Since it appears that there are almost no non-endurance MTB races in the Albuquerque area this summer I am organizing a very infromal "just for fun" race series.
Note that with this being a small grass roots series, all races are signup dependent. So if we do not get enough signups, I will cancel. It is prefeable if you can sign up a few days early. I will announce if we are on as scheduled, or not, right after 11PM on the day before, or at least by early monring of the race day. I will send an email to the registered riders and post to the race website. If you did not sign up but would still like to come, please just show up, you do not HAVE to sign up pre-race, it just helps me if you do.
General Series Info:
Courses will be makred with ribbons, arrows and occasionally log cairns. Marking should be adequate to allow a rider who does not know the area, but has done the preride, to get around the course without getting lost. If you can do so conveniently, I recommend you preride the course beforehand. You are not paying a $60 entry fee tho. There wiill be no entry fee with a suggested donation of $10. We will try for race durations of 1.5 to 2.5 hrs.
Albuquerque, NM area, 5/31/25
Canceled due to low signup. Sorry. Hope you can make the next one.
Juan Tomas MTB II,
Albuquerque, NM area 06/21/25 We have enough riders and we are on as scheduled.
Due to the aggressive bird issues at Armijo, we are moving this date to Juan Tomas
Neutral Preride at 8:30AM, start at 9AM. <<<NOTE NEW TIME>>>
I am going back to the morning start due to the heat at lower elevations.
Course: Beautiful fast fun woodsy singletrack, always rolling up or down, but without any really big climbs. Mostly smooth with just a few rock gardens. We will have a 6 lap group (24mi) and a 4 lap group (16mi)
Parking will be at the second Juan Tomas trailhead after Oak Flats, just before the Oak Flat Road bends left, goes down the hill, and becomes Anaya Rd. <Placemark>
Course loop on Trailforks note that the start finish location is not correct, we will start by the parking area above.
Registration:
There will be no entry fee, but if you would like to make a voluntary donation of something like $10 for my time, that would be appreciated. Please sign up below if you are coming. There will be a 6 rider minimum by 11PM Friday 6/20. If we don't reach that I will cancel.
Online Signup
List of Registered Riders
Women
Cynthia Herhahn
Men 5 laps
Hawke Morgan
Scott Wilhoite
Men 3 laps
George Winn
Dal Haynes
Sandia Alpine Loop,
Albuquerque, NM area, 7/27/25
Please try to sign up by Friday night 7/25. There will be a 6 rider minimum.
Neutral Preride at 1:30PM, start at 2PM.
Course: Hilly loop way up almost at the top of the Sandias. Part of it is kind of east coast like, with some loam and roots. Most of the course is narrow woodsy singletrack. A difficult, but really neat course. It is about 4.3 miles per lap. Course will be marked. We will do a full lap preride, then have a 3 lap "race" group and a 1-2 lap "race" or "ride at your own pace" group. It seems short but it is technical and climby AND at 10,000ft. One lap takes me 32mins or so. If you did this last year the course is a little longer.
New Course map on Trailforks.. You can downlad the GPX from Trailforks.
Parking Placemark. Note that there is a $5 parking fee if you park in the Ellis Lot.
Registration:
There will be no entry fee, but if you would like to make a voluntary donation of something like $10 for my time, that would be appreciated. Please sign up below if you are coming, ideally by 11PM 6/27
Online Signup
List of Registered Riders
Juan Tomas MTB III,
Albuquerque, NM area 08/30/25
Neutral Preride at 9AM, start at 9:30AM.
Course: Beautiful fast fun woodsy singletrack, always rolling up or down. Mostly smooth with just a few rock gardens. We will have a 6 lap group (24mi) and a 4 lap group (16mi) I will post the new course soon.
Parking will be at the first Juan Tomas trailhead after Oak Flats, <Placemark>
Course map coming soon
Registration:
There will be no entry fee, but if you would like to make a voluntary donation of something like $10 for my time, that would be appreciated. Please sign up below if you are coming. There will be a 6 rider minimum by 11PM Friday 6/20. If we don't reach that I will cancel.
registration coming soon
