Mesa to Mesa FA50K
Posted by planetultramarathon on December 14, 2006
I’m sending this to the list only because Deb and I do not yet know most of
the runners in this area…if you think you might want to come run this new
event and will be traveling, bring your sleeping bag, you’re staying with
us…we have plenty of floorspace!
Come celebrate the New Year’s weekend in Northern New Mexico.
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Announcing the first annual end-of-the-year, fat ass 50K, whatever you want
to call it get together of runners at our house in the beautiful Jemez
Mountains!
This run will be run south of where we live in the Sierra los Pinos
community of Jemez Springs, about 30 minutes west of Los Alamos on Rte 4.
The plan is to meet in the morning at our house around 7:30 on Saturday,
December 30th…this is the day BEFORE New Year’s Eve, so it shouldn’t
conflict with any holiday plans you might have. We will then hop in as few
vehicles as possible for the two mile drive up to the top of Cat Mesa for
the start. The course is a loop along two mesas (hence the name), and is
mostly on very runnable double track and dirt roads. We’ll start out by
running 17 miles along the top of San Juan Mesa (fast and downhill) with
great views, switchbacking down to Ponderosa and about two miles of
pavement. We’ll head off road again through the canyon, through some sand
and arroyos and then head back up on a craggy, rocky and sandy switchback to
Cat Mesa, where you will hop over a cattle gate and run a great road about
12 miles back to the vehicles (very runnable and slightly uphill). This is
also a great final run for those of you running Bandera or HURT…
After the run we shower, eat and drink back at our house for as long as you
want…feel free to crash for the night! Any and all are welcome…bring
your significant others!
The run will be cancelled if we get any significant snowfall, but the party
won’t be 
Steve and Deb Pero
Jemez Springs, NM
