Camp Hale-Red Cliff 13.4 miles/ 3309ft climbing Stage 4 in the GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run has become a favourite with runners and staff alike, and not just for the short, spectacular run to the top of Hornsilver Mountain and the panoramic … Continue reading
Category Archives: Race Coverage
The Toughest Racer
By Gordon Wright Could be a broken hand. Maybe some ligament damage. Definitely painful. The swollen, throbbing right wing of Amber Monfort is jacked beyond belief – the collateral damage of a nasty fall on the back side of Hope … Continue reading
Run a day with Dean, Part IV
By Gordon Wright Stage Four of the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run looks a bit like Stage Two, minus 900 feet of elevation but adding in the bracing immersion of one mile of stream running. If you don’t know what “stream running” … Continue reading
Run a Day With Dean, Part III
By Gordon Wright What do you get when you combine Dean Karnazes with a former pro triathlete who once crushed the Ironman World Championships to the tune of nine hours and ten minutes? A titanic clash of egos, with the … Continue reading
Stage 4 Preview
Camp Hale – Red Cliff 14.3 miles/3009 feet climbing Stage 4 is another shorter day distance-wise in the 2010 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run, but runners will again climb high above the tree line to the peak of Hornsilver Mountain at 11,462 … Continue reading
2010 Stage 3 Report
A Long Day on the Roof of the Rockies Leadville – Camp Hale 24.3 miles/2930 feet climbing With a morning mountain chill in the air and fresh memories of spending the previous night huddled up to beat Leadville’s 10,200 feet … Continue reading
Tough Surface Ahead
by Scott Surface Tim Surface is a novice trail runner. But that didn’t mean he was going to approach the Run3 of the GoreTex Trans-Rockies Run, his second ever trail race, with any reservation. At the end of Stage Two … Continue reading
Stage 2 Report–Up and Over Hope Pass
Vicksburg – Twin Lakes Dam 13.5 Miles/ 3,617ft climbing After a rolling 20 miles on the sandy high desert trails of Buena Vista, the runners of the 2010 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run and RUN3 faced a challenge of a completely different … Continue reading
Run a Day with Dean–Day 1
Day One – Buena Vista Today’s first stage not only kicked off the 2010 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run, it inaugurated an experiment in social running we call, “Run a Day With Dean.” Since we have Dean Karnazes in the field, we … Continue reading
Stage 1 Race Report
Buena Vista-Railroad Bridge Campground 20.6 miles/2721 feet climbing Over the past three years, runners who have participated in the GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run have given it their own name: “summer camp for runners.” It’s a chance to get away from daily … Continue reading