Celebrating 6 Years of Quinn Cooper! Quinn Cooper, our amazing Athlete Services Manager, aka the gal that pours her entire heart into this event to make sure our athletes get the care they deserve, just celebrated her 6 year…
Sustainability Efforts at the Leadville Race Series Leadville Race Series is dedicated to our continued efforts to minimize our impact on the amazing public lands we utilize for our events. For over a decade now the LRS has been…
Baby Doe Tabor In the words of Cole Chlouber Baby Doe Tabor, also known as Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, was an original “rags to riches” story. As a modest Midwesterner, Baby Doe left the Midwest with then husband Harvey…
From 5Ks to Breaking Records The Leadville Race Series has witnessed many become legends on its epic courses. Junko Kazukawa didn’t grow up running, she even says her childhood “wasn’t athletic at all”. She started running for fitness when…
History of the Jackass Award Words by Cole Chlouber You all know of our “Last Ass Over the Pass” award, but do any of you remember our coveted “Jackass” Award? Well, we had one and while its history was short lived,…
Some of Our Favorite Stories From The Challenge & The Results This summer was an unusual one for us at the Leadville Race Series. For the first time in 37 years we didn’t host a single one of our races,…
You know the faces behind the Leadville Race Series….but how well do you know the dogs? The Leadville Race Series dogs aren’t your average dogs. If we’re being honest here, the Leadville Race Series dogs run the show behind…
To The Ladies Who Inspire Us One of the things that makes the Leadville Race Series so great is the ever growing community of unique individuals, all coming together to share their love for endurance sports. In honor of International…
LeadBoat Blog #4: Late Bloomers For this week’s #LeadBoatStories, we are featuring two athletes who started cycling later in life. Despite self-identifying as late bloomers for their entry to the cycling scene, these athletes prove that it’s never too late…
Journey(wo)man: A Beginner Rider’s 100 Mile Story Finding Winter Motivation Real talk: I’d be lying if I started this off saying I’ve been training my very hardest in the lead up to my first 100 miler, now just 5 weeks…