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‘Like a Lead Balloon' - When Your First Ultra Is the Leadville 100
The sports world is chock full of stories about elite athletes overcoming injury to win major victories in their respective sports. As inspiring as those stories are, it’s refreshing to find ...
In His First 100-Miler, David Roche Demolishes the Legendary Leadville 100 Course Record
In his first 100-mile race of his career ... In 2014, he was named the 2014 USATF Sub-Ultra Trail Runner of the Year, and ...
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Here’s how ultrarunner David Roche is crushing every race he enters
Roche just decimated his first two 100-mile races, and we can all learn from his speed-focused training techniques ...
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Cory Williams, Llori Sharpe crowned Caribbean road champions, Leadville 100 winner Rollins carves victory at Iceman Cometh
Elite women's winner Melisa Rollins on the Leadville Trail 100 MTB course (Image credit: Life Time / @chaseincolor) Canadian mountain bike specialist Noah Ramsay (Bateman's Bicycle Shop) and ...
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Risk factors for injuries in a high-altitude ultramarathon
Design Observational study using electronic surveys prior and 10-days post-race. Setting Leadville-100 is a difficult high-altitude trail ultramarathon (160.9 km) with a course elevation of 2804–3840 ...
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A Look Inside the First Women's Start in This 100 Mile Mountain Bike Race
This inspiring short film follows Sarah Sturm, Alexis Skarda, and Ellen Campbell as they prepare for the Leadville 100 race in Colorado, one of the most recognizable races on the Lifetime Grand Prix ...
Leadville: America’s Highest City Is a Boom-and-Bust Town Reborn
This remote mountain town has had its ups and downs. In recent years famous races put it on the map, but some knew of its ...