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Annual occasion noticed racers of all ages compete in Glade Run Recreation Space
Logan Lewis leads a pack of enduro bike riders alongside the course of the Roost The Ridges occasion Saturday on the Glade Run Recreation Space. (Peter Larson/Courtesy picture)
Peter Larson
FARMINGTON – Aztec Adventures hosted the third annual Roost the Ridges enduro mountain bike race Saturday, attracting racers, followers, and households from across the 4 Corners with distinctive participation from riders underneath age 18.
The occasion started at Lions Wilderness Park, the place riders start an 8-mile untimed switch into the Glade Run Recreation Space. From there, riders accomplished three timed downhill segments throughout flowing ridgeline terrain.
“It was a implausible day of racing held out on the course within the Farmington Glade Recreation Space,” reported Neil Hannum, founding father of Aztec Adventures. “We had individuals from Littleton, Colo., Albuquerque, Many Farms, Ariz., and the Silver Stallion Bicycle group from Gallup had been additionally in attendance.”
Dayron Segay collaborating within the Grom 13-and-under males’s race Saturday on the Roost the Ridges enduro mountain bike race. (Peter Larson/Courtesy picture)
Peter Larson
Within the skilled race, the boys’s competitors was gained by Logan Lewis, who accomplished the course in 9 minutes, 5.13 seconds, only a few seconds forward of Dillon Burns, who accomplished the course in a time of 9:08.01. Ending third was Phil Cowan, at 9:15.88.
Within the ladies’s skilled race, Brittany Cowan was the winner with a ultimate time of 9:48.89, adopted by Makenzie Pardoe (11:20.31) and Brooke Elliott, (11:26.14).
There have been handfuls of racers collaborating within the occasion outdoors of the skilled competitors, ranging in numerous talent and age ranges. Within the under-16 males’s race, 15-year-old Dylan Lewis took dwelling first prize, finishing the course in 9:38.77. Ending behind Lewis was 15-year-old Caleb Osmera and Antonio Pell.
Within the ladies’s division of the under-16 age group, 13-year-old June Bremner was the winner, with a ultimate time of 10:34.74. Bremmer completed the race nicely forward of runner-up Lavender Blacow, age 14, who accomplished the course in 14:25.13.
Later this month, Aztec Adventures will change its focus to gravel bikes with the Galactic Grinder arising on Saturday, April 20. The occasion serves up three hilly gravel orbits, transporting riders across the Alien Crash Web site outdoors Aztec.
Beginning in Cedar Hill, the 35- and 50-mile routes rapidly encounter a pointy climb into the “San Juan Alps,” near the New Mexico-Colorado state line. After traversing mesas and sandy washes, each routes filter right into a 4-mile stretch of single-track within the Alien Run path system earlier than hitting some extra punchy hills again to the end. The 9-mile route provides a enjoyable however difficult introduction to gravel driving and the terrain San Juan County has to supply.
Ten-year-old Ellis Bates gained the boys race in under-13-year-old division, racing to a ultimate time of 10:12.81, greater than a minute forward of 13-year-old Gray Saren (11:15.18) and Eli Snow, 10, with a time of 11:43.20.
For extra details about the Roost The Ridges event and upcoming races, try aztec-adventures.com.
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