{"id":2443965,"date":"2019-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=305459"},"modified":"2019-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T06:00:00","slug":"mountain-mayhem-18-hours-of-fruita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/mountain-mayhem-18-hours-of-fruita\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Mayhem: 18 Hours of Fruita"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8061767838126\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-305459-729\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Nathan Nelson rounds a corner on an afternoon lap. Diana Ettlinger photo.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Nelson rounds a corner on an afternoon lap. Diana Ettlinger photo.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Nathan Nelson rounds a corner on an afternoon lap. Diana Ettlinger photo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Nathan Nelson, Rachel Beck, Cory McLernon and Jared Ettlinger after swiftly winning for four-person co-ed.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Nelson, Rachel Beck, Cory McLernon and Jared Ettlinger after swiftly winning for four-person co-ed.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Nathan Nelson, Rachel Beck, Cory McLernon and Jared Ettlinger after swiftly winning for four-person co-ed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Team I Want My Two Dollars! members: Jimmy McManus, Dave Stephen, Mark Turbo Thurber, Logan Thurber and Mike Dunn.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-2.jpg\" alt=\"Team I Want My Two Dollars! members: Jimmy McManus, Dave Stephen, Mark Turbo Thurber, Logan Thurber and Mike Dunn.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Team I Want My Two Dollars! members: Jimmy McManus, Dave Stephen, Mark Turbo Thurber, Logan Thurber and Mike Dunn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Team the Four Horsemen: Paul Fowler, Colin Lyons, Justin Pfeifer and Patrick Pfeifer.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-3.jpg\" alt=\"Team the Four Horsemen: Paul Fowler, Colin Lyons, Justin Pfeifer and Patrick Pfeifer.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Team the Four Horsemen: Paul Fowler, Colin Lyons, Justin Pfeifer and Patrick Pfeifer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Team 520 Grill: Maria Wimmer, Mike Armstrong, Lindsay Jones and Troy Selby.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-4.jpg\" alt=\"Team 520 Grill: Maria Wimmer, Mike Armstrong, Lindsay Jones and Troy Selby.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Team 520 Grill: Maria Wimmer, Mike Armstrong, Lindsay Jones and Troy Selby.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Mike\" armstrong climbs last hill of the course with class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-5.jpg\" alt=\"Mike \" armstrong climbs last hill of the course with><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Mike &#8220;Army&#8221; Armstrong climbs the last hill of the course with aplomb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Rachel\" rock beck rides towards the finishline. charlie lucarelli class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-6.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel \" rock beck rides towards the finishline. charlie lucarelli><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Rachel &#8220;Rock Star&#8221; Beck rides towards the finishline. Charlie Lucarelli photo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Team Mega-Sore-Ass dressed in tutus with matching horns (since removed) for all 18 hours of the race. Alena Gouda, Becky Johnson, Wendy Mortimer and Jill Goudie.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-7.jpg\" alt=\"Team Mega-Sore-Ass dressed in tutus with matching horns (since removed) for all 18 hours of the race. Alena Gouda, Becky Johnson, Wendy Mortimer and Jill Goudie.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Team Mega-Sore-Ass dressed in tutus with matching horns (since removed) for all 18 hours of the race. Alena Gouda, Becky Johnson, Wendy Mortimer and Jill Goudie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Slick single-track lapping Highline State Park. Charlie Lucarelli photo.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-8.jpg\" alt=\"Slick single-track lapping Highline State Park. Charlie Lucarelli photo.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Slick single-track lapping Highline State Park. Charlie Lucarelli photo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"| Team Van Clan makes a podium finish for the Six-Person Co-ed category.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/mayhem-atw-050919-9.jpg\" alt=\"Team Van Clan makes a podium finish for the Six-Person Co-ed category.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Team Van Clan makes a podium finish for the Six-Person Co-ed category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/18-hours-of-fruita\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/18-hours-of-fruita\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Approximately 130 miles west of Aspen, Fruita is a mountain bike mecca. The first weekend in May, it extends its embrace to the mountain bike community, playing host to the Fruita Fat Tire Festival and the 18 Hours of Fruita mountain bike race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Starting at midnight, the endurance race takes place on a 7-mile single-track course that circumnavigates Highline Lake, threading through Highline State Park, making for a fast, non-technical ride till 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley represented once again this year with male and female riders registered in many a category, which ranged from solo to six-person groupings. At least one set of local competitors clinched first place with Nathan Nelson, Rachel Beck, Cory McLernon and Jared Ettlinger swiftly winning for four-person co-ed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s all about the team,\u201d Ettlinger said of the secret to success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Mixed in with the blood, sweat and tears each year is a healthy dose of good humor as noted in the creativity of the team names. Some of the standouts included the Fabulous Fossils, Mega-Sore-Ass, Pasture Bedtime, Going in Circles and Wishing We Had Six.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Check results at <a id=\"N0x26c0d20N0x28c7ec0:N0x26c0d20N0x27814e8\" href=\"https:\/\/18hrsoffruita.com\/\">18hrsoffruita.com<\/a> and be sure to save the date for next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Shirttail\">To reach May with invites and insights, email allthewaymaymay.com<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/18-hours-of-fruita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Nelson rounds a corner on an afternoon lap. Diana Ettlinger photo. Nathan Nelson, Rachel Beck, Cory McLernon and Jared Ettlinger after swiftly winning for four-person co-ed. Team I Want My Two Dollars! members: Jimmy McManus, Dave Stephen, Mark Turbo Thurber, Logan Thurber and Mike Dunn. Team the Four Horsemen: Paul Fowler, Colin Lyons, Justin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 23:58:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}