Welcome to the 2009 Rocky Mountain Ultra Regional Endurance Series. This Marathon Endurance Series tests the stamina and consistency of the athletes throughout a five race series. Five venues from New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming make up this prestigious Series, with each event bringing a unique flavor to the fast growing sport of endurance cycling. This Series will reward the riders who are the most versatile competitors over a range of endurance distances and terrains. This series helps define endurance racing and endurance champions.
Our intent is to bring recognition, legitimacy and awards to the growing sport of off-road endurance racing. This Series will promote the participants competing in it, and offer a forum for them to express their accomplishments. As well, it gives our sponsors an opportunity to recognize their contributions and promote themselves as companies who are making a difference in the arena of ultra endurance athletics.
We are excited to present this Series to you, our participants and sponsors, and look forward to taking the sport of endurance mountain bike racing to a new level of achievement. Ladies and Gentlemen . . . start your engines!
Current 2009 RMU Standings Click Here.
The 2009 Rocky Mountain Ultra Schedule:
| Dawn ‘til Dusk | Gallup, NM Lindsay Mapes |
April 11th 505-409-9160 |
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| Front Range 50 | Lakewood, CO Warriors Cycling |
May 9th 970-262-9120 |
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| Growler | Gunnison, CO Warriors Cycling |
May 24th 970-262-9120 |
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| B-68 | Breckenridge, CO Warriors Cycling |
July 18th 970-262-9120 |
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| Laramie Enduro | Laramie, WY Laramie Enduro |
August 1st 307-760-1917 |
Rocky Mountain Ultra Series Race Descriptions
The Dawn ‘til Dusk Race - Gallup, NM - April 11th-7am to 7pm
Dawn 'til Dusk is a fun, laid-back, affordable race. For 12 hours, participants ride one of the sweetest single-tracks in the southwest: a 13-mile loop of mostly hard packed clay through the pristine mesas of high desert terrain with1700 feet of climbing make an excellent, fast rolling course. Native American prizes are awarded to the top three in each category. Camping at the staging area is free. The awards ceremony gives racers an opportunity tomeet and mingle overmega discounted dinner and beer. All proceeds go towards the Western Health Foundation, a non-profit organization in Gallup working tocombat diabetes, an endemic problem in our neighboring Native communities. Can You Endure?
Front Range 50 - Lakewood, CO - May 9th
Encompassing the entire trail system of Bear Creek Lake Park, this 10 mile circuit will thrill racers and spectators alike as they pass through 5 circuits with a taste of all types of off-road terrain. Part of the new Denver Fat Tire Festival offering convenient camping on-site, aid support every lap, plenty of Oskar Blues refreshments, and a fun expo for the whole family. Racers who are not up for the 50 miler or don’t care about points for the Series can choose to race in the Battle the Bear race going on at the same time, with varied distances for all abilities.
The Original Growler - Gunnison, CO - May 24th
The Original Growler, back for its second year, is a challenging 64-mile race that’s loaded with classic high-desert singletrack. The course is a 32-mile lap at the Hartman Rocks area on BLM public lands. For RMU points, the Original Growler does two laps; while the Half-Growler (no RMU points) is a classic one-lap race. Pick your poison and be prepared to climb over 4000 vertical feet per lap, but never more than tens, a few hundy at most, in one shot. This race is a rock 'n roll roller coaster! Ride Hartman classics like Rattlesnake, Joshos and Skull Pass. One mass start for all categories, both distances. Start is at 7am sharp. Check last year’s results on the website for times (Travis Brown won last year in just over 6 hours.) THE BLM HAS CAPPED THIS RACE AT 200 RIDERS.
B-68 - Breckenridge, Colorado - July 18th
Featuring the second and third loops of it’s big brother, the Breckenridge 100, this inspiring course will rekindle your pioneering spirit and remind you of what backcountry mountain biking is all about. It features a sprawling course nestled between 2 ski resorts with a full spectrum of mountain terrain. A fund raiser for both the TAME foundation, which gives equestrian therapy to disabled children, and Mountain 2 Mountain which provides educational support for the mountain communities in Afghanistan.
The Laramie Enduro - Laramie, Wyoming - August 1st
Wyoming’s premier endurance mountain bike race is 111K of pure pedal stompin’ fun. Beginning and ending at the Hidden Valley Picnic Area, this course winds through the beautiful Happy Jack Recreation Area of the Medicine Bow National Forest. It is a fast and extremely fun loop with virtually every kind of trail and surface a mountain biker is likely to encounter in the region, from wildlife trails to single track to dirt roads. The course climbs over 8600 feet.
Rankings
Categories
Men | Women
Age Divisions (racing age as of 12/31/08)
19 - 29 | 30 - 39 | 40 - 49 | 50+ | Singlespeed Open
Rankings for solo competitors will be maintained on this site and updated after each event. Awards will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in each category based on the rankings compiled over the five race Series.
Points from each race will be given to the top 25 racers in each category. Riders receive 25 points just for starting an event. Because the Dawn til Dusk race was snowed out and will not be rescheduled, points will be scored from the best 3 out of 4 remaining races.
| Placing | Points |
| 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. |
100 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 |
