Socorro Striders and Riders

FRS Standings (2 races to qualify)

2009-11-02T08:24:00.005-07:00

Let me know if you see an error, but here are the times to beat for the last race!

FRS #3 Results!

2009-11-02T07:34:00.005-07:00

What a fun course that was - many thanks to Jan for setting up such a treat on Halloween! Not everyday do you get run through a Pit of Despair, past a bunch of snakes and spiders, a dead body, and a Volvo-driving ghoul...

Congratulations to Tyler for winning the race and Brianne for for first female finisher - it was great to see them and the rest of the NMSU group here. With their help we checked in with 33 participants, probably a record!

1. Tyler Haughness 19:12

2. Daniel Breen 20:22

3. Tim Abeyta 20:34

4. Trey Thunborg 20:34.5

5. Jeff Johnson 21:10

6. Owen Acevedo 21:33

7. Isaiah Vigil 21:33.5

8. Brian Dutill 21:47

9. Robert Gonzales 21:53

10. Andrew Gonzalez 22:01

11 Steven Montoya 22:13

12 Raul Contreras 22:34

13 Omar Marcillo 22:42

14 Xavier Nolen 22:57

15 Brianne Loya 23:04

16 Julie Ford 23:15

17 Jaron Martinez 23:52

18 Ephraim Ford 24:00

19 Aaron Meurer 24:26

20 Matt Perini 24:50

21 Kim Schaffer 25:10

22 Brian Borchers 25:36

23 Nancy Hofmann 25:44

24 Valerie Salazar 26:03

25 Liz Clabaugh 26:52

26 Eileen Romesser 27:18

27 Gustav Van Moorsel 30:31

28 Julie Aster 31:56

29 Rick Aster 31:57

30 Gretchen Stahlman 32:11

31 Heather Casey 32:18

32 Karen Haughness 32:28

33 Roger Simkin 32:44

Bonus points to Karen for running in a full-body frog costume.

Mike Montoya wins Tinfoilman and the Tri Tucson Series

2009-10-27T07:08:00.002-06:00

Mike Montoya is doing his sponsor proud by winning the Tri Tucson circuit. The circuit, which consists of three races over the year, culminated with the Tinfoilman on October 25th. Mike came in first (57:35) and won the circuit thanks to a 4th and a 3rd in the previous two races.

Well done Mike, I bet TriSports is enjoying your success as well!

Fall Running Series Standings (2/4 races)

2009-10-26T16:00:00.001-06:00

SOMA Tri Results

2009-10-26T14:27:00.003-06:00

I look forward to hearing about the 2009 SOMA Half-Ironman Tri.

Jeff Johnson led the SSRers with a 4:42, folowed up by, Tyler Haughness (4:59), Steven Montoya (5:13), and Robert Gonzales (5:29). Way to go guys!

Ski Run Road Challenge (20k)

2009-10-20T14:58:00.001-06:00

5 SSR members competed in the Ski Run Road Challenge, a 20k held in Ruidoso on the 17th, with 2 of them, Tyler and Jeff, garnering the coveted carved bear given out to top three in each gender! Jan just missed grabbing one by less than three minutes on the uphill course.

Here are "our" results, find the full results here.

Tyler Haughness 1:35:28
Jeffrey Johnson 1:39:24
Rick Aster 1:57:23
Jan Tarr 1:59:14
Karen Haughness 3:34

Duke City Marathon Results

2009-10-20T07:36:00.002-06:00

Full results for the Duke City Marathon are up: LINK

Robert G. Ran the 1/2 marathon in a quick 1:40:30, while Steven (who;s filed under 5k) came in even faster at 1:35:09! On the women's side were Natasha Stopa, who got 3rd in her AG with a 1:49:02 and Emily Krock (also under 5k for some reason), at 2:17:32.

In the 5k, Fran ran her best 5k ever at 29:46 to get 9th in her AG while Sierra Cahall (18:25) and Jaron Martinez (20:43) duked it out in the men's category. Those times garnered 2nd and 6th age group finishes for the guys, respectively. Sierra was even 9th overall!

