2012 Leadville Marathon

Leadville Marathon course profile offers up over 6,000 feet of vertical climb.  The gun goes off at 8AM MST.  Running the race with a bunch of Leadville veterans.  This is year 3 for main Leadville.  looking to finish this bad boy in under 6 hours.  Last year I completed it in 5:35 or so and was beat up.  Hitting the rack early after a great pasta dinner at Zichatelli's.  The weather is looking to be nice tomorrow.  Secretly hoping for cold shitty weather :)

This race is excellent training for UTMB.  My legs are feeling really strong after recovering from the Summer DR.  Hiking for many hours with a 45lb pack is going to be paying dividends tomorrow.  Drinking lots of water tonight and in the am as well.  Plan on having a nice light breakfast in the am.



I've got a 7:30PM MST flight out tomorrow back to Nashville.  Looking forward to relaxing out at the pool on Sunday.  Will post some pics from the race tomorrow.  As always the scenery up here at 10,000 feet is beautiful.  Looking forward to the turnaround at Mosquito Pass at mile 13 which peaks at a little over 13,000 feet.  Going to run the down hills hard, start slow and build.  More to follow>>>>>

Cheers!!