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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →