A fast and fun 12 hour mountain bike race at McDowell Mountain Park just outside of Fountain Hills. A long 8 mile uphill grind and then a fast 8 mile descent back to the start finish for a 16.1 mile loop.
Tom Egelhoff was her partner for Pair Santa Fe!
In the Franklin Mountains it's always rocky and hard and the revamped Coyote Classic didn't disappoint!
51 seconds out of 1st place.
7th place overall in the long course 25 mile rece.
A fun course in the Bosque, tight turns, pavement, gravel and some running!
A fun twisty course with lots of grass. A pretty short course but the heavy grass and tight corners made for a power hungry course. Kim and I were both lucky enough to win the 60+ series category and got some great winners jersey's.
Fast and fun with a little grass! The sandy sections were rideable. Hard but fun.
Back at Veterans Memorial Ballpark under the lights. It was a fun twisty course with GRASS, sand, gravel and pavement. Lots of fun, a little cold be seriously this New Mexico cyclocross!
Today's course was the reverse of yesterday's course. Fast and fun!
A totally dirt and sand course at the equestrian park. Lots of goatheads!
A great fundraiser for the Green Beret Foundation, held this year at the Veterans Memorial Park in Albuquerque. A very nice 3.6 mile course that wanders through the park.
A fun 3 mile course with some techy sections and a moderate climb.
2nd fastest time overall.
The JEM Trail, same as last year.
Flatted twice then had to stop and add Stan's and still finished with a flat!
I guess it was our day for flats!!
A fun sprint triathlon, getting to swim in the lagoon is very cool.
6th out of a total of 57 men.
A fairly straightforward course 12.4 miles long.
A one second win over the second place guy. 23rd place out of 177 total men racers.
9th out of 35 total women racers.
A great venue at Utah Tech Human Performance Center Natatorium.
A nice 15 mile loop with some steep climbs and steep descents!
A great 1.3 mile flat circuit with wide turns.
A first for me, a fun experience, finished 8 out of 23 in my starting group.
A short 5K, but steep road cycling hill climb in Snow Canyon.
The last NMORS race of the series. It was good and fast, nice cool day with a little overcast skies and some wind but great racing weather!
35th out of 131 total racers in Cat 3.
25 of 43 Cat 1 racers.
A long tough race. There are some fast flowy sections but also so rock, sand and gravel that make things very tough in sections. Plus 35 miles is a long way!!
This event involves 11 different disciplines done as fast as possible, similar to crossfit. The events were; rowing machine, tire flips, spartan pull, ground to overhead lifts, sandbag run with obstacles, sled pull, yoke carry, agility matrix, overhead lunges, run, medicine ball toss and water wade with weight.
An annual 12 hour mountain bike in the mountains east of Albuquerque. This year Kim and I were to be on a 4 person co-ed team together but Kim is hurt so her fill in was Tony A. The other team members were Tom E. and Aileen E. The course is a 12 mile loop with about 1000 feet of climbing per lap. Fast and fun but with some moderately technical spots!
I did three laps for the team. My times were 57:22, 58:51 and 57:36.
A rocky course with a ton of climbing. There are some fast fun downhill sections and some old rail bed sections that are a lot of fun.
14 of 36 overall Cat 1 racers.
An 8 mile loop with about 750 feet of climbing per lap. A course with twisty single track, short steep climbs, long flowy sections and plenty of rocks.
Race #3 of the Albuquerquer Time Trial Series. A great day, awesome weather.
19 out of 26 total 17.5K racers.
9 out of 26 total 17.5K racers. The TT series results show that I was first of of 2 in the men's 65-69 year old category with an average time of 26:32.35.
A rough and moderately technical 4.5 mile rocky loop. This was the most technical riding you can find at Oak Flats all fit into a short 4.5 mile loop that we had to do 5 times with about 450 feet of climbing each lap.
A bumpy fast 1.4 mile loop with no place to get the heart rate under control.
I did one extra lap as I was passed by the leader on my lap 6 but was not stopped so continued on for a 7th lap, good training!
A great mountain bike single track race in the North Dakota Badlands. The 100 mile race was stopped due to the rain and trail conditions.
I finished the first 46+ miles of the course while carrying my bike the last 4 miles because the wheels would not turn due to the peanut butter mud! A beautiful area! I want to come back next year and hope for better weather!!
A fun TT on very nice pavement with very little traffic. Today's race had a big headwind on the way out which of course turned into a nice tailwind on the way back!
10th out of 24 starters overall.
14th out of 24 starters overall.
A 5 mile course with a big climb, a fast descent and a traverse with a couple of very short technical sections. Same course as previous years.
A tough sprint at the end which I won!
A very nice course with great road surface. The day was amazing with the start times early enough that it wasn't too hot.
