2015-2016

MT WRIGHTSON ASCENT - 9/6/15 - 5.2 mi

Hi Everyone

I'm soon sorry it took so long to post results for our first run of the year. Life has been busy...

Anyway..... here we go

It was a small group with it being Labor Day weekend. The next day was Saguaro east labor Day Run. It was a nice sunny day...

This was the Time to top

Mike Duer 1:15:41

Dallas Stevens 1:36

Andrew Harris 1:36

Robert Harris 1:42

Renee Stevens 1:48

Mike Roche 1:58

Myk Brown 2:01

Alfonso Albason 2:05

Pam Hoyt 2:11

Jamie Madden 2:15

Gary Parcher 3:14

Tracy Wood

SABINO BASIN - 9/13/15 - 13.8 mi

Runners,

Thanks for coming out for the second run of the TTR schedule. It was a little less of a blast furnace than in recent years which made it a little easier to put up with the waist-high grass covering the last couple miles of trail! Be sure to make it out to Catalina State Park for the Romero Pools run if you can!

Results are attached below. See you on the trails!

Mike and Kristi

ROMERO PASS - 9/20/15 - 13.2 mi

TTRers,

Last Sunday we had over 10 runners come out for the return of the Romero Ascent. The trail was overgrown and the weather not exactly cool, but the view from the pass seemed to make it all worthwhile! However, the trail seemed to be slightly resistant to the idea of being run on, dishing out what I would be willing to guess might be the highest number of scratches per square inch of exposed skin and pokes to the head via errant branches of any TTR run in the near future (at least I hope so). Anyways, see results below, and thank you everyone for coming out last Sunday!

Adam

PS distances vary due to numerous detours de trail...

Name Time Distance

Clint Nealy 5:50 14

Alfonso Albason 5:00 14

Jorge Reynaga 4:52 14

Mike Roche 5:35 14

Steve Hughes 5:11 14.6

Kurt Dabb 4:21 14

Kathryn Nealy 4:50 14

Bruce Johnson 4:32 14.4

Ronni Rudolphe 4:00 14

Ryan Niccum 4:05 14

Matt Tucker 4:19 14

Geoff Schmidt 4:30 13.5

MT HOPKINS - 10/4/15 - 24 mi

Thanks to all who came out today. The weather was a combination of awesome and windy.

Here are the results as they were recorded. Please let me know if any corrections are required. Patrick

24 mile, to the top and back

Benedict Dugger 3:51 (mile 8 = 1:31 / summit = 2:18 / mile 16 = 2:51 )

Adam McKelvy 4:17

Renee Stevens 4:33

Kathryn Nealey 4:41

Robert Harris 4:56 (summit = 2:45)

Chuck Williams 5:20

Raoul Erickson 5:25

Alfonso Albason 5:45

16 mile, to the gate and back

Dallas Stevens 3:34

Clint Nealey 3:40

10 mile, (5 out and back)

Kurt Dabb 1:50

24 mile, top and back on bike

Ross Zimmerman 4:12

~ 5 miles beyond the gate into the foggy dew

Mike Duer 0:34

FLORIDA CANYON - 10/11/15 - 26 mi

5 runners showed up for the second running of this old-school style TTR run-- straight up, straight down, then do it all again in reverse...hard as heck, only the fit should attend.

Trail was in reasonably good shape with some long grass in sections but no one got off trail. Matt Tucker did take a low branch to the head to good effect--the bloody-face thing startled a few hikers on the Madera side. It didn't slow Matt down, though; he was the only one to complete the official 26 mi route this year. Lots of water in springs, creeks, and spraying out of the steel pipe along the trail. It was a touch humid but temps were about perfect for most of this generally high altitude run.

