What a ride! I’m now one serious fan of the trails up at Cochiti I can’t wait to tackle the three loops next year. I may not make it, but I’ll try – now that I know where I am going and have an idea of the required pace. As insurance – I’ll take a… Read More Cochiti 100. Ok, Cochiti 67.62 for Someone Named Judd

First of all, everyone must thank Lenny Goodell and Big Wheel Racing for putting on the San Ysidro Dirty Century. These races just don’t fall out of the sky. We all owe Lenny and the crew a big one. A big what? I don’t know. A big beer. How about that! As predicted, the San… Read More San Ysidro Dirty Century: Race Review

The alarm goes off at 4AM. The big day is almost here. The San Ysidro Dirty Century might be the biggest test yet for this Back of the Pack racer. Why? Because, there will be no breaks, no timeouts, no cat naps, no help, no base camp. It’s me against the elements for 123 miles,… Read More San Ysidro Dirty Century: Tomorrow, March 27th

  What a race. Well, it wasn’t really a race. In usual fashion, the Back of the Pack Racing team signed up for the 100 (really 90) and only finished one loop – 45 miles. A million excuses but none of them matter. Someday we will finish the entire 2 loops. OK, probably not.  … Read More Zuni 100 – OK Just 44.78

Man, is this going to hurt? When doesn’t it hurt? 1134 miles on the pavement for 47.5 miles on the dirt. Cool! So, the Stone Temple 8 was a basic 8 hour race on a figure 8 course. Do as many laps as possible before the cutoff time. Sounds easy. Well, it wasn’t. What does… Read More Stone Temple 8

The Leadville Silver Rush 50. This is the race for us losers that didn’t get in the Leadville 100. Thanks Lance Armstrong for bringing all the attention and forcing us commoners out. Yes, I am disenfranchised and I hurt. Really hurt. Back to the race – the race was brutal, but bitchin’. The start was… Read More Leadville Silver Rush 50

The Barn Burner outside of Flagstaff Arizona was my 1st 100+ mile race. (Ok, you jerks. The Zuni 100 doesn’t count. I never finished both laps of the Zuni 100. But if I did, the mileage would only add up to 92 miles. So there.) Well, the Barn Burner was almost 106 miles. I finished… Read More Barn Burner 104

The Growler, 64 miles of mud, rain, sleet – Awesome. (Ok, it was really 68, maybe 72 – depending on how you count.) The Growler was the toughest test yet for The Judd. Two 32 mile laps. The weather and conditions were so bad that many quit after Lap 1. I was definitely thinking about… Read More The Original Growler – Gunnison, CO