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Falcon Trail 100k This Sunday

July 19th, 2011

Update 7/20/11 The Falcon Trail mountain bike races have been canceled because not enough racers registered.

The Falcon Trail 100k is this Sunday. Due to increased security at the Air Force Academy there will be no race day registration. In order to race, you must register by 5 PM tomorrow (Wednesday). In addition to the 5 laps of the Falcon Trail for the 100k, there are also 1 and 2 lap races depending on race category.

I’m planning on doing this race as training for the Leadville 100. Maybe because all the other planned races at the Air Force Academy have been canceled or moved to other courses, I’ve heard that registration numbers are low. Hopefully enough racers will sign up so that the race doesn’t end up being canceled.

You can get the full results from last year’s race including the shorter races here.

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24 Hours of Colorado Springs 2010

September 20th, 2010

This weekend mountain bikers got a chance to test their endurance on the Falcon Trail at the Air Force Academy during the new 24 Hours of Colorado Springs. The nearly 13 mile course is nearly all singletrack except for the start/finish area.

I was surprised by the large percentage of solo riders. There were a total of 19 solo riders compared to 18 four person teams and 6 duo teams. Six of the solo men were riding singlespeeds. Nick Thelen won the solo singlespeed class and was 3rd overall in the solo category.

A few photos from the 24 Hours of Colorado Springs are below and you can find more of my photos here. Results are below the photos.

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24 Hours of Colorado Springs Results

Solo Female
1. Elizabeth Boese, 5 laps, 19:43:28
2. Gloria Rios, 4 laps, 23:07:01

Solo Male
1. Taylor Shelden, 14 laps, 23:40:56
2. Larry Dewitt, 12 laps, 21:46:15
3. Brad Baker, 11, 22:41:06
4. Joseph Fortin, 10 laps 23:09:03
5. Iggy Baran, 10 laps 23:12:00
6. Anthony Schwartz, 9 laps, 22:01:15
7. Bryan Vaylor, 9 laps, 23:45:30
8. Dustin Breese, 7 laps, 23:54:36
9. Timothy Veldheer, 6 laps, 21:21:34
10. Eric Owen, 5 laps, 20:53:58
11. Jim Hooper, 5 laps, 23:11:19

Solo Singlespeed
1. Nick Thelen, 12 laps, 22:41:40
2. Tim Arnold, 10 laps, 23:34:07
3. Dan Dolan, 7 laps, 21:38:37
4. Tedd Rohwer, 5 laps, 18:48:58
5. Judd Rohwer, 4 laps, 22:21:01
6. Scott Devonshire, 2 laps, 21:36:58

Duo Relays
1. Enforcres, 12 laps, 22:55:05
2. Not So Fat Tire, 12 laps, 23:30:16
3. Clydesdale, 11 laps, 22:34:48
4. Gambro Velo Duo, 10 laps, 18:03:40
5. Ascent Cycling Duo, 7 laps, 23:09:10
6. Dirt Divas, 3 laps, 23:07:53

Male Team Relays
1. Ascent Cycling, 19 laps, 23:46:05
2. Three Hammers and a Nail, 17 laps, 22:51:40
3. First Descents, 17 laps, 23:31:17
4. Four Little Pigs, 16 laps, 23:31:44
5. Skulls, 16 laps, 23:55:44
6. Never Mind the Gap, 16 laps, 23:56:10
7. Team Bicycle Experience, 15 laps, 23:04:36
8. Townie Champs, 15 laps, 23:22:54
9. Crossfit SoCo, 15 laps, 23:23:33
10. Old Fogies Revenge, 15 laps, 23:30:29
11. The Goonies, 15 laps, 23:55:17
12. Blood Sweat and Gears, 13 laps, 22:56:20
13. Adragna Lucas, 12 Laps, 22:23:58
14. Not Exactly Pros, 12 laps, 22:33:36
15. Machos Nachos, 10 laps, 10:24:15
16. Phat TraXX 9 laps, 17:52:20

Female Team Relays
1. Women’s Mountain Biking Association of Colorado Springs, 15 laps, 22:43:41
2. Dirty Cranks, 13 laps, 23:01:45.

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Falcon Trail 100k Results

August 2nd, 2010

OutThereColorado Photo

The Falcon Trail 100k mountain bike race was yesterday at the Air Force Academy as part of the Rocky Mountain State Games. I had decided to not race it but planned on going and shooting some photos. Instead I was sick and didn’t move from the house. Pikes Peak Sports has a photo gallery and OutThereColorado has one too.

Below are the Falcon Trail 100k results. You can get the full results including the shorter races here.

Men 19-29

Place	Name	Time
1	Brady Kappius	04:55.5
2	Kalan Beisel	04:56.3
3	Walter Zitz	05:47.5
4	Adam Benston
5	Nate Clark
6	Benjamin Hess

Men 30-39

Place	Name	Time
1	Yuki Saito	05:10.0
2	Rob Sousa	05:22.4
3	Jon Bearden	05:40.1
4	Scott Sheehan	05:45.2
5	Jason Middlemiss	05:58.3
6	Ryan Kohler	06:08.2

Men 40-59

Place	Name
1	Scott Patterson
2	Brain Vitulli
3	David Johnson
4	Bob Catalano
5	Larry DeWitt
6	Devin Allen
7	Andrew Wacker
8	Steve Elder
9	David Meyer
10	Kevin Calin
11	Steven Malmberger

Men Single Speed

Place	Name	Time
1	Cameron Chambers	05:10.3

Women 30-39

Place	Name	Time
1	Tracy Thelen	06:32.4

Women 50-59

Place	Name	Time
1	Sharon McDowell	06:24.5

– UltraRob

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Falcon Trail 100k Mountain Bike Race

July 19th, 2010

Falcon Trail at the Air Force Academy

The Rocky Mountain State Games is introducing a true endurance mountain bike race this year with the Falcon Trail 100k on August 1st. That’s 5 laps of the Falcon Trail at the Air Force Academy. According to their info that works out to be 63 miles. In addition there will be shorter races with 1 or 2 laps of the 12.6 mile course depending on category.

They will be running the course in the clockwise direction. The trail is mostly fast, fun singletrack with a few technical sections. This Google map with embedded photos shows the trail. Click on the photo images to get a bigger photo to pop up. This would be a great race for anyone considering doing the inaugural 24 Hours of Colorado Springs on the Falcon Trail in September.

I’m still undecided about whether to race it. It would be great training for the Leadville 100 which I’m in no shape to do. I plan on pre-riding the Leadville 100 course during that week so I might be too tired to race. It’s a fine line between pushing hard in training and over doing it.

Sand Creek Sports that puts on many of the great mountain bike races in the Pikes Peak Region is contracted to manage the race. The Sports Corp though handles registration and volunteers. I did hear from Andy at Sand Creek Sports and he says The Sports Corp is short on volunteers for the 100k. The info for volunteering is here.

– UltraRob

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