1. Renee Stevens. 8.0 mi (out and back) 2 hours 28 minutes

2. Alfonso Albason. 11.2 mi (Florida-Madera, no Wrightson) 3:45

3. Rick Mick. 11.2 mi (Florida-Madera, no Wrightson) 3:13

4. Bruce Gungle. 11.8 mi (according to Strava; more likely ~11 mi--trace is all over the place) (Florida-Armour Spring turnoff-Florida) (2:38 elapsed + ~10 min sitting on butt at Armour Spring turn off)

~2:48

5. Dallas Stevens. 13.0 mi (Florida-Wrightson-Madera) 3:49

6. Matt Tucker. 26.0 mi (Florida-Wrightson-Madera-Wrightson-Florida) 8:14

To date, only 8 hearty souls (and just one woman! ) have managed to complete the entire course, and no one has yet to complete it twice--

Finishers:

MEN...

05-2014: Jerry Riddick, Bruce Gungle.

10-14-2014: Sion Lipowitz, Dallas Stevens, Mike Duer, David V. (in sandals).

10-11-2015: Matt Tucker.

WOMEN...

10-14-2014: Renee Stevens.

Maybe we'll have to promote the half-again shorter, one-way option next year to encourage greater participation.

Thanks to Joe Dana for aid at Madera and hanging out w me all afternoon in Flori'da. Thanks to the runners who came out! It was a great day to be on trail, especially on this incredibly beautiful route.

Bruce Gungle

GREEN BUG - 10/18/15 - 18.6 mi

Steve Hughes

TANQUE VERDE LOOP - 28.5 mi - 2/21/16

Here are the results and quick recap from last Sunday’s Tanque Verde Loop run.

It was a pretty good turnout with 20 people that showed up to run various distances. Three people ran the full route, many others stopped at Javalina, and the rest ran other distances. Two Gila Monsters were spotted but no snakes.

Thank you much to Patrick’s wife Rina who helped out with aid at Javalina, and to Chris and Mike for shuttling people back to the start.

Full Route, 28.5 miles:

· John Mollenhour: 6:19:00

· Jeff Turman: 7:33:00

· Patrick Muldowney: 8:00:00

Javalina, 20 miles:

· Mike Duer: 4:04:52

· Corey Keppel: 4:15:44

· Matt Tucker: 4:30:00

· AJ Cohen: 4:35:00

· Rick Mick: 4:50:00

· Morey Brown: 5:00:00

· Tom Gormley: 5:30:00

· Abraham Moreno: 6:15:00

· Steve Hughes: 6:05:00

Cowhead Saddle, 18 miles:

· Ben Weiner: 4:45:00

· Kate Woodard: 4:34:00 (Plus additional miles after return, for an even 20 miles, 4:55:00)

Other Routes:

Beyond Cowhead:

· Jennifer Stunk, 22 miles, 4:57:00

Between DS Campground and Cowhead Saddle:

· Mya Hoeflinger, 16 miles, 4:32:00

· John Brown, 15.3 miles, 3:53:39

Douglas Springs Campground:

· Scion Lupowitz, 13.12 miles, 1:53:46

Ernie’s Falls:

· Wynne Brown, 7 miles, 2:30:00

· Ryan Niccum, 7.4 miles, 1:24:46

MT KIMBALL ASCENT - 12+ mi - 2/28/16

Ten bushwhacking aficionados showed up for the Mt. Kimball run last Sunday. Pima Canyon once again proved to be a great equalizer, as there was only about an hour between the first and last finisher--route finding being important than speed. At one point or another nearly everybody lost the trail (and two runners spotted each other, both lost, while on opposite sides of the canyon), with many taking a detour to Pima Saddle, but nobody went down the canyon this year. Which makes it the first year I did not ponder calling out search and rescue. So thank you all for not getting terribly lost.

Please let me know of any errors or omissions.