I hear there may have been more in the relay team's but I can never tell who's who in that division. If you have any info, let me know!

IronMatt!

2009-10-12T13:13:00.002-06:00

Matt Napier had another sub 10:30 IM at KONA over the weekend, good for 80th in his division and best New Mexican. At this year's rather hot race he clocked in with 10:25:52, improving his standings on each leg. His swim of 1:06:20 was good for a 1:44/100m pace, the 112 mile bike leg took 5:25:14, and he ran the marathon in 3:45:02.

Not many people can say they've completed an Ironman, even less can say they done the original on Hawaii, and now Matt can say he's done two there! Great job!

2nd 5k Results

2009-10-12T11:08:00.003-06:00

Sean Martinez, nearing the 5k finish

Things are starting to shape up for the Fall running series. Sean took advantage of a fast course, posted the lowest time so far, and is the fastest racer with 2 qualifying times. Full standings will be posted soon, before the next race on the 31st.

1) Sean Martinez 19:59

2) Daniel Breen 20:50

3) Aaron Meurer 21:11

4) Rick Aster 21:11.5

5) Omar Marcillo 22:15

6) Brian Borchers 22:19

7) Julie Ford 22:36

8) Ephraim Ford 22:39

9) Aaron Martinez 23:35

10) Matt Perini 24:51

11) Nancy Hoffman 25:09

12) Liz Clabaugh 26:42

13) Jeremiah Morse 26:57

14) Monica Hernandez 27:36

15) Jesus Gomez 29:08

16) Eileen Romesser 30:22

17) Bill Brundage 30:33

First Fall Running Series 5k Results

2009-09-28T08:57:00.003-06:00

Congrats to Jacobo for winning the first race, after we have 2 races in the bag I'll put up standings. Until then, I have the place, name, and age below.

Brian and Sue have a nice gallery of photos up.

1. Jacobo Hernandez 20:02. 19

2. Sean Martinez 20:10. 18

3. Omar Marcillo 20:13 32

4. Eric Peterson 20:19 20

5. Robert Gonzales 21:14 45

6. Rick Aster 22:01 49

7. Brian Borchers 23:15 46

8. Julie Ford 23:35 36

9. Garth Rohr 24:22 19

10. Ephraim Ford 24:23 31

11. Aaron Martinez 24:38 20

12. Matt Perini 25:36 47

13. Cathy Pfeifer 26:08 46

14. Nancy Hofmann 26:27 35

15. Eileen Romesser 27:38 19

16. Jesus Gomez 28:57 26

17. Monica Hernandez 28:57 26

18. Bill Brundage 30:29 70

19. Cassie Parker 36:47 14

20. Julie Aster 36:47 12

Patriot Tri Results (9/13)

2009-09-14T16:40:00.000-06:00

Well done to Matt, E.P., Alyssa, Jennell, and Lynette at the Patriot Tri! Full results are at CCR Timing.

Matt was 3rd in his AG, Lynette won hers, E.P. finished as second Clydesdale, Alyssa won her AG, and Jennell placed 4th in hers.

First SHS XC Race In The Books, Local Meet Coming Up!

2009-09-09T17:14:00.003-06:00

You can find the results of the local XC team's first meet (9/5/09) at this website. The Chieftain also put out a nice article outlining the boys' great improvement and the girls' surprising finish.

Best of luckto the team at the meet in Socorro on Friday! The races start at 4pm, with 30 minutes between starts for the JV girls, JV boys, varsity girls, and varsity boys. At the end is the community race which costs $15 to enter.

