Atomic City Road Runners take off on Estante Way in Pajarito Acres in Tuesday’s Pace Race. Courtesy photo 

Racers run along Estante Way in Pajarito Acres in Tuesday’s Pace Race. Courtesy photo 

ACRR News:

Twenty four people competed in Tuesday’s Atomic City Road Runners Pace Race. The course was a fairly flat 1-mile paved loop mainly on Estante Way in Pajarito Acres.

Nikol Strother was only 11 seconds off for 6 miles at Tuesday’s pace race, and David Kratzer’s delta time for 5 miles was 13 seconds.

One could run any number of loops but with a requested time of 45 minutes or less. All distances from 1 to 6 miles were done.

The fastest for 1 mile were Sue Elkins (13:07) and Bob Weeks (13:35). For 2 miles, Tamara Jurado and Linda Vance did 20:21, and Tom Sandford did 28:57. The faster 4 milers were Roxana Candia (31:18) and Zach Medin (32:28). David Kratzer did 5 miles in 44:28. For 6 miles, Ted Romero did 41:40 and Nikol Strother did 42:00.

The differences between predicted and actual times were adjusted by distance to 3 miles. The better predictors (with their distances in miles and adjusted delta times in seconds) were Sue Elkins (1, 21), Burton Krohn (1, 24), Tom Sandford (2, 86), Georgia Pedicini (2, 113), Ted Williams (3, 111), Artemia Rojas (4, 23), Katie Gattiker (4, 76), Zach Medin (4, 114), David Kratzer (5, 13), Nikol Strother (6, 11), and Ted Romero (6,20).

Next Tuesday’s Pace Race will start near 1287 San Ildefonso on North Mesa. For more information, call 505.672.1639.