 02s, 5/24, Male Duo
Our lap times were all within 3-4 minutes of each other so a good steady pace. I did the start lap and the 4 more and Ries did 4 for our total of 9 laps. We were pretty happy with a 5th place as we were certainly the oldest Male Duo team.
Kim Bear: 8h 40m 37s, 4/8, Women Duo Team
Kim did 3 laps, with the shorter first lap time of 49:26, then laps 2 & 3, 1:18:36 and 1:20:49
March
Mountain Bike
US Pro Cup Vail Lake
Temecula, CA • Mar 24 2024 https://my.raceresult.com/groups…The course was a mix of tight twisty trail, some open bermed trails with a couple small sections of open double track. There was about 700 feet of climbing per 7 mile lap.
Kim Bear: 1h 30m 41s, 1/1, Cat 1 Women 60-69
Jan Bear: 1h 44m 46s, 1/2, Cat 1 Men 60-69
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup, "The Overall"
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 10 2024 https://www.omnigoevents.com/eve…This is the combined 3 days of racing. This is a great event, getting bigger every year and it's usually great weather in the desert!!
Jan Bear: 3h 52m 19.9s, 4/16, men 60-69
Last year there were only 7 men who completed all 3 events and this year 16!
Kim Bear: 4h 51m 55.5s, 3/3, women 60-69
Only three women completed all three races in this age group!!
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup Day 3, "Enduro"
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 10 2024 https://www.omnigoevents.com/eve…A 3 stage enduro. The stages are pretty tame with a moderate amount of pedaling! For the day you end up riding about 15 miles.
Kim Bear: 15m 04.7s, 1/5, women 60-69
Kim crushed the enduro winning by over 20 seconds!
Jan Bear: 12m 58.9s, 3/22, men 60-69
Stage 1 = 6:17, Stage 2 = 3:42 and Stage 3 = 2:58. On Stage 3 I choose the hard line and didn't make it up the big step up and had to climb up costing me a big chunk of time!
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup Day 2, "40 Mile Cross Country Race"
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 9 2024 https://www.omnigoevents.com/eve…A fast course with some very rocky sections in the last third of the course. And it's not 40 miles but 43 miles!
Jan Bear: 3h 13m 36s, 6/36, Men 60-69
Kim Bear: 4h 05m 48.1s, 4/6, women 60-69
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup Day 1, "Time Trial"
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 8 2024 https://www.omnigoevents.com/eve…A very fast, except for the climb, 5.6 mile mountain bike course with a little bit of everything, sand, rocks, big sweeping turns, tight twisty turns and a big drop making for a great TT course.
Kim Bear: 31m 02.6s, 5/6, Women 60-69
Jan Bear: 25m 47s, 5/25, Men 60-69
February
Mountain Bike
24 Hours of Old Pueblo Mountain Bike Race
Oracle, AZ • Feb 17-18 2024 http://results.epicrides.com/liv…This annual event has been going on for 24 years. The course is a very fast 16 mile desert ride with lots of twists and turns, some rocks, lots of sand and CACTUS! It is fun but really just too many participants despite the race being capped at 2000.
Kim Bear: 1d 41m 26.5s, 14/29, 5 Person Coed combined ages 250+
Team Santa Fe crushed it for 14th place in a tough division after 16 laps and 256 miles of racing. Team members, Deborah K, Kim B, Brent B, Ruben R, and Wendell E! Each team member did three laps except Wendell who did 4! Kim was very happy with a 1:23:36 first lap.
Jan Bear: 1d 47m 50s, 2/29, 5 Person Coed combined ages 250+
We had a great team, Aileen E, Randy F, David J, David M and myself. We were faster than last year but still came up just a few minutes short ending up in second place 13 minutes off the top step of the podium after 21 laps and 336 miles of racing. Overall I personally was a little slower by about 2 minutes over the four laps but had to walk one of the bitches on my lap #4 due to a racer injury at the bottom of the hill so the organizers and medical staff made all the racers walk that 3-400 yard section, without that issue I think my times would have been the same as last year, this includes two night laps.
January
Cyclocross
New Mexico Old Fashioned Cyclocross Sreies Race #6
Bosque Farms, NM • Jan 28 2024 https://bcdracing.com/2024hays.htmlReverse direction at Hays Apple Farm from last weeks race!
Kim Bear: 54m 20s, 2/3, Open Women
Jan Bear: 54m 05s, 1/3, Men 50+
Cyclocross
New Mexico Old Fashioned Cyclocross Series Race #5
Bosque Farms, NM • Jan 20 2024 https://bcdracing.com/2024hays.htmlA fun race in the Hays Apple Orchard with plenty of chances to make some applesauce with your tires! Twisty fun among the apple trees.
Kim Bear: 1h 02s, 3/3, Open women
Jan Bear: 1h 03m 02s, 1/4, Men 50+
Mountain Bike
McDowell Mountain Meltdown Mountain Bike Race
Fountain Hills, AZ • Jan 13 2024 https://mbaa.net/results/It was great to leave the cold wet New Mexico weather for some outdoor mountain biking in AZ. McDowell Mountain Park has some great trails for racing.
Kim Bear: 1h 29m 05s, 3/5, Women Expert 50+
Jan Bear: 3h 26m 05.2s, 18/39, Marathon Men 45+