Results:

Full Route:

Name Time (Ascent)

Corey Keppel 3:27 (1:40)

Mike Duer 3:45 (1:37)

Tom Gormley 4:20 (n/a)

Raul Erickson 4:23 (n/a)

Abraham Moneno 4:25 (2:10)

Chrissy Parks 4:26 (2:10)

Patrick 4:30 (n/a)

Finger Rock trial, various distance out and back

Name Time Distance

Joan D'Alonzo n/a 6.5

Alfonso Cesar ~4:00 9.0

Laura Marshall 4:41 9.0

(2:04 to PC sign)

ESPERERO LOOP - 21 mi - 3/13/16

Saturday morning Pam Hoyt and Steve Hughes ran the course doing a bit of trail maintenance. Talk about an early start. Sunday morning we had a group of 10 people to attack the loop or a portion of it. A few were looking a bit rough from apparently too much Saturday night, but they were ready to go. Late morning Geoff Schmidt arrived after having done the Marana 5K. Something about needing a recovery run. The weather was nice to start, but a bit warm by the finish. Eight people headed off for the full loop and 2 for Bridal Veil. All returned looking OK and with only minor injuries from battling Cat Claw. The Cat Claw was the apparent winner. Mike Duer was the 1st to return and had a great run doing the loop in a PR. No sightings of snakes or other critters were reported.

Please let me know of any corrections or additions.

Full Loop:

Mike Duer 3:50:56 (PR)

Rick Mick 4:08

Charlie Ware 4:15

Corey Keppel 4:20

Ryan Niccum 5:08

Tom Gormley 5:24

Kathryn Nealey 5:40

Alfonso Albason 6:20

Full loop using Phoneline for 22 miles:

Geoff Schmidt 6:10

Bridal Veil:

Ronni Rudolphi 2:49

John Mollenhour 2:49

Saturday early start:

Steve Hughes 6:30 approximately

Pam Hoyt 7:00 approximately

MICA MARATHON - 26.2 mi - 3/20/16

Another year in the books for the iconic TTR run that makes an effort to punish it’s pray! Mica Mountain did not fail to deliver some 'good ole fashioned' suffering, just the way we like it. A morning that started out cool, quickly heated up as 19 brave souls wrangled the wild Rincon Mountains. No reports of any critters worthy of mention, other than some rabbits hopping around. 11 runners completed the full marathon, including, Mike Duer, who again defies age with another PR and Ronni Rudolphi, who somehow missed the summit but ran further than everyone.. Except Tom Gormley. Pretty sure Gormley ran further than anyone. And lastly, those Harris boys. Squeaking just under 10 hours to pop their ultra cherry. Congrats!!

Glad to be able to host! Thank you, Kristi, for keeping me company. I now am fully aware of what you go through waiting for me to finish races:)

Here are the results to the best of my knowledge. Let me know if I need to fix any errors.

Full Doozy (27.3 miles)

Gabe McGowan- 04:46:00

Charlie Ware- 05:20:00

Mike Duer- 05:23:10

Ronni Rudolphi- 05:25:00

Cory Keppel- 05:42:00

Rauol Erickson- 08:03:00

Alfonso Albason- 08:20:00

Tom Gormley- 08:23:00

Rober Harris- 09:59:00

Daniel Harris- 09:59:00

Andrew Harris- 09:59:00

Various Distances

Patrick Sims- 21 miles- 05:05:00

Chrissy Parks- 21 miles- 05:12:00

Doug Loveday- 20 miles- 04:35:00

Geoff Schmidt- 18.6 Miles- 05:30:00

Laura Marshall- 13.3 miles- 03:01:14

Lorey Pro- 11.2 miles- 02:15:17

Ed Lewelling- 11 miles- 02:30:00

Gary Parcher- 5.3 miles- 02:13:00

KEYSTONE TRAVERSE - 15.2 mi - 4/3/16

Another Keystone traverse was completed today by 12 brave souls who took on the Sierrita Mountains. It started off a little shaky as my very first marking Cairn was removed(not maliciously I later found out)so it gave the runners a couple of bonus miles. Things seemed to go according to plan after that and the weather cooperated with a rather nice morning. No major animal sightings were reported other than some cattle(there was a bobcat sighting on the drive in I heard though). All runners made it back to their cars and search and rescue had the day off. The boys (fresh off conquering the Crown King Scramble the day before!) had bacon and other goodies at the top aid station to help the runners push on. Everyone had a Keystone Summit and no snow was reported on the 6200' peak. Please let me know of any corrections in time,distance,and stories.

