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| Botas on the initial climb. Collegiate Peaks in tow. |
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Salida’s spring Trail Marathon was this last weekend. I know this because my Google Reader has been feeding me a steady flow of race reports. The peculiar timing of this run simply doesn’t fit with my work commitments but
my man Boots has been lining up the last couple years, and now that the results are posted I can see he did so again this year. He’s a new father so I thought that life may have slowed him down some, but this doesn’t appear to be the case. A strong
12th place finish for one-half of
Team Hobo, one placing back from last year but with a speedier time over a more winterized course. Defending champ Timmy Parr wasn’t too far up the trail it seems. Very well done sir. I guess I'm buying at the next get together.
More about the race then. Salida's a terrific early season trail-run that in the past has brought a lot of folks up from New Mexico.
Steve and Deb Pero repped the northern NM crew this year. Steve had a big day, laying claim to an age-group title.
Waltz, Crone, and
Halladay were up last year. For a small out of the way race that has no awards budget it also brings out a fair number of pros. Defending
Jemez 50 champ Nick Clark came down from Fort Collins to claim this year’s bragging rights.
Nick was edged out by Parr for the win last year. Word had it that Nederland’s
Geoff Roes was fueling with Pabst Blue Ribbon at the aid stations last year, getting his legs under him for the long racing season ahead. There’s not a lot about this race that I would find hard to like.
Finishing statistics for the Nuevo Mexico contingent
| Overall |
Name |
Age |
Sex |
Home |
Time |
| 14 |
Jacob Lawrence |
30 |
M |
Albuquerque |
3hrs43min |
| 46 |
Mark Porter |
35 |
M |
Los Alamos |
04:34.2 |
| 65 |
Vlad Henzl |
33 |
M |
Los Alamos |
04:55.4 |
| 69 |
Steve Pero |
60 |
M |
Jemez |
04:58.4 |
| 91 |
Lynette Padilla-Orpinel |
36 |
F |
Los Lunas |
05:20.1 |
| 105 |
Kevin Zelechoski |
35 |
M |
Jemez Springs |
05:43.4 |
| 118 |
Deb Pero |
57 |
F |
Jemez Springs |
06:00.3 |
| 119 |
Nalisha Johnson |
30 |
F |
Los Alamos |
06:03.4 |
| 135 |
Susan Gardner |
47 |
F |
Albuquerque |
06:45.5 |
It was a fun time, this is our 2nd year and will most likely go back next year. Low entry and no awards is a great thing!
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Looked fun although with a bit more snow than last year. Good to see a solid group of Nortenos making things more difficult for the Colorado folk. I'm sure they'll pay us back in spades at Jemez Mtns. Nice run to you and Deb.
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