You're all quite familiar with my rant about using caution riding in traffic and being extremely courteous to the other trail users throughout the course so I'm sure I don't need to repeat myself.

There are a couple course updates:

Start: Rather than cross Alameda twice we're going to stay on the sidewalk on the north side of the street all the way to the ditch bank.  There's one point where this will become single file after crossing the river, but do not dismay, the start will remain neutral until everyone is on the ditch bank.  Besides, it's not a race, just a nice ride...

For the half BFL I've let you off easy the last few years by using the bosque path from Montano back to Alameda.  You all deserve better than this, so for 2020 we're back to the bosque trails on the west side of the river from Montano to Alameda.  While not completely devoid of sand it is a vast improvement over a few years ago and well within your capabilities.

The bummer of 2020 is the update to the utilization restrictions in Petroglyph Nation Monument which has completely eliminated bicycle access to the volcano trail network.  Don't get me started, I have strong feelings about this very quiet land grab that has excluded a user group that had been effectively sharing this system for more than 30 years.  The result of this is that the course will bypass the monument and rejoin where the Path to Nowhere intersects the old course at the fence line/dirt road where we used to exit the volcano trail section.  

For the 100 mile racers Dennis Chavez has volunteered to place a neutral water drop at the Random Garbage Truck Compound that you pass on your right between Southern and Norther Blvd.  If something changes I will communicate that ASAP.

The courses and route descriptions have been updated on the website:

http://nm-es.weebly.com/abq-mixed-media-big-friggin-loop.html 

 

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