NM Marathon Race Result

2009-09-09T17:03:00.002-06:00

Steven ran the half-marathon on the 6th while Adam took on the full marathon (results). You can read all about Steven's experience at his blog while the following is Adam's race report (he got 8th overall, 2nd in his AG, and qualified for Boston!):

After having trained, tapered and carbo-loaded (mm, pasta) I was still pretty apprehensive the night before the NM marathon, my first. The elevation differential over Socorro, the initial 8.5 miles of ascent, and the foot-pounding 5% descent that follows - all were contributing to my nerves. But the good thing about signing up is there's no way to back out.

We bussed out to the start, waited, got the mandatory race spiel, and then started right on 5:30am. I found the ascent (up Tramway from I40) less scary than in training, so my main concern was not going too hard. Everyone settled into a rhythm and after 4 or 5 miles I was running on my own. As I crested the hill at sunrise, a minute or two behind goal splits, a spectator called out to me i was in 8th - good
deal I thought.

The descent west down Tramway was fast but brutal, and someone quickly passed me. By mile 13, where it starts to flatten, I was a couple of minutes under goal splits. Pretty soon we started to catch half marathoners who had started an hour after us. Lots of them were great - calling out encouragement even they huffed and puffed.

The final 10 miles, despite being nice and flat and mainly along a bike track by the river, got progressively harder for me. I passed one guy but kept slowing and drifted back to, and then past, goal splits. At about mile 23 two guys caught me from behind and tried to pass, but I just managed to hold them. This really boosted my pace and probably clipped minutes off my time.

One of the guys kept trying to surge past me and I just managed to keep holding on. Finally, when we reached Old Town and I saw the 26 mile marker, I tried returning the favor and accelerated after he eased from a surge. It proved enough to gap him and I kept it going to the line, not noticing when I crossed at 3:10:54 that I had qualified for Boston by 5 seconds! I found the guy afterwards and shook his hand - I really owe him. And I've never hurt so much immediately following a race before! The post-race massage was a blessing.

The organisers and the volunteers deserve many thanks - it was a great race. WIth 400 runners it wasn't huge, but very friendly. I hope to be able to do it again sometime!

Pikes Peak Marathon & Half-Marathon

2009-08-19T07:46:00.003-06:00

Jeff Johnson and Rick Aster ran the Pikes Peak marathon and half-mary on the weekend of 8/15-16. This is a brutal course by reputation, which the following description adds to:

Elevation gain (start to summit) is 7,815' (2,382 meters); the start is at 6,300' (1,920m) and the summit is 14,115' (4,302m). The Ascent finish/Marathon turnaround is at approximately 14,050'. The Ascent (and ascent leg of the Marathon) has very few stretches which are not going uphill with the average percent grade being 11%.

Rick did the whole shebang and finished 12/81 in his age group with a total time of 5:49 (3:41 up and 2:08 down). Jeff ran the half-marathon which meant his ascent time of 3:14 garnered a 95th place amongst the men - good enough for 20/200 in his age group. Well done guys!

2009 Chile Harvest Triathlon Complete

2009-08-03T08:46:00.003-06:00

Another year, another 350+ participants happy! August 1st was a beautiful day for racing and thanks to all of our volunteers and sponsors we put on a great race with Paul Ward and Kristen Moriarity as our two overall winners.

The results are now up, at CCR Timing, so take some time and stroll through the list linked below. You will see a lot of SSRers there, including many who placed or won their age groups!

2009 CHILE HARVEST TRIATHLON RESULTS

RAGBRAI Review

2009-07-31T17:19:00.001-06:00

For those of you who don't what it is, read up about RAGBRAI on Wikipedia.

