Yet another Awesome day of endurance riding. Much better temps this year with just a little bit of rain.
Congratulations to Chris Hereford for being the first SSer and 3rd person ever to finish all three loops (109 miles) of the Cochiti 100!
We had24 people sign-up, 15 people show-up.
On a sad note ,we had our first incident of blatant bogus time reporting. The two unnamed people will not show up in the results and the lead person is no longer invited back to future NMES events.
Please post your ride reports as comments at the bottom of this page.
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That is sad… I mean really, there’s nothing to win here! The challenge is against your “self”. I guess some folks feel they have to impress other people. Little did they realize they only cheated themselves. Truly sad!!!
Was it blatant or a honest dyslexic mistake at the end of a hard day?…even a simple ride in the Cochiti area makes me dizzy…
Thanks for hosting the race. It was a blast.
Hey guys – trying this again… I posted a quick note yesterday – I thought, and looks like it might have died on the cutting room floor, or never made it up onto the comments section here.
Just gotta say that the “blatant bogus time reporting” sounds a little dubious. I know I got in big trouble last year by starting the SFBFL ‘early’, and never expected to be ‘counted’ in the results – though it would have been fun, but was the issue this year something worse? I like that in the results spreadsheet this year there is a lot of room for gray area stuff (typical for crazy awesome back country events like a number of the NMES races) to be noted or clarified. Like Lenny’s late start / explanation for riding laps 2+3, or like my grave transgression last year.
If this is about the guy(s) I think it is – I’d also note that I wish I was there to help broker a peace, as everyone would be MUCH better off getting along. Said fellas are among the most upright, solid, honest guys out there – just like Chris H., Lenny G., and everyone else I’ve met over the years riding / racing in NM. Surely you all can work it out and be inclusive, as opposed to exclusive.
Steinar hit the nail on the head – as after that kind of mileage who IS thinking straight? Hell – I’m still looking for 10 miles of uninterrupted trail here in MA, so I’m just jealous of my of you all.
Shoot – if I’m out of line would someone please email me, or better – discuss it here online. I mention it because my comments from SFBFL 2008 are gone too. The quiet deletions definitely seem odd, unless I’m mistaken, yet again.
Forgive my typo at the end of the above post.
It was just as Eli stated, the race time was not logged, only the ride time. Heck, my time for the day would look a lot better if I did that. But, this is just like any sanctioned race, the starter says go and the time is noted and the official clock is ticking.
I think a 3 hour nap between loop 1 and 2 would have helped me greatly, especially if it wouldn’t count against the event time!
So what was there actual clock time? Is that really the issue here, just clarifying what time on the stopwatch they finished? Seems like an easy one to solve.
LOL at a mid-race nap – sounds good to me.
As I understand it the time reporting problem is simply that the riders either manually paused their timers or else had an automatic stop when not moving programmed into their Garmins. At the end of the loop, the stopwatch gave the actual riding time. They added this to the start time and came up with a virtual finish time.
What is subtracted from such a time is time waiting on fellow riders, breaking for food, orienteering, and mechanical problems. It also might subtract off some time in which the satellites were not locatable.
I can understand why someone would be interested in such a time; it is the time of actual riding. However, I also understand why Lenny et al. feel strongly that the time you finish is simply that: the time shown on the stopwatch at the car. And it doesn’t matter if you spent 3 of the hours putting out a forest fire during your ride.
I enjoyed riding with these guys. Some of the time they were waiting on me. They certainly weren’t trying to be deceptive as far as I am concerned. Just have them report the actual time of arrival and they can keep their personal time riding in their own records.
Eli
PS Does anyone have a reliable total elevation gain for each of the loops? My Garmin 305 is reporting 9500+ feet, which is about twice what I expected. Uploading it into MotionBase gives an even higher number: 12000ft….. all this for just the first loop. (I am told that a Garmin EDGE 305 has something more accurate about its elevation determination.) Any input would be appreciated.
Congrats to Chris Hereford for being the first single speeder to complete all 3 loops of the Cochiti 100. That’s 109 miles and over 12,000 feet of climbing!!!
Now there are three that have completed all 3 loops:
1) John Stevens 11:38
2) Matt Turgeon 12:02
3) Chris Hereford 13:42 *SS
Who is going to do it next year?
Hey Eli,
Here is what my polar has for each loop. It is pressure based so it can vary with the weather changes during the day, but find it to be about 90% accurate.
Loop1: 4600ft
Loop2: 5700ft
Loop3: 2600ft
Eli,
Thanks for the insight and simple fact reporting. I agree 100%, as I too have done many, many races where I’d love to have subtracted the time spent repairing mechanicals, eating, taking a nap – and my specialty – getting lost and re-tracking my footsteps! At one of the AZES races I spent about an hour map checking and retracing tire tracks to be safe.
Anyhow – I do hope you all can work it out. What do you say Lenny?