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The 2008 Durango South Rim Duathlon is hosted by Durango Parks and Rec. This year it consisted of a kids race, short course and  long course.

The short course included a 2.5 mile run and a 6 mile bike section. The long course consisted of a 6 mile run and 18 miles of mountain biking (3 laps of the 6 mile run course).

The course was along the South Rim trail, a part of the greater Telegraph Trail System built by Trails 2000 and included fun twisty singletrack, short climbs (longest at 4 minutes) and one long muddy downhill down the Big Canyon trail.

We finished up 2nd in the 35 under team category with a 2:12, about 3.5 minutes out of first.

Overall Race Results:

Dan Ourada won the 19-34 age group (2:01.17).

Shonny Vanlandingham won the women’s (2:07:23). Kristin Danielson was second (2:29:30).

I survived the 2008 super sandy Alien Run, ended up 6th. It was not pretty. i ended up with a flat tire on the back side of the Alien course, caused by running over a few too many cacti in a dizzy anaerobic state. My Big Air cartridge came through and allowed me to fill up 3X to make it home.  Travis B took the pro class win with Zach Shriver in a close 2nd. $30 still gets you a race entry, t-shirt and a bar-b-que lunch, old school mountain bike style. More races should be managed like the Alien Run. ms

http://www.aztecufo.com/bike/ 

The “Alien Run at Hart Canyon” is a mountain bike trail that was developed by private citizens, Al & Deral Saiz along with two other brothers and various friends, all residents of Aztec. The trail was designed in response to the Friends of the Aztec Library’s call for a mountain bike rally as a possible fund-raiser during Aztec UFO99. These brothers responded to that call and designed the trail that circles the “alleged” crash site in Hart Canyon and is located on BLM Land . A special use permit was applied for but the proper studies that needed to be done for BLM clearance had not been done.  The July 2000 issue of New Mexico Magazine, featured a story on the trail as well as the local paper, The Daily Times. There have been inquiries from as far away as Hawaii , New York , and Montana , who accessed this information via the Aztec Library’s Web Page

Colorado Premier Training (CPT) and BikeParts.com are offering a chance to win a free wind tunnel session, Mavic Wheelset and Kurt Kinetic Fluid Pro Trainer, valued at over $2000!

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Race Results are posted with Team BikeParts.com fielding 6 pro and semi-pro riders for the first MSC event in Fruita. Thanks to all the guys that made the trip over Fruita!

BikeParts.com team rider Jesse Swift mapped the Fruita Rabbit Valley Mountain Bike Race Cross Country Course with his Garmin Edge 205 and posted it here for everyone to view. Check it out!
MAP: MSC #1- Rabbit Valley XC | Mountain Biking | Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States

The BikeParts.com professional racing team is heading to Fruita, Colorado this weekend for the 1st Mountain States Cup Series Event. We will be riding our new Maverick race bikes.

Rabbit Valley, Fruita, CO - The Mountain States Cup, one of the nation’s leading mountain bike race series, kicks off April 12-13 with the Rabbit Valley Rally.
The series opener treats riders to a blistering off-road time trial and a traditional long-loop cross country race.

Stay tuned for race photos, results and team updates.

Event website: http://www.racemsc.com/events/rabbitvalleyrally.html

We have setup a YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/bikepartsdotcom to post all of our video. Check it out.

Check out Team bikeparts.com Youtube site for glimpse of a life from a  professionally cyclist point of view!

The new 2008 Maverick Durance bikes are starting to arrive at the shop!  

Well, Winter Park got another 7″ last night and it snowed in Golden yesterday too…  can anyone tell me officially when will spring sprung?

Team bikeparts.com Pro Ride, Colin Osborn got his 2008 Maverick DURANCE on Monday!  Look for him on the trails in Durango and in the startline at the NORBA Nationals this season!

Alien Run is a 25+- MTB single-track and oil-field road mountain bike ride in Aztec, New Mexico.

The ride is named after the fabled Hart Canyon UFO Crash site. Little green men - or women, whomever you prefer.

The ride / race course is accessed through Aztec New Mexico. We started at the Aztec Motocross track for about 8 miles of Mountain View trail before we got to the Alien run trailhead. From there it was an 8 mile loop. Sandy, twisty singletrack with some slickrock then back to the moto track via Mtn View.  Total ride time about 2.75 hrs easy with breaks.

Alien Run MTB ride Photo Album
 

So Tyler and I spent 5 days of our spring break riding in the Fruita/Grand Junction area.  We rode Rabbit Valley, 18Road, Ribbon Trail, Free Lunch, Moore Fun, Horsethief and Gunny Loop.  Check out some of the photos here and some of the video too!  Props to Ross Schnell for letting us invade his house during the trip!

Old School Bike Interviews and Videos on Inside Durango TV

Colin Osborn, BikeParts.com team rider and Fort Lewis College student, has a sweet blog. check it out.

link: http://www.colinosborn.com/ 

Action Line

I made the Durango Herald with my inquiry about the Bike Path Punji Stick of Death. Article Follows.
Link to Article on the Durango Herald website

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What’s the deal with the metal punji stick along the Animas River Trail behind the fire station? I don’t think the blue paint covering the tip is going to stop anyone from getting skewered. Does it have a purpose? Can the city remove it? - Matt Smith

So, I took my new Garmin EDGE 205 GPS out for a ride today. Check out the map and this link to all the ride details! - swift

2008 Fort Lewis College Squawker Classic, Durango, CO

I headed down to the downtown crit today and watched the A race. 50 degrees and windy, typical spring mountain riding weather.

Dave Hagen, FLC cycling top dog, works like crazy to put on great events and run a solid race team with over 10 National Championship victories. http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/

Celebrity sightings included Alex, Colorado School of Mines student, cycling team member and highly valued BikeParts.com/Peak Cycles shop employee. Troy Wells and Steve Owens were also spotted.

Troy Wells with tha Bling Bling glasses.

Steve Owens from Colorado Premier Training http://www.ColoradoPremierTraining.com/

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