6 out 22 in the 17.5K group.
A very rocky 11 mile loop just a few miles east of downtown Del Norte, CO at the Quarry Trails. There was about 1000 feet of climbing each lap but the rock is what made this race hard!
Same course as last year! It sure seemed tougher! A true mountain bike course with 2400 feet of climbing in a 14.5 mile race. There was also so moderately technical sections.
About 5 minutes slower than last year! 5th place in the group of 19 men in the 55+ age group.
Left elbow injury.
A very tough 33 mile course with a little bit of everything, sand, baby head rock climbs, steep twisty descents, volcanic rock and finally some flowy sections.
13 of 24 total expert men.
The only women in the Expert race!
A 6 hour endurance mountain bike race. This is a race that The CORE Crew promotes so it is hard to be putting on a race and racing in it! It is a fun 9.4 mile loop that is fast and flowy. There is 700 feet of climbing each lap.
I did two laps with lap times of 44:56 and 45:34.
Kim did two lap with lap times of 53:02 and 56:22. The last lap she helped bring in one of the junior girls who was having trouble finishing.
A fast sprint triathlon at Johnson Field the UNM campus. Both the run and bike were totally on camps and the swim was in the natatorium.
I did this event with Olin Brown, 400M pool swim in 6:55.3 and Jim Young, 5K road run in 22:38.8. Total time 1:04:00.6
A new course that is 13 miles in length with 750 feet of climbing per lap. Fast and fun. Team Santa Fe completed 10 laps for a 130 mile total. It was a tight race with the second place team but they were unable to finish their 10th lap in the 10 hour time limit!
Tem consisted of Aileen E, Tom E, Kim and I.
For this race we used Friday's ITT course in reverse. There were just two of us in the 20 mile race Hawke and I. Of course Hawke beat me in a sprint to the line!
A fast fun very twisty mountain bike race in the Bosque in Albuquerque. You had a couple opportunities to ride your bike directly into the Rio Grande if you weren't careful.
A twisty flat individual mountain bike individual time trial. Hawke had a great 3 day event planned, too bad more people didn't show up to race, it was fun with challenging courses!
3 fun enduro segments. One longer segment and 2 shorter segments, the long one was fast and flowy while the two shorter ones were more technical.
A 43 mile mountain bike race. The last few miles is very rough and tiring. This course has it all, rocky terrain, fast flowy sections, tight twisty sections and lots of short ups and downs.
The 3 races all together is the Cactus Cup!
Only 8 men in this age group completed all 3 events.
Only 3 women in this age group completed all 3 events.
A fast 5.5 mile mountain bike course with a little of everything, sand, fast turns, climbs, steep descents and some very fast sections.
The iconic 24 hour mountain bike race. It's been around for 20+ years and is a huge event. Several thousand people are there at the race as spectators and racers. The course is a fast 16 mile loop. I was there with the same team I did the race with in 2020 and Kim was solo.
Team members Dave, David, Nick, Susie and me. I did four laps, our team did 19 laps.
This was a fun local event but it sure was cold. When we arrived in Silverton race morning the temperature was -8 degrees. Kim did a duo with Brent and I was solo. The temperature go into the 20's during the day but it was still a cold day on the bike after being in short sleeves in Temecula, CA only a week ago.
Both Kim and Brent did great logging three laps each and finishing in an unofficial 4th place with 66 miles on racing on snow!!
There were only quasi official results but no formal results on the Whiteout website. I could have done another lap time wise but I was getting cold and the sun had already gone behind the mountain and the course was now in 100% shade so only going to get colder!!
A fast twisty 8 mile course with about 800 feet of climbing a lap. Short steep ups and fast twisty down hills as well as some double track for passing. All in all a fun course!
I did 85 miles in 7 and 1/2 hours and figured that was enough! I was not going to be able to catch the guy in front of me so I slowed down and only did 12 laps instead of jamming in the 13th lap!
A fairly fast smooth gravel race in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Tom E, Kim and I decided to try it in anticipation of our upcoming gravel CORE Crew gravel event in conjunction with the Santa Fe Century. We wanted to check out how a big gravel event is run! Now we know!!
The Puzzler is one tough mountain bike race. We have been doing it on and off for a few years and this year's race was even tougher. Reason, about a year ago heavy rains washed out many of the trails and they are still very rough. Some areas like the descent off Mundy Pass has some really bad sections that previously were very fast. We did the 35 mile race as the 50 miler adds another big climb and I didn't think it was much fun historically. Great weather this year, great volunteers and a all around fun atmosphere!!
8th Place overall in the 35 mile race out of 89 racers.
4th out of a total of 6 women entered!
A typical Hays Apple Orchard CX race with a couple of ne running sections. As always Hawke makes us work hard but the Hays event always has a fun but challenging course!