To learn even more, enjoy Ellen's recap of her family's experience doing RAGBRAI in July:

The Aster/Tarr clan make their first family RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) appearance this July. Rick and Julie smoked the entire ride on a tandem (although one day I did catch Julie with her feet up on the frame and a grin on her face while Dad was huffing and puffing up a hill), Mom rode Dad's "old" Trek road bike (complete with shifters on the frame) and I took my new Specialized bike. While making our two-wheeled way across Iowa, from the Missouri River to the mighty Mississippi, our family learned many things:

Iowa, contrary to popular belief, is NOT flat.
Do not leave your older sister's biking gloves in a Kybo (Iowan for "porta potty")
There is no such thing as a comfortable biking seat, especially after several days of biking.
Iowans pride themselves with 4 things: livestock, great pies, friendly "homespun" folks, and HyVee Supermarkets
When you have a flat tire, it is most efficient to pull over on the side of the road and look miserable until Dad comes to fix it for you
Cornfields make excellent bathrooms
When skillet-tossing in Fontenell, take care that you don't throw the skillet past the target and onto Harry's $3,000 Trek bike
Rain before 7 does not necessarily mean it will be gone by 11
Frantically shoving your favorite, gorgeous, first bike inside a tent via vestibule during a tornado warning in the vain hope that somehow it would survive is a very difficult, not to mention sort of pointless, task
Julie likes very large, very furry, very pink and purple tiger-printed hats

15,000 bikers, one week of camping in rather obscure Iowan villages, 442 miles of biking, approximately 22 pies, 5 flat tires, and one tornado warning later, our family returned home, safe and sound.

Keep up with the Montoyas!

2009-07-18T16:06:00.002-06:00

Steven and Lindsey have set up a fun blog that has the bonus of having great race reports. Of special note are Steven's thoughts on the recent Kelly Mine Run and a really detailed experience at the Buffalo Springs Tri (location of photo below).

Kelly Mine Run Results

2009-07-18T15:59:00.002-06:00

Results are a little incomplete, so let me know if you have the finish order for the under 35 crowd.

Regardless, I do know that Kim won top female and Steven won top male finisher but I don't have the name of the overall winner. Congratulations also to Robert Gonzales and Dave Finley for winning their age groups.

For some nice photos, scoot on over to Brian Borcher's gallery. He finished 2nd in his age group, by the way!

NY Road Runners All-Women Mini 10k Race Review by Fran

2009-06-11T09:31:00.001-06:00

RUN REPORT 6/7/09
I have to report on my long run yesterday. I was "touristing" in NY City and decided a must do was to run in Central Park for my long run.
Shortly after I entered the park, it was evident a race was taking place (I was running in the opposite direction of the race). A bicyclist was ahead of the first runner who was flanked & escorted by police. I thought, WOW, must be important. Yep, it was--- supported by the fact that the first twenty or so runners had their names on their bibs! I was thrilled to be watching the New York Road Runners all women's Mini 10K (not sure why that name when it was a 10K!). Rose Kosgei, a Kenyan, who lives in SANTA FE, NM won the event. It was thrill to continue to watch as 6,500 WOMEN finished the event, which I was able to watch since I was running opposite the racers.
I chatted with a two runners since I needed water & a porta stop and then finished my run--- continuing whence I came, back down 7th Ave. from Central Park to the hostel where I stayed. I had wanted to just be able say I had run in Central Park, but the NYRR event made the run and memory even sweeter!

Fran

Cloucroft Race Report by Rick

2009-06-11T09:28:00.002-06:00

At the 6/6 2009 (8.1 mile) Cloudcroft Rails to Trails run, Socorro runners turned out in force and cleaned up! The run was a (mostly) down and up loop with about a 900 food elevation change following old railroad beds and trails in the Sacramento Mountains (http://www.nmrailstotrails.org/race). Here's a photo of the happy crew c/o Steve and Lindsay Montoya.

(out of 126 Runners )

Steven Montoya: 1:11:09 (4th overall, 2nd in age group)
Tim Abeyta: 1:14:10 (8th overall, 2nd in age group)
Sierra Cahall 1:14:42 (11th overall, 3rd in age group)
Rick Aster: 1:17:19 (16th overall, 2nd in age group)
Ellen Aster: 1:17:46 (17th overall; 3rd female, 1st in age group)
Jan Tarr: 1:25:48 (30th overall; 1st in age group)
Jaron Martinez 1:28:08 (35th overall)
Nicky Mortensen 139.26 (57th overall, 2nd in age group)

Lance and Others at the Tour of Gila

2009-05-05T07:14:00.010-06:00

The various reports from SSR members who made the trip to Silver city to see the Tour of Gila keep coming in. Catharine sent the following photos and AP press snippet. I've also added a video taken by my friend Silver, who went home to watch the race. It shows the pro men shooting by during the crit.

