#LeadBoatStories Blog #1: Overcoming Adversity
#LeadBoatStories Blog #1: Overcoming Adversity Two days, 250 miles and nearly 20,000 feet of high altitude climbing. It’s an alchemy of the two of the most revered off-road [...]
2020 LeadBoat Challenge – Media Release
World-Renowned Leadville Trail 100 MTB and SBT GRVL Partner to Create the LeadBoat Challenge Back-to-back races poised to be the most vigorous ultra-endurance challenge of 2020 LEADVILLE, Colo., [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH PAST LEADVILLE CHAMPS: PART VI
THE TOWN OF LEADVILLE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE... When our athletes make the trip to Leadville, the sheer beauty of the town leave most speechless. From the amazing views to [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH ROSIE MITCHELL: NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE TO THE LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 RUN
From brain tumor to ultra runner to crocodile attack survivor to Leadville! Rosie Mtichell started running at 44 after surviving a brain tumor and brain surgery. Rosie entered her [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH PAST LEADVILLE CHAMPS: PART V
WHEN THINGS LOOK BLEAKEST ON RACE DAY, AND THE MILES ARE REALLY STARTING TO ADD UP, I PUSH THROUGH BY... Over the course of 100 miles, every athlete is [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH GARY STOTLER: REDEMPTION AT THE LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 RUN
After a life time of being overweight, in March 2013, Gary Stotler stepped on the scale at 400 pounds. He vowed he would never feel that way about himself [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH PAST LEADVILLE CHAMPS: PART IV
THE BEST ADVICE FOR SOMEONE ATTEMPTING THEIR FIRST ULTRA DISTANCE EVENT IS... This one is for all of the first-timers out there! Any ultra distance event is a [...]
St. Vincent Hospital To The Rescue!
In 2018, Tara had a crash just 1 week before the Leadville Trail 100 MTB. Our physical therapy friends at St. Vincent Hospital share how they got her back [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH PAST LEADVILLE CHAMPS: PART III
THE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITION QUESTION TO ANSWER IN LEADVILLE IS… A 100 mile race is often describes as an eating competition with exercising mixed in. Correctly fueling your body [...]
#RISEABOVE WITH PAST LEADVILLE CHAMPS: PART II
I FIND MOTIVATION IN... Behind every athlete on a start line lies a strong motivational force. What that motivating force actually is depends on the individual. For some it [...]