Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Training Season 2024

Fifteen years! While our organizing principle in years past has always been the BikeMS, we have moved past that and are charting our own course.  Our mission remains the same though - riding with good friends in our beautiful state of New Mexico

The Penultimates and Friends on the way to Santa Fe

Our key events this year will be:

  • Enchanted Circle Ride 8/10.  For those that are interested we will be doing the Enchanted Circle Ride in Red River.  Look like a tough, but beautiful ride.  We will rent a house (or two) and make a fun weekend of it!  
  • High Road to Santa Fe TBD, where we ride from ABQ up to Santa Fe, have a nice lunch at El Parasol, then head to Santa Fe Brewing for some beverages and camaraderie, before taking the Railrunner back to ABQ.  That date is more flexible, and the later we push it in the season the cooler our weather will be.

Below is the schedule for the Saturday rides.  Our general schedule in years past has been to be build up with progressive rides with the peak training toward the end of August.  This year we are going to mix it up, however, and spread out the rides a bit, so the schedule below may shift around as we finalize our ride schedule.  Also, a few TBD rides in there!  Please suggest some rides, and we may juggle the some things around.

There will also be an ride on Sundays too, but it is a bit more flexible, and is focused on shorter distances working up to about 50 miles by the end of the summer. Our normal departure time is 6 am from the O'Neill's parking lot on Central! 

SATURDAY RIDE SCHEDULE

6/1Gillman Tunnel Ride15,30
6/8TBD
6/15Short city loop + Bike in Coffee20
6/22Inner City Loop CW36.1
6/29Modified City loop CCW36.7
7/6Benalillo Out and Back43
7/13City Loop CW53
7/20TBD Ride ~60 miles
7/27Ride to San Felipe Pueblo69
8/3South 14 + Gutirrez Canyon63
8/10Enchanted Circle88,100Destination ride
8/17Crest Assault from Triangle26
8/24Ride to Placitas66
8/31TDB
9/7TDB
9/14Santa Fe63Proposed, but flexible
9/21TBD
9/28Lobo Cancer Challenge25,50Our fundraising event