The “Race Across the Sky” is Back this Weekend

One more year - since 1983 when Kenneth Chlouber came up with the “crazy idea” - Leadville, Colorado will attract some of the best ultra runners in the country to obtain one of the gold belt buckles, given to all those who finish the race under 25 hours. Leadville Trail 100 is a 100-miler on forest trails, with 50 miles out and back in the midst of the Colorado Rockies with a lowest point of 9,200 ft. and 12,600 ft the highest. This year we are going to see “new” winners on the men’s race, as Anton Krupicka took the victory in the past two years and is not on the participants list and neither seems to be Tammy Stone, winner for the women’s race.

Yesterday, athletes had a carbo-dinner with race check-in and packet pick-up, today all athletes will follow a mandatory medical check-in, and the competition will kick off tomorrow Saturday at 4:00 AM with a cut-off time of 25 30 hours.

LT100 has seen a growing popularity over the years and is part of the Western Slam, part of the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning and an optional part of the Rocky Mountain Slam. Over the time, other running and biking races have been included into the Leadville 100 umbrella, creating a new title, Leadman and Leadwoman, for all those who complete – on top of the ultramarathon – the Trail 100 Mountainbike, the Marathon, the Silver Rush, and the 10k run.

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