Sage Canaday Marks Another Notch in his Ultra Running Credentials Belt

Sage just enjoying the view                  photo: Matt Trappe www.trappephoto.com

Last weekend Team Colorado's Sage Canaday, the ultra running equivalent of The Fonz, won the Speedgoat 50k in a record-breaking time. In the hotly contested race that is put on by the unicorn version of a goat, Karl "Speed Unicorn" Meltzer, Canaday broke Killian Journet's (the Spanish equivalent of Liberace) 2012 "not-quite-on-the-course" record of 5:14:10 with a 5:08:07. Mixing up the race were Anton "Where's Anton?" Krupicka and Max "Where the Wild Things Are" King.

Team Coloradan John Tribbia was also in the race, and was 7th at Hidden Peak (mile 8.4), but did not end up in the results. We hope you made it out alive, Trib!

Tribbia at Hidden Peak in 7th place                                  photo: iRunFar.com

2013 Speedgoat 50K start, Krupicka looking very happy                          photo: iRunFar.com

Canaday leading the charge atop Hidden Peak                             photo: iRunFar.com 

Krupicka closed fast in the last 10 mile of the race coming within 90 seconds of Canaday, after being down by as many as 4 minutes, and finished 2nd in 5:09:36. Jason Schlarb overtook King to place 3rd in 5:19:34 to King's 5:29:02. Maybe it was King's unorthodox training techniques lately?

So, that's where the Wild Things Are!                                        photo: The Prez

Or, perhaps it was his silver mullet!

On the women's side, Stephanie Howe won in 6:17:02 with Jodee Adams-Moore (6:18:06) and Ruby Muir (6:25:54) rounding out the top three.

For complete results and a less sarcastic race review, check out www.iRunFar.com and Sage's website.

Unicorns intertwine horns                                                photo: iRunFar.com

Sage's mantra towards the end of the race was:

1. Don't break a bone
2. Don't get lost
3. Don't blow up or bonk
4.Where is the finish line?

The podium at Speedgoat 50K                                                                             photo: Sage's website

The Fonz says "Ehhhh" to Avery beer after the race!

Congrats Sage!

Complete Results

Running Up a Snowy Slope - Winter, 'Tis the Season

This past weekend a couple Team Coloradans took to the slopes in a slightly different manner: running upslope rather that skiing down it.

John Tribbia and Alex "Axel" Nichols duked it out with the top winter/adventure/XTERRA athletes in the country at the Winter Mountain Games' Vail Uphill. This 2.06 mile race climbed a lung- (and sometimes a nut-) busting 2,475 feet from Lionshead in Vail Village up to Eagles Nest at 10,328 feet. Sounds horrible, doesn't it!?

Tribbia was in the money with a repeat of this 3rd place finish from 2012 in a time of 32:54. Nichols placed 6th OA with a time of 34:44.

Axel rockin' the Kenyan-born Obama beanie                                      photo courtesy of Matt Trappe (trappephoto.com) 

Results

On the Scrambled Legs side of things, Simon "Gute" Gutierrez and Peter "The Prez" Maksimow ran race #3 of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series, a 5 mile run into the wind, placing 6th OA in 27:57 and 8th OA in 28:48, respectively.

Gute taking an early lead in Winter Series #3                     photo: Tim Bergsten

This race catapulted Team Scrambled Legs into the lead in the series, ahead of Team H.A.R.T. (High Altitude Running Team), which recruited a ringer, Justin Chaston, a three-time steeplechase Olympian from Great Britain.

Note the socks--hence the team name: Scrambled Legs        photo: Tim Bergsten

Video of the start. Results.