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12 Hours in the Wild West – 2015

April 13, 2015

josh tostado 12 hours in the wild west

One of my priorities this season is to check out some new races, so for April I decided on the 12 Hours in the Wild West in Ruidoso NM, put on by Zia rides. I kind of had a picture in my head of how the both riding and the town would be. I was totally wrong about both, Ruidoso is about 2 hours south of Santa Fe and I was not expecting mountains or a ski town but it was both. The race venue is located about 30 minutes from town with great camping and cool high desert riding making this a great spot for a 12 hour race.

The course was 14 miles of almost all single track with mostly climbing for the first half and then fast flowing mostly downhill with a couple of rock gardens for the second half. Race day weather was perfect with a high of 71 and a bit of breeze to keep things cool. On the first lap I jumped out to the lead and rode with a duo team rider for the entire lap we had a good pace going and I felt great, after the first couple fast laps I settled in to a good pace and turned lap after lap. I really wasn’t sure how far ahead I was but I new Brian Sells was somewhere behind me, and he has been riding very strong so I just stayed on the gas all day.

Near the end of my 8th lap I saw Brian ahead of me and I was about to lap him with only 3 hours left in the race I knew I only needed one more lap and I would have enough for the win. On the last lap I felt great I definitely could have done a 10th lap but I got a great workout in and was very happy with the race.

2015-12 hours in the wild west podium

I had a great time hanging out with all the locals from Ruidoso and vibe was very great all around. I guess that’s why I like mountain bikers because I haven’t meet to many that are not great people and fun to be around. 12 Hours in the Wild West was a great race and I highly recommend this event to anyone looking for a good time at a race..

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February 15-16th – 24 Hours Of Old Pueblo, AZ
March 14th – True Grit Epic, UT
March 28-30th – Moab Rocks Stage Race, UT – POV Filming
April 16-19th – Sea Otter Classic, CA – Working For Infinit
April 24th-26th – Whiskey 50, AZ
May 9th – 12 Hours Of Mesa Verde Duo, CO
May 16th – Royal Gorge 12 Hour, CO
June 6th – 12 Hours Of E-Rock, CO
June 20th – Baily 100, CO
June  23rd-25th – Outdoor Retailer, CO – Working For Infinit
July 25th – Butte 100, MT
July 30th-Aug 2nd – Downieville Classic, CA
August 16-21st – Breck Epic, CO – POV Filming
September 18th-20th – 12 Hours of Albuquerque, NM
October 22nd – AZT 300, AZ

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