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.
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.
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!
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 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!
Team Santa Fe: 11h 29m 24s, 4/10, Co-ed team of 3-4
I did three laps for the team. My times were 57:22, 58:51 and 57:36.
Mountain Bike
High Altitude Classic Mountain Bike Race, NMORS #5
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.
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 great mountain bike single track race in the North Dakota Badlands. The 100 mile race was stopped due to the rain and trail conditions.
Jan Bear: 5h 35m, DNF (Race halted due to rain), Men
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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 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.
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.
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!!
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!