GORE TransRockies Running Race - September 16-20, 2007

It’s been a while since I raced, as I was rehabbing a torn calf muscle and now it’s finally race time. TransRockies is next up on the schedule.

The inaugural GORE TransRockies five-day stage running race www.transrockies.com, September 16th to 20^th, 2007, challenges two-person teams to run 118-miles (18,000 feet total elevation gain – maxing out at 12,500 feet) through the Colorado Rockies – from Beaver Creek to Leadville to Aspen. The rugged, mountainous course crosses the Continental Divide, White River, and San Isabel National Forests via a grab-bag of single and double-track trails, forest and gravel roads, and pavement. Each daily stage ranges from 15 to 28 arduous miles, with food-stocked check points peppering the way. At night, racers re-fuel with dinner and an award ceremony in the rolling Tent City - equipped with hot showers, baños, and well, tents.

My teammate Mark Matyazic from Irvine, California and I are Team PowerBar – NYC & Cali! Being urban weenies, we hope to capitalize on the non-technical terrain and calm our nerves at night (from the twisty, slippery rocks) with Pappy’s ’23 – our secret weapon. I’ll be writing a first person feature for Runner’s World Magazine (January 2008 issue) and another for Her Sports Magazine (April 2008 issue).

Team categories: Open, Women, Mixed, Men 80+ (combined age).

Comments

[Bryon Powell]

Do you have a link to or could you email me a copy of your Runner's World article re the Transrockies Run? I'll be running it this year and am hoping to learn as much about the race so I can focus my training. I also look forward to hearing about your experience at TRR more generally.

Thanks,
Bryon