Before we got there however, we had some celebrating to do. The final dinner for the Transrockies was in the Beaver Creek Resort Ballroom. The food was great, there was some free beer, and good company with AJ and Keri Wheeler and Thor, Jay, and their wives. This was our finally hurrah with these guys and we enjoyed every minute of it.
After dinner it was the same ol' routine. Awards, photos, and videos...but this time it was an accumulation of the whole week! There was a lot to watch and crazy how some of the events seemed so long ago even though it was only a few days.
Once all that was over we had to say our goodbyes to AJ and Keri. They were not going to the 7th Stage, as the Transrockies people called it, instead they had to get back to their hotel because they had an early departure in the AM. It was pretty weird saying goodbye to them as we had spent most of the week hanging out, and now we wouldn't see them in the morning and didn't know if or when we would ever see them again.
On the other had we were STUCK with Thor and Jay. They were going to the 7th Stage, which by the way is the after party to the final banquet, and not only that they lived in Massachusetts, so it will be hard going more than a few months without seeing them...DAMN! (I hope they don't read this)
The 7th stage was held at some bar I can't remember the name of and this place, even though was in a resort, looked very "Colorado" to me, it probably looked that way because it was a resort. There were animals hanging from the wall, there was a red glow to the place, and it was packed! We were fortunate enough to get in there pretty early and get a table for the 6 or us. We had a few Colorado brews took in the scenes and around midnight decided to call it a day. We said our goodbyes to the Kirleiss' and Newtons' and headed back to a night in a BED, no more air mattress for us!
The rest of the story is unimportant and irrelevant to Transrockies the race, so I will keep it short. With our whole travel debacle, we took our reserved shuttle from Vail to the Denver airport...but we had no plane, so we took the Comfort Inn Hotel shuttle to our hotel. On the way we passed a few dozen hotels, all nice and close to all the restaurants that Avon, CO had to offer, our hotel was just over a mile from those - damn. So for the next day and a half we walked over to these restaurants for lunch and dinner, we ran one of the days, and other then that we sat in the hotel watching movies. I was a little scared to go in the pool, and one of the vending machines had expired food, but other than that it was a good time :).
Finally Monday came and we made our way to the airport to get out of Colorado and back home to see if there was any damage and hoping we had power as many were still out. We were good on all matters, so that was a relief.
Sooo...Tranrockies was a cool experience. It was one of those races I saw in an ad for awhile and couldn't get my mind off of, so I decided we should do it. Would we do it again? Yes, but it wouldn't be anytime soon, the race is just too damn expensive.
I do think running this race is a cool way to roam the Colorado mountains without having to worry about much other than running, so that was nice and I would definitely recommend the race if anyone asked about it.
Before we left for CO, a lot of people said "you are going to want to move out there when you get back" etc. So many people said this that I was planning on moving out there before we even left! But Jackie and I both felt Colorado isn't the place to be. It is nice, but we still love RI too much to leave everything behind!
...and because I forgot about this in all of these posts, here is a short list of some of the gear that we had with us, not including all the obvious shorts and tops etc.
Brooks Cascadia
Brooks Arm Sleeves
Salomon XT Advance Skin 5 S-Lab Set Pack (I carried everything so Jackie didn't have to)
Ultimate Direction Fastdraw Plus Handheld Bottles
Nuun Electrolyte Tabs
Final Results
Here are a few final photos...finally I can write about something else!
After dinner it was the same ol' routine. Awards, photos, and videos...but this time it was an accumulation of the whole week! There was a lot to watch and crazy how some of the events seemed so long ago even though it was only a few days.
Once all that was over we had to say our goodbyes to AJ and Keri. They were not going to the 7th Stage, as the Transrockies people called it, instead they had to get back to their hotel because they had an early departure in the AM. It was pretty weird saying goodbye to them as we had spent most of the week hanging out, and now we wouldn't see them in the morning and didn't know if or when we would ever see them again.
On the other had we were STUCK with Thor and Jay. They were going to the 7th Stage, which by the way is the after party to the final banquet, and not only that they lived in Massachusetts, so it will be hard going more than a few months without seeing them...DAMN! (I hope they don't read this)
The 7th stage was held at some bar I can't remember the name of and this place, even though was in a resort, looked very "Colorado" to me, it probably looked that way because it was a resort. There were animals hanging from the wall, there was a red glow to the place, and it was packed! We were fortunate enough to get in there pretty early and get a table for the 6 or us. We had a few Colorado brews took in the scenes and around midnight decided to call it a day. We said our goodbyes to the Kirleiss' and Newtons' and headed back to a night in a BED, no more air mattress for us!
The rest of the story is unimportant and irrelevant to Transrockies the race, so I will keep it short. With our whole travel debacle, we took our reserved shuttle from Vail to the Denver airport...but we had no plane, so we took the Comfort Inn Hotel shuttle to our hotel. On the way we passed a few dozen hotels, all nice and close to all the restaurants that Avon, CO had to offer, our hotel was just over a mile from those - damn. So for the next day and a half we walked over to these restaurants for lunch and dinner, we ran one of the days, and other then that we sat in the hotel watching movies. I was a little scared to go in the pool, and one of the vending machines had expired food, but other than that it was a good time :).
Finally Monday came and we made our way to the airport to get out of Colorado and back home to see if there was any damage and hoping we had power as many were still out. We were good on all matters, so that was a relief.
Sooo...Tranrockies was a cool experience. It was one of those races I saw in an ad for awhile and couldn't get my mind off of, so I decided we should do it. Would we do it again? Yes, but it wouldn't be anytime soon, the race is just too damn expensive.
I do think running this race is a cool way to roam the Colorado mountains without having to worry about much other than running, so that was nice and I would definitely recommend the race if anyone asked about it.
Before we left for CO, a lot of people said "you are going to want to move out there when you get back" etc. So many people said this that I was planning on moving out there before we even left! But Jackie and I both felt Colorado isn't the place to be. It is nice, but we still love RI too much to leave everything behind!
...and because I forgot about this in all of these posts, here is a short list of some of the gear that we had with us, not including all the obvious shorts and tops etc.
Brooks Cascadia
Brooks Arm Sleeves
Salomon XT Advance Skin 5 S-Lab Set Pack (I carried everything so Jackie didn't have to)
Ultimate Direction Fastdraw Plus Handheld Bottles
Nuun Electrolyte Tabs
Final Results
Here are a few final photos...finally I can write about something else!
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| Final awards dinner |
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| Wall art... |
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| Some more of that. |
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| This is what everything looks like at Stage 7 |
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