Keystone Traverse results:

The whole thing- 15.2-16.8 ish miles due to 1.8miles bonus sightseeing (removed cairn)

Mike Duer- 2:44.03

Rick Mick- 2:47

Ryan Niccum-3:08

Tom Gormley-3:20

Renee Stevens-3:33

Dallas Stevens-3:33

Michelle Hawk-3:35 - 16.8m

Ben Childers-3:50.24- 16.8m

Other Distances

Bruce Johnson- 2:11 - 10.01 miles

Steve Outridge- 2:40 -11.7 dealing with leg cramps

Joel O'Bryan- 2:50 -10 miles with dog(Cassi) who was a big hit with my little girls

Kristi Sagar-3:20 - 8.4 miles

BOX CAMP/MT BIGELOW/PALISADES 50K - 4/10/16

The long long long awaited results to the 1st ever Box Camp to Bigelow to Palisades down to Sabino 50k,

Full 50k:

Sion Lupowitz 5:29 (course record)

Mike Duer 6:01

Jeff Turman 8:11

Bob Bachini 8:48

Raoul Erickson 8:48

Varying distances:

Renee Stevens Palisades (3:50)

Matt Tucker Palisades (4:30)

Corey Keppel Box Camp (3:11)

Benedict Dugger Box Camp (3:35)

MULTIPLE WRIGHTSON MASSACRE - 5/7/16

It was yet another perfect day for the Multiple Mount Wrightson Massacre. Over all it was cooler than last year. 12 runners showed up at varying times and but this year we only had five runners complete two accents. There were some incredibly fast times.

Early starters included Ronnie Rudolhi and Ryan Niccum who started at 6:15. Mike Duer was off by 7:00 on his run up the Super trail. Ron Duncan started shortly after and completed one very fast ascent. Chuck Williamson and Fernando Bustamante began their ascent shortly after 7am. Mike Roche joined us at 8:00. Patrick took his time and stared at 8:40. Just when I though that was all of the runners Sion and Charlie Ware decided to get some extra sleep and start at 9:15. And that extra rest made a difference. Charlie completed his first ascent in 2:05! Sion was close behind but he took the super trail down which only added 10 minutes to his time.

This year’s most ambitious runner was Robert Harris. He started his first ascent attempt 30 miles from the trail head at Keystone Peak in the Sierritas. He called it the Trans Santa Cruz Valley run. Several of us passed him running on the road as we drove to Madera Canyon. He was looking good at 26 miles when I passed him. Unfortunately his stomach stared to give him problems at mile 29.5 (6:50 of running) and made the decision to not to continue his run. He was only 2 mile from the normal start of the ascent. Robert did stop in and hung out with us for a few minutes before hitching a ride home with his sons.

Of the 12 runners 5 completed 2 accents. Most of us were able to spend some visiting after completing ascents.

The weather was perfect from the start and lasted all day, only one twisted ankle, no record challengers, except for Robert’s warm-up run. I hope you are all looking forward to next year’s Multiple Mount Wrightson Massacre.

Thank you all for coming out!

