Mike Montoya wins Tinfoilman and the Tri Tucson Series

Mike Montoya is doing his sponsor proud by winning the Tri Tucson circuit. The circuit, which consists of three races over the year, culminated with the Tinfoilman on October 25th. Mike came in first (57:35) and won the circuit thanks to a 4th and a 3rd in the previous two races.

Well done Mike, I bet TriSports is enjoying your success as well!

Fall Running Series Standings (2/4 races)

SOMA Tri Results

I look forward to hearing about the 2009 SOMA Half-Ironman Tri.

Jeff Johnson led the SSRers with a 4:42, folowed up by, Tyler Haughness (4:59), Steven Montoya (5:13), and Robert Gonzales (5:29). Way to go guys!

Ski Run Road Challenge (20k)

5 SSR members competed in the Ski Run Road Challenge, a 20k held in Ruidoso on the 17th, with 2 of them, Tyler and Jeff, garnering the coveted carved bear given out to top three in each gender! Jan just missed grabbing one by less than three minutes on the uphill course.

Here are "our" results, find the full results here.

Tyler Haughness 1:35:28
Jeffrey Johnson 1:39:24
Rick Aster 1:57:23
Jan Tarr 1:59:14
Karen Haughness 3:34

Duke City Marathon Results

Full results for the Duke City Marathon are up: LINK

Robert G. Ran the 1/2 marathon in a quick 1:40:30, while Steven (who;s filed under 5k) came in even faster at 1:35:09! On the women's side were Natasha Stopa, who got 3rd in her AG with a 1:49:02 and Emily Krock (also under 5k for some reason), at 2:17:32.

In the 5k, Fran ran her best 5k ever at 29:46 to get 9th in her AG while Sierra Cahall (18:25) and Jaron Martinez (20:43) duked it out in the men's category. Those times garnered 2nd and 6th age group finishes for the guys, respectively. Sierra was even 9th overall!

I hear there may have been more in the relay team's but I can never tell who's who in that division. If you have any info, let me know!

IronMatt!

Matt Napier had another sub 10:30 IM at KONA over the weekend, good for 80th in his division and best New Mexican. At this year's rather hot race he clocked in with 10:25:52, improving his standings on each leg. His swim of 1:06:20 was good for a 1:44/100m pace, the 112 mile bike leg took 5:25:14, and he ran the marathon in 3:45:02.

Not many people can say they've completed an Ironman, even less can say they done the original on Hawaii, and now Matt can say he's done two there! Great job!

2nd 5k Results

Sean Martinez, nearing the 5k finish

Things are starting to shape up for the Fall running series. Sean took advantage of a fast course, posted the lowest time so far, and is the fastest racer with 2 qualifying times. Full standings will be posted soon, before the next race on the 31st.


1) Sean Martinez 19:59

2) Daniel Breen 20:50

3) Aaron Meurer 21:11

4) Rick Aster 21:11.5

5) Omar Marcillo 22:15

6) Brian Borchers 22:19

7) Julie Ford 22:36

8) Ephraim Ford 22:39

9) Aaron Martinez 23:35

10) Matt Perini 24:51

11) Nancy Hoffman 25:09

12) Liz Clabaugh 26:42

13) Jeremiah Morse 26:57

14) Monica Hernandez 27:36

15) Jesus Gomez 29:08

16) Eileen Romesser 30:22

17) Bill Brundage 30:33