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Colorado Outward Bound Relay 2007
3 Mountain Passes, 24 Hours, 170 Miles

It was time to turn crazy, and run 17.4 miles of the 170 Colorado Outward Bound Relay. My roommate and friend Greta and I were on a team of 10 people, with 2 drivers and 2 volunteers that went over 3 mountain passes from Idaho Springs, CO to Glenwood Springs, CO (my home town). Everyone was required to run 3 different stretches of the relay, my total mileage amounted up to 17.4 miles. My first run was at about 10:30 in the morning, the next one was around 6:30pm and my last one was at 2:30 am. My team, Mountain Madness finished 18th over all and completed it in about 23 hours and 45 min.

Our Team Number

Greta gearing up for her first run
at 7 to early in the morning.

The exchange from Steve to Greta
The exchange from Greta to Alyssa

So strong!

Running up Granella Pass, at dying
(the altitude was killing me)

The end of my fist leg.

Greta and Molly

Fall in the Rockies

Waiting for our next run

The second exchange between Greta and Steve

Run Greta Run!

Right before my second stretch.
After 5 pm it was required to run with a head lamp and a reflector vest. FUN!

The second exchange between Daryle and me

Beyond this point we were either to tired to take more picts,
and/or it was to dark to take more picts.

The race finished in sunny Glenwood Springs, where Greta and I were able to go back to my house eat some hearty food and sleep the day away. So glad that we didn't have to cram back into the Ford Excursion and make our way back to Idaho Springs.