12 MARATHONS IN 12 MONTHS TO END VETERAN SUICIDE Marathon #2: Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail Marathon July 18, 2016 By Kristin Burke When I started planning my journey to run 12 Marathons in 12 Months to bring awareness to…
A long bike ride requires hundreds and hundreds of sugar calories, right? WRONG! You do need carbohydrate for longer rides, but in general, proper triathlete nutrition on the bike means including some protein and/or fat as well. Carbs alone spike…
Are you Leadville-tough? We think so. Which is why we want you to experience Leadville like never before at the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Stage Race: Three days, 100 miles, 12,612 feet of climbing, plus epic perks + swag (a finisher buckle, branded…
Do you NEED MORE SPEED while riding the LT100 MTB course? Oval chainring technology really works and is waiting for you. Register for the 2016 Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Stage Race and you'll be eligible to receive a free AbsoluteBLACK MTB chainring.*…
"You're better than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can." Ken Chlouber, co-founder of the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Race Series, kicks our rears up mountains with these words of simple-but-profound inspiration right when…
by Brooke Schohl, MS, RD, CSSD, METS II Don’t think you’re special… most of us get the munchies when home at night. Work is done. You are sitting around the house after dinner and the sugar cravings come. DESSERT! Your…
"Now what the hell am I going to do?" That was one of Patrick Bulger's first thoughts when he got in to the 2016 Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 MTB. A self-proclaimed "middle aged, average shape, beer drinking, loud mouthed food…
Kim Jacobs is a Runner's Roost Trail Team athlete who's running both the Blueprint for Athletes Silver Rush 50 Run and the Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail 100 Run for the third time this year. Let's learn a little more…
As Mike Aish (last year’s Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail Marathon and Blueprint for Athletes Silver Rush 50 Run champ and past Leadville Trail 100 Run competitor) gets ready to close out his run career, he’s seeking the “next level…
There’s a first time for everything, including taking on the legendary Blueprint for Athletes Leadville Trail Marathon & Heavy Half – and we’ve been there. We asked members of the Leadville Race Series/Life Time team, and past finishers of this race,…