A fast wide open trail at McDowell Mountain Regional Park. It's fast and sandy in spots. The course is a 16+ mile loop with about 8 miles of climbing (900 feet) and then a long decent back to the start/finish area.
A big time sand race with lots of running. The course was very similar to past events at this location but since it's been so dry the sand was very soft and that made for a lot of running.
A great course at Parque da Vida in downtown Cortez. This course has everything, sand, run ups, BMX, grass, tight twisty turns, asphalt and off camber arroyos.
A great 40 mile mountain bike race in Ruidoso. This event included the last 11 miles of the 12 hour race but the rest of the course was on really fun trails that I had never ridden in Ruidoso!
A fast short hill climb in Snow Canyon. Snow Canyon is a beautiful State Park just outside of St. George. 5K in length with about 900 feet of elevation gain.
A fast fun flowy 9 mile mountain bike loop in the Galisteo Basin. This is a 6 hour race where you do as many laps as possible in 6 hours or less. Both Kim and I were on different teams. Kim was part of the "Racing Volunteers" and I was on the "Racing Officials" team. We both won 1st place in our respective divisions; open women's team and open men's teams.
My two laps were 44:58 and 47:35(For the second lap I was not ready to go out when Tom came in!!) How embarrassing!! So a delay while I ran and grabbed my bike, put on my helmet and gloves. Team members, Tom E, Mike M, Clark B. and myself.
This is a new event for us. It involves 10 different disciplines done as fast as possible, similar to crossfit. The events were; rowing machine, tire flips, spartan pull, sandbag run, sled pull, yoke carry, agility matrix, overhead lunges, run, medicine ball toss and water wade with weight.
A 12 hour mountain bike race on a course with fast flowy sections, chunky rock sections, short steep ups and more. This has become THE annual mountain bike race in Albuquerque.
The annual Spokettes Women's Time Trial, this year on a newly paved section of frontage road between Algodones and Bernalillo. A great 10+ mile segment.
A mountain bike heavy adventure race at Glorieta Camps. Got to ride trails I have never been on and bushwhack some really rugged dense forest segments. Fun on the water with a repel, pyramid climb and rope drop. Also a repel off a 5 story building and zip drop. Great to be racing with Ries and Todd and Kim as support. We finished in 1st Place overall, we were unable to reach the last 2 CP's but got the first 20!
Team Santa Fe: 14h 55m 04s, 1/8, All Teams
August
Mountain Bike
The "Torture" at Glorieta Camps Cross Country Mountain Bike Race
Day 3 is the big day with crossing the continental divide twice, first at French Pass then at Georgia Pass. A 41 mile day with about 7000 feet of climbing. On the descent from Georgia Pass is some of the chunkiest riding of the race.
Day 1 is a 38 mile ride from the Ice Hockey Arena start to Carter Park finish with about 5000 feet of tough climbing and singletrack. A tough start for a six day race, fortunately this year we were only doing three days.
A hard 50 mile mountain bike race at 875o feet elevation with climbs that top out at 11,182 feet. It rained the night before the race there was a fair amount of mud and slick roots.
A 12 hour mountain bike race at Powder Mountain Ski Resort in UT. It was a very hot day, mid day the temperature was 93 degrees at an altitude of 8900 feet. No cloud cover so baking at altitude!
Broken left pedal on lap three so had to deal with that the rest of the race. All my tools bounced out of my top tube bag after I forgot to latch it after stopping to take a anti-cramp pill. Due to the heat I had some wicked thigh adductor cramps so I decided to stop after 7 laps and risk my place but it worked out in the end.
The mountain bike national championships sanctioned by USA Cycling. This was the same course as 2 years ago, 5.1 miles in length and 700 feet of climbing each lap. The course was primarily uphill for the first 1.8 miles with 500 feet of climbing, then downhill for 1.5 miles and then up and down back to the start finish over 1.8 miles.
A classic high mountain race in Breckenridge. Kim and I were on different CoEd teams, I was paired with my daughter Sam and Kim was paired withs Sam's husband Clark. Each person did a 25 mile lap with 3200 feet of climbing.
A gravel race that begins and ends in Grants, NM. It is a 60 mile loop that heads west out of town then north and finally back east until you are north of Mt. Taylor. Then the gravel section is back to Grants over the west shoulder of Mt Taylor. Tom E. talked me into this as I am not a gravel rider.
A 24 hour endurance mountain bike race near Gallup, NM. The actual location is McCaffey Campground. The course is fast and flowy in sections and rough and rocky in others. It is a pretty fast loop for 13 miles, with the fastest racers going under an hour. Kim and I were in the Co-Ed Duo Category.
9 Laps!
Kim and I did 17 laps together in 23:34:32, missing 1st Place by 18 minutes. We should have a little faster by being better prepared for our nighttime exchanges. Based on apperance we were certainly the oldest team.
A tough 12 hour mountain bike race on a 10 mile course with about 1100 feet of elevation gain per lap. Fairly rocky with some steep downs and long steady climbs.
A 3 day event. Time trial on Friday, XC Marathon on Saturday and Enduro on Sunday. There is a combination of trail types, rocks, smooth and wide, short steep ups and lots of twists and turns. There were three individual events and then a combination of all the events for the ultimate winning the Cactus Cup Winners Jersey!
A 3 day event. Time trial on Friday, XC Marathon on Saturday and Enduro on Sunday. There is a combination of trail types, rocks, smooth and wide, short steep ups and lots of twists and turns. There were three individual events and then a combination of all the events for the ultimate winning the Cactus Cup Winners Jersey!
A 3 day event. Time trial on Friday, XC Marathon on Saturday and Enduro on Sunday. There is a combination of trail types, rocks, smooth and wide, short steep ups and lots of twists and turns. There were three individual events and then a combination of all the events for the ultimate winning the Cactus Cup Winners Jersey!
A 3 day event. Time trial on Friday, XC Marathon on Saturday and Enduro on Sunday. There is a combination of trail types, rocks, smooth and wide, short steep ups and lots of twists and turns. There were three individual events and then a combination of all the events for the ultimate winning the Cactus Cup Winners Jersey!
A fast fun twisty and rocky in places mountain bike loop. The race was to be 2, 10 mile laps but was changed do to rain and muddy trail conditions race morning with a delayed start. So we ended up with 4, 4 mile loops.