Jan Bear




AXS Adventure Xsteam Series, Durango CO 2007

Jan is a 54-year-old Orthopaedic surgeon who grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is married to Kim and has two daughters Samantha 22 and JJ 20. Jan has been involved in sports since junior high school but over the last 30 years has become interested in endurance sports. This began with several marathons while in medical school and residency then on to multisport events and ultra-endurance races. In the last eleven years, he began competing in adventure races. He enjoys training with his wife also an adventure racer and ultra-endurance athlete. Some of his recent accomplishments include; the only consecutive three time Leadville Trail 100 bike and run finisher, with one of these combination of races being completed with Kim and another with his brother Todd. In 1999 he completed both 100 mile Leadville races in the top level under 9 hours on the bike and under 25 hours in the run, he has also earned the coveted 1000 mile belt buckle for 10 time finishers of the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race. He is also in the Leadman family finishing all five Leadville Races in a single summer(50 and 100 mile mountain bike races 6, 26 and 100 mile runs). Other accomplishments include a 10th place finish in the Solo division of the 2000 24 Hours of Moab Mountain Bike Race, twenty top 10 age group finishes in the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathon, 3rd place in age group at La Ruta de Los Conquistadores the toughest mountain bike race on the planet in Costa Rica in 2000. As a founding member of Team Santa Fe he has also competed in several adventure races in the last 11 years. Most races are completed with his wife Kim also an avid racer and member of Team Santa Fe. Over the years Jan has competed in Adventure Racing World Championships in Switzerland, Newfoundland and Scotland, The Beast of the East X2, Primal Quest X2, Eco Challenge Canadian Championships, Eco Challenge X2, Balance Bar 24 X4, AdventureXstream X20, and numerous other events. During the last 20 years, he has been practicing orthopaedic surgery in private practice for 16 years but now part of the staff of Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe. He is working on getting his daughters interested in endurance sports as well both have already completed more than one Half Ironman events.