Gordon Wright Only the parent of a teenager knows the abject terror, the slow-motion train wreck, brought about by their daughter’s turn down life’s darkly wrong path. For a father, it is every fear realized, and if your 16-year-old daughter … Continue reading
The RUN3 wraps up and the TransRockies Run heats up
Leadville-Nova Guides 24.3 miles/2700 feet climbing For many participants, including a number of elite runners, the GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run is their first exposure to stage racing. Basic arithmetic teaches us that getting twenty cents six times leaves us with a … Continue reading
Stage 3 Photo Gallery Now Posted!
Stage 3 Final results now posted
Stage 3 Official results including Final RUN3 results RUN3 RUN3 Overall TransRockies Run TransRockies Run Overall
Big Daddy Runs
Scott Surface Upon entering the Buena Vista Historical Museum to check in for Stage One of the GORE-TEX TransRockies Run, a surge of nerves can be clearly seen making an abrupt impression on the slim, goateed face of Josh Henderson. … Continue reading
Stage 2 Report: Up and over Hope Pass
Vickburg-Twin Lakes Dam 13.4 miles/3200ft climbing Every year, it seems that the GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run gets its biggest shakeup in the standings between the first and second stages. Whether it’s that some racers need a day of racing to find … Continue reading
Stage 2 Photo Gallery Now Posted!
The Toughest Runner
Gordon Wright As Elaine Scarry writes in “The Body in Pain,” each kind of pain is distinct, and each person’s perception of that pain is different. Pain is less an objective measure of sensation than a continuum informed by every … Continue reading
Stage 2 final results
Final results and overall standings after Stage 2 RUN3 RUN3 Overall TransRockies Run TransRockies Run Overall
The Fifth GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run is underway
Stage 1 Report Buena Vista – Railway Bridge 20.8 Miles, 2500 feet climbing As it had each of the four previous years, the fifth annual GORE-TEX™ TransRockies Run started its six-day journey on Main Street in historic Buena Vista, Colorado. … Continue reading