My friend Erika Mastny and her running partner Don Sims are running the TransRockies Run August 23-28 they cover 113 miles in the six days.
The TransRockies Run course runs from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek, through The White River and San Isabel National Forests. The course includes single track and forest road with nearly 25,000 feet of elevation gain altitudes of over 12,500 ft.
Erika you will do great and I can’t wait to hear about the race. .
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August 28, 2009 Day 6 113 miles to The Finish Line
Erika and Don took fifth in the Open Mixed Class of forty seven teams that finished they covered 113 miles in 20 hr.48 min. and 41 seconds , Great Job Erika and Don!!
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August 27, 2009 Day 5 23.5 miles
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The 5th day of the 2009 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run is another long day out on the trails. Covering 23.5 miles with nearly 4500 feet of climbing, the runners face possibly their longest day or running of the race. They cross two passes above 11,500 feet and traverse the spectacular China Wall on the backside of Vail Mountain before descending steeply to finish in the village. In 2007, runners were snowed on during this stage but the forecast is far more benign in 2009.
Click here for video of start of Stage 5
Click here for Stage Five Photos
In stage 5 Erika and Don moved to 4th place from 8th in stage 4 cutting even more time off the lead down to 19:11 one more day to go.
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August 26,2009 Day 4
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Stage 4 of the 2009 TransRockies was on the short and sharp end of the spectrum with a steep and brutal 2500 ft climb up from Camp Hale to Horn silver Summit followed by a steep descent straight back down ending in the small town of Red Cliff. Though the climb was tough, the views from the top of the ridge are among the best in the Colorado Rockies and many runners no doubt will fill their scrapbooks with photos of the 360 degree vista that included views of famous 14ers like Mount of the Holy Cross, Mount Elbert and Mount Massive.
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Click here for stage 4 photos
Click here for video of The start.
Click here for Stage Three Photos.After the first day Erika and Don were 59:33 behind the leaders
After the second day they were 27:33 behindAnd after the third day they have closed the gap to 24:53
Stage 3 of the 2009 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run takes the field from Leadville across the Continental Divide at Tennessee Pass then through high alpine meadows and over another smaller summit before a rolling gradual descent to Camp Hale, former training ground of the legendary 10th Mountain Division. The 3000 feet of climbing is spread out overt nearly a full marathon distance and the average elevation of over 10,000 feet will no doubt be a factor for athletes from Sea Level still acclimating to the thin air.
Erika and Don the move up from 14th to 10th place on day two.
Vicksburg-Twin Lakes/10.1 miles/3098 feet climbing
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Click here for the start of day two.
Click here for more pictures.
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20.4 miles and 2721’altitude gain
Erika and Don are in 14th place of 52 teams.Click here for the start video.
Click here for stage one photos scroll down to see photos.
Five days to go.
August 22,2009 .
Click here for you tube 2009 TRANSROCKIES RUN Day 0 Video
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