March
Mountain Bike
Zia Rides Tommy Knocker 10
Ft. Bayard, NM • Mar 28 2026 https://my.raceresult.com/383057…A tough 10 hour mountain bike race at a former WW1 military base. The trails are fun with some pretty twisty sections and some open super fast sections. Each lap is about 13 miles with just under 1000 feet of climbing per lap.
Kim Bear: 9h 26m 21s, 3/3, Duo Female
Kim did the race with Christina H. Kim did 4 laps and Christina 3. They finished 3rd. Kim's laps were 45:00, 1:15, 1:22 and 1:32. The first lap is shorter and uses a road climb for about 5 miles to spread out the racers.
Mountain Bike
Bosque Mountain Bike Stage Race, Stage 3, Atrisco Circut
Albuquerque, NM • Mar 22 2026 https://bcdracing.com/2026nmof.htmlA very twisty and sandy 3 mile loop along the Rio Grande just north of Central Avenue in Albuquerque. Due to the dry weather the sandy sections were very soft and deep requiring lower tire pressures and good handling skills.
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup & Mini Cup Results
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 15 2026 https://thecactuscup.com/results/Jan Bear: 4h 51m 28.2s, 1/1, Men 70+
I was the only 70+ man to do both races and won both days. So I won the Cactus Cup for my age group and pulled in 1 minute of time bonuses.
Kim Bear: 4h 14m 06.3s, 1/1, Women 60-69
Kim was the only 60-69 year old female to finish both the 25 mile and 20 mile races and collected 35 seconds of time bonuses. So Kim won the Mini Cactus Cup.
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup, Day 2, 20 mile Cross Country Sprint Mountain Bike Race
Fountain Hills, AZ • Mar 15 2026 https://thecactuscup.com/results/A shorter shorter course with a few slightly more techy areas. The same warm weather and the same number of time bonus sections.
Kim Bear: 1h 56m 49.3s, 2/2, Women 60-69
Mountain Bike
Cactus Cup, Day 1, 40 or 25 mile Mountain Bike Race
Fountain ills, AZ • Mar 14 2026 https://thecactuscup.com/results/This year I did the almost 43 mile mountain bike race and Kim did the slightly shorter 25 XC mountain bike race. There were two time bonus segments on the course where if you were 1st, 2nd or 3rd in your age group in the timed segment you received a 15, 10 or 5 second bonus. The 40 mile and 25 mile courses are similar just the distance is different. This year the temperatures were really warm for mid March with the midday temperature reaching almost 90 degrees.
Kim Bear: 2h 17m 52.2s, 3/6, Women 60-69, 25 mile
Jan Bear: 3h 25m 47.1s, 1/3, Men 70+, 40 mile
Mountain Bike
Bosque Mountain Bike Stage Race, Stage 2, Rio Bravo Circuit
Albuquerque, NM • Mar 8 2026 https://bcdracing.com/2026nmof.htmlA fun 5.2 mile loop with a little bit of everything except climbing. Sand, twisty, gravel, logs, super fast sections and super slow sections through heavy vegetation. The men did 5 laps and the women 3 laps. A fun course!
Mountain Bike
Bosque Mountain Bike Stage Race, Stage 1, Twilight Criterium
Albuquerque, NM • Mar 7 2026 https://bcdracing.com/2026nmof.htmlA 1.1 mile loop in the North Valley. We did 9 laps for this race. Both Kim and I competed.
February
Gravel Race
Dusty Roadrunner South Valley Roubaix
Albuquerque, NM • Feb 28 2026 https://dustyroadrunner.weebly.com/A fun self timed gravel race in the Albuquerque South Valley alongside the Rio Grande. I did the 5 lap 42 mile event and Kim did the 3 lap 25 mile event.
Mountain Bike
24 Hours in the Ol Pueblo
Oracle, AZ • Feb 14-15 2026 https://results.epicrides.com/li…This 24 hour mountain bike race is on a fast 16 mile course with lots of twisting turns and jumping cactus! This was the 26h annual race. I was on the 5 person co-ed team with the sum of the racers age greater than 250. Our team was Dave's Not Here. There were 22 teams in our category, we finished 5th this year. Kim also had a team (Team Santa Fe) entered in this category and they finished in 11th place.
Jan Bear: 1d 44m, 5/22, Coed Team 250+
Team consisted of Sara Ann Parks, Dave Million, David Jordan, Josh Propfe and I. My 4 lap times were, 1:09:23, 1:13:13, 1:14:02 and 1:11:42. The two longer laps were my two night laps.
Kim Bear: 1d 1h 08m, 11/22, Coed Team 250+
The team consisted of Deborah Kearney, Brent Bonwell, Tom Egelhoff, Ruben Rosales and Kim. Kim did three laps, 1:22:15, 1:36:21 and 1:42:01.
Cyclocross
Hawk's Durand CX Race
Albuquerque, NM • Feb 1 2026 https://bcdracing.com/This was a long course, about 4.5 miles, it included singletrack, ditch bank double tracks, several run ups and downs with barriers and sand. Lots of fun but only time for 3 laps.
January
Mountain Bike
Zia Rides Old Tucson 10 Hour Mountain Bike Race
Tucson, AZ • Jan 17 2026 https://my.raceresult.com/374313…A good race in warm weather! It's always nice to visit Tucson in January. The course has minimal climbing and is fast but you need to pay attention, lots of twists and turns. There is about a half mile that is more technical with some bigger rocks and drops that has the majority of the climb.
Kim Bear: 9h 07m 22s, 5/5, Female Duo
Kim did the race with Janice W. It was Janice's first ever mountain bike race. They each did three laps.
Jan Bear: 8h 55m 23s, 11/40, Male Duo
I did this race with Keith Bushaw. Keith and I did the same number of laps as last year. I felt bad that I didn't go out for the last lap as it dropped us from 9th place to 11th place. I probably had time as the two teams behind us went out and made it.
Mountain Bike
McDowell Meltdown
Fountain Hills, AZ • Jan 10 2026 https://mbaamcdowellmeltdown.its…Kim did the women expert 50+ cross-country race of 13 miles and I did the marathon race which was 43 miles.
Kim Bear: 1h 37m 38.7s, 3/4, Expert Women 50+.
Cyclocross
Hawke's Atrisco CX
Albuquerque, NM • Jan 4 2026 https://bcdracing.com/A fun fast CX race in the Bosque with a big sand run up!
Jan Bear: 1h 08m 48s, 7/11, Men overall, only 70+