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The Luck of the Draw

ted — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:09:19 +0000

Is the "tough" part of the slogan meant to describe the lottery?

The lottery for the 2012 Hardrock 100 was on Sunday, and I’m thrilled to report that I got in again.

Some say the lottery process is the hardest part of the race. While that’s definitely an exaggeration, if you’re not given [...]

Fast Women in Aspen

ted — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:04:23 +0000

Viktoria Rebensburg took the win here for Germany. Interesting to me was the fact that she was on Nordica skis, a brand rarely seen, on the World Cup podium. Click any photo to enlarge.

The fastest women skiers in the world descended on Aspen this past weekend for the 2011 Women’s World Cup [...]

Bear 100

ted — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:27:55 +0000

Saturday’s Bear 100 was about as smooth as it gets for me.

After three consecutive years at Hardrock, and running no other races at the 100 mile distance, I mistakenly came to believe all 100’s are like that massive San Juan suffer-fest. They’re not.

And the early July date of Hardrock, being so [...]

A Bear to Cross

ted — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:25:12 +0000

The 100 mile course across the Bear Range comes in at about 22,000 feet of gain. Click to enlarge.

Time for another long one. The Bear 100 starts at six on Friday morning.

But first, the bad news. Last winter, Christy picked this run across the Bear River Range of Utah and Idaho [...]

The Aspen Backcountry Marathon

ted — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:01:57 +0000

The inaugural Aspen Backcountry Marathon was this past Saturday. Christy and I both took part in the fledgling event that saw 240 starters, a majority of which seemed to be from out of town, an impressive number considering it’s first year status.

Kudos to Aspen’s Special Events Department for getting this one off the [...]

Silver Rush

ted — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:09:29 +0000

Still smiling. Click to enlarge.

Go Christy. It’s your birthday.

Actually, if you know Christy it’s more like a birth-week, or even month-long celebration, a notion confirmed by the candles that came with the dessert at the restaurant last night, some six days after the actual date.

This year’s birthday stretch was like [...]

An Interview on Hardrock

ted — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:07:29 +0000

The final steps. Click any pics to enlarge.

This just doesn’t seem to get any easier.

When it was all said and done, I kissed the Hardrock on Saturday, 31 hours and 55 minutes after starting the morning before, for 9th place. It was the 4th time in as many attempts to do [...]

One more time around

ted — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:16:40 +0000

Well, it's not my lucky number, but it'll do.

It’s time for another lap. Hardrock starts tomorrow at six.

It’ll be my 4th time participating, and my 3rd trip in the counter-clockwise direction. That is, the race heads towards Lake City, then over Handies Peak, to Ouray, then Telluride, Ophir, and back to [...]

Fifty-plus in Lake City

ted — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:57:12 +0000

Nice work, Christy.

If you do this stuff long enough, at some point you’re going to make a wrong turn.

That said, I’m sure some watching thought it was cute that Christy and I finished together at the San Juan Solstice 50 miler last Saturday. If they only knew what different days we [...]

The Dirty 30

ted — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:00:36 +0000

Spring snows and June skiing aside, the summer running season is here.

Jumping right into things, Christy and I ran the Dirty 30 last Saturday, a 50K course run along the trails of Golden Gate State Park, located northeast of Blackhawk, CO. Now in its 3rd year, the event hosts three races– a 7, [...]