Results:

Charlie Ware 2 ascents 2:05 1st 20min break 2:32nd

Ryan Niccum 2 ascent 5:55 total

Ronni Rudolphi 2 ascent 2:30 1st 3:30 2nd on Super trail

Chuck Williamson 2 ascent 3:41 1st 4:04 2nd

Mike Roche 2 ascent 2:53 1st 4:00 2nd

Ron Duncan 1 ascent 2:28

Fernando Bustamante 1 ascent 3:01

Patrick 1 ascent 4:04

Sion 1 ascent 2:15 down super

Raoul 1 ascent 3:08

Mike Duer 10 miles on super trail injury 2:30

Robert Harris 29.5 mile Trans Santa Cruz Valley run 6:50

CATALINA PEAKS - 5/15/16

Dear TTR,

This was the first running of the modified Catalina Peaks course, This new route still attempts to hit high points of the Catalina range, but with a less circuitous and confusing trail linkup. Not to say the new trail linkup didn’t turn out to have a few confusing turns, but it seemed that less carnage resulted, and veterans of the old run did give this new course more positive reviews.

As for directing the course, it’s logistically a bit more difficult as there are more opportunities for aid. Luckily I had the most capable help of Catlow Shipek and Denise Fall, plus a guest appearance of Jim Holmes, bus driver, for a stress-free RDing day.

Things to be fixed next running include more precise directions to the San Pedro Overlook - since the I neglected to remember that there are actually 2 terminii to the Green Mountain trail at San Pedro, and it didn’t help that the wrong trailhead had been flagged by some other group. I’ll also provide less vague directions (and possibly some pre-run trail maintenance) for the Incinerator Ridge - Kellogg trail connector, since some idiots seemed to have managed to build their fire ring right over the start of the Kellogg. As a result many runners ended up taking a wrong turn down to the highway, either turning back there (+.6 mile), then back up to Bigelow via the Palisades parking lot (+~1 mile).

Results:

Gordon Hirabayashi - Ski Area ~19mi:

Time: Notes:

Sion Lupowitz (7:45 start) 4:46 “Obliterated”

Charlie Ware (7:45 start) 4:47 “Plenty of time to poop.”

Mike Duer 5:03 “5:03:26, extra 20 min on Incinerator Ridge, and BACON!! CARBS!!”

Brian Edgar 5:10 “I would have benefited from a little clearer directions... Otherwise, it was a great challenge and a seriously tough run. Looking forward to

doing it again, only faster.”

Rick Mick 5:25 “Thanks so much for those beers!”

Chris Fall 5:46 “Like hell I’m going to let you write DNF for my time.”

Stephen Woodall 6:51 “Long day! Windy!”

Angela Greynolds 6:52 “This was the most vert I've ever done in one day by far, and it was

the first time I've ever felt like I was going to throw up.”

Gordon Hirabayashi - Sunset ~14.5mi:

Time: Notes:

Lucas Tyler 3:38 “Saw a black Rattlesnake before San Pedro. I know the group I was with were impressed with the section of trail that went through the tunnel”

Kaitlin Kratter & dog 4:23 “I hadn’t done the San Pedro -> Bigelow portion before, so that was

especially nice (even if I got a bit lost…)”

Steve Outridge 4:24 “If you post my run as a DNF, I’ll kill you.” (came up short anyway)

Laura Marshall 4:25 “I took the scenic detour down incinerator ridge road to add on about

0.6 miles before getting back on track. Next time I hope to make it all

the way to the top.”

Bruce Johnson 4:49 “I always like Bug Springs & Green Mountain trails. The thing I liked most was not having a lot of elevation loss after climbing, which happens on the old route with Butterfly. I think this is a keeper - and next hopefully my stomach will let me do Aspen to the top!”

Geoff Schmidt 4:54 “I really enjoyed being out there on some new trails and, with the aid

stations it kind of felt like an ultra event. “

San Pedro - Ski Area ~9.8mi: Time: Notes:

Dari Duval 2:56 “Glorious day on the mountain! Everything was great, route

(the half I did), course marking, weather, and fantastic support :)”

Mike Walker 3:17 “I finally ran Catalina peaks without getting lost.”

Gory details: see attached file at bottom.

SUNSET LOOPS - 17 mi - 6/5/16

* No run report from RD

SUNSET SIDE-DOOR FESTIVAL OF ROUTES - 6/26/16

* No run report from RD