A great course, dirt, single track, spiral of death, grass, asphalt, tight turns, steep hills, etc.
A 12 hour mountain bike race at McDowell Mountain Park just outside of Phoenix, AZ.
A snowy, windy day but a great course.
A bumpy dirt course.
An all dirt, very sandy course.
A fast dirt crit. Definitely fast and fun!!
A fun fast but demanding course at Glorieta Camps. Glorieta is a fun place to race with lots of varied terrain.
A up and down trail run at the beautiful Glorieta Camps outside of Santa Fe. Only 350 feet of elevation change but it sure seemed like more! We both did only the 5K.
A technical course, typical Hawke! Lot's of running/walking and and lot's of fun for race #1 in the series.
Valmont Bike Park in Boulder need I say more. I skipped Day 2 due to the winter weather front fast approaching and drove home. Day 2 conditions were snow and mud!!
26 starters, 24 finishers, 2 DNF.
The original mountain bike race. This was the 37th year of this event!
6th overall in Cat 1.
A fun but hard 12 hour race based at the Oakflats Campground in the Manzano Mountains just east of Albuquerque.
7 Laps. 2nd place of all solo women.
8 laps. 8th Place overall in the men's solo category.
A desert race, long and hot but actually a little cooler than years past. Still 34 miles in the desert will wear you out!
15 of 28 in Cat 1, with only 24 finishers.
A road triathlon with Crossfit mixed in. Standard 400M swim followed by WOD1, then a 10 mile road ride followed by WOD2 and finishing up with a 2 mile run.
A lake swim in the Jordanelle Reservoir, Road bike in and around Francis, UT. and a Road and trail run in Rock Cliff State Park.
33rd of 218 finishers overall.
62nd of 218 finshers overall.
The iconic Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. We have done this race several times since 1995.
There were 76 men entered in the division, 49 finished in under 13 hours. Finisher number 313 overall out of 1257.
Only two finishers in this category. Finisher number 1121 overall out of 1257.
A mountain bike race from Angel Fire to Taos, NM. A 4000ft climb and decent following the general route of the South Boundary Trail.
15 of 161 overall of all soloist's. Also beat all the male 50+ soloists.
A fun fast 4.2 mile course. A total of six laps for each of us.
A New Mexico Classic. The bike is hard over rolling hills at 7500 feet plus, a great 50M pool to swim the 400M and finally a up and down run thru the streets of Los Alamos. It was a fun event with both our daughters and son in laws racing!!
Two front flats! Darn I was having a really good bike segment before the flats.
A 5K ITT on Atrisco Vista NW.
A 40K Cycling road race on Atrisco Vista NW.
A 20K Cycling road race on Atrisco Vista NW.
A 10K ITT on Atrisco Vista NW.
A 500m Freestyle pool swim at UNM.
The race host site was West Mesa High School in Albuquerque. It was great to use their 50M pool. Then a road bike on various surrounding roads including a climb up Central Ave. to Atrisco Vista Blvd. Finally a 5K run crossing I40 via a pedestrian bridge and back.
1 of 11 in the 60-64 age group.
1 of 2 in the 60-64 age group.
An Individual Time Trial, 20K length.
A hilly all women's 10 mile time trail.
Fine Crested Butte single track for 40 miles. Some smooth flow, some rocky chunk, lots of single track.
4/10 Men 50+, 101/132 overall
24 hour mountain bike race just outside of Gallup, NM in the Zuni Mountains. Great Single track!
A self supported mountain bike race from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells, NM. 2725 miles.
An epic journey!! A physical and mental challenge. I was able to finish in 24 days despite weather(cold & wet in the north to very hot & dry in the south) mechanical issues and the rigors of the race. This bucket list item has now been checked!
Glory Days at Glorieta Camps isthe New Mexico/El Paso Regional XC Championship.
15th of 35 overall
The Growler is 64 files of technical single track. The race is fast flow in the sage to technical rock steps in the rocks of Hartman Rocks. This race is not something to try off the couch. The course is big, the course is hard, the second lap will test you.
Thought I'd be in the 60+ group but this race treats racer age as age the day of the race. Tough group.
A climbing heavy race with 4000 feet of it in 30 miles. Lots of rough single-tract!!
2 laps of first gear grind up Pajarito Ski area with fast and chunky down.
Due to small field size all categories were lumped together. Results show second place overall in Cat 2 Men.
A fun trail system next to Degray Lake on the Caddo River outside Arkadelphia, AK. Lots of twists and turns a beautiful forested setting.
Faster than last year!
6 minutes faster than last year but dropped from 5th place to 9th place, 22 minutes out of first place, a pretty tight race.
An 8.5 mile rolling course with Sand, rock and lots of twisting and turning.
A tough 11.3 mile course with a 4 1/2 mile climb to start each lap with a 1000 foot climb. A fun but challenging rock garden with some big rocks and finally a fast but fun decent back to the lake.
11.6 miles per lap for a total of 7 laps equals 81 miles.
11.6 miles per lap for a total of 6 laps equals 70 miles.
A fast fun sprint triathlon at UNM in Albuquerque. Kim and I did it with James Young, James did the run, Jan the bike and Kim the swim.
James's run 20:46, Jan's bike 36:51 and Kim's swim 8:17. Added up to a 1st place win with very little time to spare, 2nd place was only 1 minute and 36 seconds back.
A very, very muddy course with total race times this year about 40-50 minutes longer than last year.
249 out of 443 total entrants. Only 258 racers finished in under 8 hours.
107 out of 443 total entrants. Only 258 racers finished in under 8 hours.
A tough rocky long XC race.
A rocky 12 mile loop with about 800 feet of climbing per lap. About 50% single track and 50% double track.
CX/MTB Mix Media Loops around Albuquerque/Rio Rancho
A mixed ride with road, double track and single track. Riders on CX bikes, rigid rigid MTB and full suspension. Pick your axe and enjoy the ride. Good turn out even though it was a cold day with temperatures around 27F at the start.
A fun but tough due to snow conditions race at the Cannonsburg Ski Area just outside of Grand Rapids, MI. The snow was very dry and light making the course difficult in that if you were not in the rut of all the other riders you would crash quite quickly. Tough but fun!
About 300 feet of climbing per lap. Kim did 4 laps, Jan did 5 laps. Race was scored like a cyclocross race in that you finished on the same lap as the leader. Kim was the only woman in the 60+ group to finish all 4 laps.
A fun Fat Bike course with about 250 feet of elevation gain per lap on a cross country ski course in Crested Butte, CO. The race consisted of 5 laps each 6 miles in length. Temperature at the race start was 0 degrees!
Overall 35 of 90 men overall.
Overall 10 of 22 women overall.
A good tough nationals course.
A good all around nationals course