BELOW IS SCROLLABLE

ASSOCIATED PRESS
PINOS ALTOS, N.M. -- The last big test for Lance Armstrong before the Giro d'Italia was more than 105 miles of steep roads and windy descents in the
mountains of southwestern New Mexico.

It was the hardest stage of the Tour of the Gila, but Armstrong and his
teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner passed the test. The Astana
riders, who entered the five-day event as independents, used the tour as a
tune up for the upcoming race in Italy.

Armstrong said he feels good enough to be a contender for some stage wins in
Italy but that Leipheimer has the best chance for an overall win.

"The first priority is to protect him and make sure that he fulfills his
potential there," the seven-time Tour de France winner said. "It would be an
amazing thing for an American to win the tour of Italy again. I'd be pleased
to be there and help."

Leipheimer won the Tour of the Gila on Sunday after finishing first in two
of the early stages and coming in third behind Armstrong in the last stage,
dubbed the Gila Monster. Armstrong moved up in the overall classification
from fourth to second after Sunday's stage.

The Astana riders, who were wearing the kits of Armstrong's Mellow Johnny's
bike shop, moved to the front of the peloton as it closed a gap of more than
three minutes that had been built by a breakaway of 11 riders in the first
40 miles of the stage.

At the start of a 7-mile, 1,600-foot climb to Copperas Vista, the Mellow
Johnny's riders caught the lead pack. With Horner in front, he and
Leipheimer positioned to get Armstrong the stage win.

It looked like it was going to happen until the last 500 meters.

"I didn't know the finish. I didn't know it was so much uphill. I thought
maybe it would flatten out and there'd be a high-speed sprint ... but it
kept going up," Armstrong said.

He was caught behind the wheel of another rider and had to go around. By
that time, Leipheimer was ahead with first-place finisher Philip Zajicek on
his wheel.

"When I finally got back to the wheel uphill, I was cooked," Armstrong said.

Astana general manager Johan Bruyneel said the plan Sunday was for Armstrong
to win the stage.

"It didn't really play out like we wanted it to be," he said. "It's a little
disappointment he didn't win the stage, but overall I think it was a good
race for the team."

It's also been a few good days for southwestern New Mexico. Several thousand
people crammed downtown Silver City on Saturday to watch the criteriums and
hundreds of people lined nearby Pinos Altos' main street to watch Sunday's
finish.

Leipheimer, who also won the Tour of California and the Vuelta of Castilla
and Leon this season, said he's proud to grab another title with the Tour of
the Gila. He said events like the Gila go a long way in igniting interest in
American cycling.

For the fans in New Mexico, Armstrong had one last message on his Twitter
post: "Thanks to everyone here for showing us a great time. This is a great
(and hard!) race."

The riders are now on their way to Italy to be tested yet again.

"With the Giro, we'll just take it day by day, kilometer by kilometer and
just sort of have fun and do our best," Leipheimer said.

There is a long list of Italians who will also be vying for the Giro's pink
jersey, he said, including former winners Ivan Basso and Danilo Di Luca and
Franco Pellizotti.

SSR Ran For The Zoo

2009-05-05T07:07:00.002-06:00

A few of us made it to the Run For the Zoo in Albuquerque. Brian Borchers finished the 10k in 47:42 and Fran led a group of 3 Sarracino Middle School kids in the 5k. Their group's times aren't up but they did beat the start of Socorro consolidated Schools' quarantine that would have kept them from traveling.

Other locals were noted in the 10k. Stacy Timmons finished in 50:55 and Veronica Allsion came in a little over 1 hour 26 minutes.

