In my mind there is one man to beat, and he goes by one name: Lucho.
Something that I have learned expressly from my parents and grandparents is that respect is essential. You must learn from those who come before you as well as those in your present. Lucho is both. When I was graduating high school, he was crushing IM events. He is crushing the mountains now.
While I've only met him once in person, I came away more than just a little impressed. There is only one way to describe his climbing: beastly. In that regard I returned to the place I learned my lesson from the man himself yesterday to work a Silver Rush specific workout. 2x Lookout Mountain. Up the road, down the trail. Workout was hard up, easy down, easy up, hard down.
I'm not much to speak of climbing, in fact the only above average skill I think I have is technical descending. I love it. My times on the drop were indicative of that, I ran over a minute faster on the 2 miles of rocky trail then the 1 mile of smooth pavement during the drop. This skill may be the only way I can stay close.
I'll be camping out with Lucho & Co. the night prior to SR so maybe some good vibes will flow my way! The real question now is... will he bust out a sweet visor and skin suit like this one?
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I think you're too nice... there will be MANY guys fitter than me.
Wow, where did you find those pics/ article? Blast from the past. No speedsuit for SR, but I may bust out the white camo spandex. I always say that but I chicken out.
Wear the camp spandex! I just googled you to see if I couldn't find something from the IM days, it was one of the first results.
In ultras the fittest runner doesn't alwas win, but the toughest one usually does :)
Meh... my toughness has good days and bad days.
The forecast is for rain all week in Leadville...
@Lucho - Good thing you aren't a pussie.
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Google the youtube results for this run. The downhill is nuts.
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