Burros have packed supplies for miners, ranchers, pioneers and farmers for decades around Colorado’s mountain communities during the 19th and 20th centuries, helping move gems, silver, and lumber from ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Imagine traveling 100 miles on foot across 18,000 feet of net elevation gain. Now imagine completing that journey in under 30 hours. What sounds like an impossible feat is actually the ...

In 1983, 45 brave athletes took on the first Leadville 100 when Ken Chlouber organized the race to bring attention to the town after Climax Mine closed. The high-altitude trail run has since become ...

Diligent readers of Outside, and its sister publications Trail Runner and Outside Run, may recognize David Roche and the popular training column he wrote for years. These days Roche coaches a cadre of ...

The iconic ultrarunning race, the Leadville Trail 100, begins this weekend on Saturday, August 16, in the former mining town of Leadville, Colorado. A vision by Ken Chlouber, a local miner and ...

A week after the women’s record was destroyed in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB, both men’s and women’s marks were broken in the 100 run. For the second straight year, David Roche cruised to a ...

PEORIA — Matt Peharda has taken his passion for running to a whole new height. The Peoria native and 2006 Richwoods graduate in August took on the mecca of ultra marathon mountain trail running ...

After completing a 50K on Memorial Day weekend in 2024, local distance runner Krystal Riley, who has completed a number of marathons — including Chicago once and Boston twice, had the thought that ...

For most, completing a marathon is a high athletic achievement. For Steamboat locals Jillian Albus and Sarah Horen, theirs is an “ultra” high athletic achievement after they successfully completed the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Imagine traveling 100 miles ...