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Dry Rock Ridge Run (10th annual)
Vado, NM
Feb. 12, 2011
50+Km (33 mi.)/ Single-track trails, old jeep roads and some pavement at 3,985′>4,600′
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Results:
1. Mark Dorion, 51, TX 6:23:22
2. Peter Hudec, 41, NY 6:29:24
3. Bob Klapthor, 56, TX 21.1 miles
4. Greg Helbig, 55, NM 18.1 mi.
5. Tom Alford, 70, NM 12.5 mi.
Lynn Alford, 50, NM 12.5 mi.
After a week of all-time record low temperatures (lows of 0F, highs in the teens) in the border southwest, the Dry Rock runners got roasted by a 70F high desert sun.
I ended up limping in some pain to the finish of this run, and may be facing a long sabbatical from any serious running. Minor surgery, two casts, several new pairs of orthotics and many different types of shoes and tape jobs (all in the past two years) have failed to alleviate ongoing navicular, nerve and tendon problems in my feet.
That said, we expect to have an 11th annual Dry Rock Ridge Run through the local red rock canyons and cactus-shrouded ridges happen in 2012. Come join the jackrabbits, cottontails, coyotes, hawks and runners!
Best wishes to all ultrarunners,
Mark Dorion
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With about an hour to go Saturday morning in the 5th annual Arizona 6 Day, New Jersey’s Bob Oberkehr is at +-315 miles. In 2nd place with about 262 is former winner Jerry Schuster of Tuscon, AZ. Mexico’s Marco Zapata (+-225) is in third.
The first woman is at +-200 miles.
A 12 year old local boy finished 100 miles.
RD Gary Cross managed 63 miles in between his directing jobs.
Runners were exceptionally lucky weather-wise, with highs all week staying 10F or more below normal (some years it has hit 100F). Lots of cloud cover has helped as well.
About 100 meters of each 1,250 meter loop is tufty grass, some stretches feature dirt and gravel, and once again these caused problems for runners. It is funny that in many road ultras and multi-days folks complain of the hard, unforgiving surface, yet in various races, grass (at least anything short of putting green quality) and dirt give runner so much trouble and so many blisters.
Best wishes to all ultrarunners, and especially the 13 brave souls (soles?) ready to start racing around the neighborhood in Jamaica, Queens Sunday in the 3100 mile!
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The semi-annual run on the A.T. over Mt. Cube and Ore Hill (near Orford, NH), etc. is tentatively scheduled for Saturday July 18 (one week before VT 100).
The full deal is a lollipop loop of +-25 miles, but there are a number of shorter options.? Much of the terrain is modest by NH and New England standards. There are a few water drops, all runners get color topo maps, but that is it.
For more details, please contact Mark at– markd 145 at aol.com
(915)581-9541 (H)
It will be a challenge (be patient) to reach Mark after July 17 as he will be working way out in the woods for an extended period.
Best wishes to all trail and ultra runners,
Mark D
Filed under Trail Runs
Pueblo-Bayo Canyons
May 23, 2009.
Los Alamos, NM.
Rolling trails and old jeep roads at 6,800′-7,300′.
28 miles:
1. David Dixson, 47, NM 4:32:30 (CR)
2. Mark Dorion, 50, TX 5:21:57
** Andrea Feucht, 35, NM 4:11:10? *(ran shorter route)
16.5 mi.:
–David Coblentz, 46, NM
–Tom Stockton, 49, NM
–Frozen Ed Furtaw, 61, CO
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In unseasonably cool and wet weather, runners passed under towering 400′ cliffs of Bandalier tuff, in some of which are cave rooms of old Pueblo Indians who farmed the canyons. Also along the trail are old cabin and sewage plant ruins, as well as tepee-shaped tent rocks with their distinctive “caps” of darker, more resistant rock.
The tall ponderosa pines were welcome shelter from the rains that fell throughout the day. After the steep, 400′ final mile climb back up to the parking lot finish, runners were joined by legendary Hardrock runner/ race director Charlie Thorn and friends for birthday cake (Mark had just turned 50) and resfreshments shortly before a true deluge hit.
Best wishes to all trail runners,
Mark Dorion
El Paso, TX
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