Big Sur Marathon Report

2009-04-28T16:13:00.003-06:00

From Jan, who squeezed in a sub-4 hour marathon on a really hilly course (hubbie Rick ran a ~3:45):

Big Sur lived up to its reputation as a beautiful marathon. Runner's World magazine said "if you are only going to do one marathon in a lifetime, do Big Sur". So, we flew there on Saturday, and Sunday morning found us shivering in the redwoods at 6:45 am waiting at the starting line. Someone sang the national anthem, a flock of white doves was released, and off we went.

We ran the first 5 miles in the redwoods, and then the rest along the ragged coast-- the waves crashing down below, gulls flying, spring flowers and grasses waving in the wind. Oh yes, did I mention the wind? It was (and usually is) a headwind for the entire run, peaking around Hurricane Point where it was blowing heavily. And it is a HILLY marathon. Up and down. Not a fast marathon. However, there was a great variety of music about every 3 miles-- from the middle school bands to the reggae singers and their plastic pot plants (at least I thought they were plastic), to the grand piano at Bixby bridge. Over 3,000 runners are in the marathon.

There are other, shorter, races that day also along the highway, so as you near the finish line you converge with everyone else. I was hanging on by my teeth by mile 22 and watching others go whipping by me, wondering if they were in a shorter run. It keeps you humble.

Rick reports he felt like Ryan Hall for the first 8 miles, and then like Ryan's grandma for the last eight.

We flew home Monday, with hopes of returning next year for Big Sur's 25th anniversary.

Run for Your Life 5k Results

2009-04-25T09:50:00.006-06:00

I counted 37 runners and a few walkers for the 5th annual Run For Your Life 5k Run/Walk. Between all of the happy volunteers and the great turnout, it made for a wonderful Saturday morning race.

Sue and Brian also have a better collection of the start:
http://picasaweb.google.com/borchers.brian/RunForYourLife#

Below are the results:

Name	Age Group	Time
Julie Aster	8-12	0:27:55
Anastasia Lewark	8-12	0:47:29
Antoinette Lopez	8-12	DQ

Brianne Loya	19-29	0:22:47
Stefanie Azevedo	19-29	0:24:06
Rebecca Galvan	19-29	0:30:34
Katarina Florance	19-29	0:32:18

Kim Shaffer	40-49	0:25:00
Denise Contreras	40-49	0:35:55

Karen Haughness	50-59	0:31:11
Fran Hazlewood	50-59	0:33:51
Rheda Brown	50-59	0:40:58
Addy Bhasker	50-59	DQ

Lynette Napier	60+	0:37:12
Catharine Stewart-Roach	60+	0:40:59

Name	Age Group	Time
Adrian Avalos	7 & Under	0:51:29

Adonis Lazano	8-12	0:31:58
AJ Baca	8-12	0:37:55
David Avalos Jr.	8-12	0:38:01
Richard Lewark	8-12	0:39:50
Juan Gamez	8-12	0:52:34

Sierra Cahall	13-18	0:21:11
Isaiah Vigil	13-18	0:21:11
Sergio Leyba	13-18	0:40:14

Tyler Haughness	19-29	0:18:41
Adam Deller	19-29	0:19:52
Aaron Meurer	19-29	0:21:30
Howard Rios	19-29	0:29:06
Felix Martinez	19-29	DQ

Brian Borchers	40-49	0:22:17
Juan Alvarado	40-49	0:25:54
Robert Cordova	40-49	0:26:15
Robert Abernathy	40-49	0:26:34
Matt Perini	40-49	0:27:29
Pat Contreras	40-49	0:29:01

Dave Finley	60+	0:25:14
Clint Janes	60+	0:33:42
Bill Holmes	60+	0:40:42

Tour of Socorro Article in Mountain Flyer

2009-04-21T10:25:00.003-06:00

For a fun take on the 2009 Tour of Socorro, check out Mountain Flyer, an online and print magazine devoted to all things cycling in the Rocky Mountain area.