 it is so early I'm not as sore as I thought it would be let's see how this goes these are my favorite socks Colorado flag and day of the dead in one oh it's a beautiful day I'm gonna take this bag over to the to the truck they transport it to the next place for us all right it's time to go to school oh hey it's my buddy Patrick that's going man even a good morning thank you very much all right let's do some running me feel like I'm gonna skew does running really suck on the descent ankles like I said knees it's it is tricky in section so just be very intentional about your foot placement marky mark is my favorite my favorite pump-up music marky mark that's 8.3 miles stage 2 I'm already sore it's an interesting feeling starting a race kind of sore and slow that's how I feel right now I'm thinking these next couple kilometers will shake it all out good news is my hips feel all right so we run up this road for about two miles and then we go up hope pass think about 3,000 feet of elevation gain the top of that baby will be about 12,000 feet not a whole lot of oxygen but just enough what's up girl I can't thank you enough for being here have a good one you know what I'm liking about this race is that there's a lot of peace and quiet out in nature a lot of the races I do burning man ultra javelina all the road races there's tons of people which is fun I love the energy and I'm kind of liking this just me in the trees that I wasn't paying attention to behind me that is beautiful my hips feel pretty good is one of those moments I'm just really proud to be a Colorado this is my state so fun to show it off all these people from around the world so bro where do you go when races get really hard where do you go mentally to get you through it you know deep down in the bayou no man just I mean today look how beautiful this is I mean this is what it's all about man just kind of ask how much you want it how much it means to you and it gets tough how you doing girl beautiful day so cam just got fifth place in Western states no big deal how was that you guys are doing awesome here we go I think we're at the top of hope pass congratulations everybody down hill is easier it's definitely sketchy and you can really one bad fall in your your race is over so I like to take it pretty chill I usually say this on my bike but no crashes no whammies no slip and fall on my face ease what this is it's a huge field of sage that smells so good I should pay attention that was close one that interlocking building is an old spot pretty cool it's still there Dexter's cabin look at that it's not every day you get the pedal armor hey buddy you're so cute doesn't mean LA John LA I think we're getting close-ish few kilometers away I love running through the grass and forest it's my favorite okay I am tired for sure but the good news is my hips aren't killing me like yesterday I love finish lines I love them so much this feels so good yes it's a pretty cool home for the night we're camping out on the the what is this the baseball field of the Leadville High School this is how I mark my tent with my Marabu chocolate towel if you're Swedish you know I'm talking about this is the best chocolate in the world I do think the laughter is because I'm trying not to cry it's pretty fine when the vendors get bored they break out the slingshots and try to hit beer cans off the picnic table yeah so here I am done with stage two and I got to say my body is in pain my legs are super sore the idea of four more days of this is kind of daunting and I'm used to adventures that go day after day after day but man two days in I'm already I'm hurting but I'm loving it the best part about this whole event are the people you know the vibe is just it's so fun I really really am enjoying all the people and so as long as my body stays somewhat you know in shape and capable of moving forward I will be able to finish this whole thing and end up in beaver creep creep beaver creek very happy it's freezing here in Leadville my poor little feet got a blister there starting one there going with another pair of Colorado socks because I love Colorado this is where I do some of my best pre-race thinking it's quiet doesn't smell all that great but you know it's a good place to get in a zone my body is definitely feeling the aches and pains of running for for two days already today's number three today is 25 miles not nearly the elevation gain like yesterday but you know 25 miles of 25 miles every hard this start line is becoming a familiar scene day after day after day it's kind of like Groundhog Day you're like have I already done this but no I have to do this four more times Christmas there's nice there's not a lot of air but what air there is is nice I'm running right now with my new friend Elliot how's it going that's true good point Elliot you seem a lot younger than me how old are you 17 that's amazing who did you get in front of me yeah yeah buddy he's everywhere we're running today the Camp Hale and Camp Hale is the area where they trained the 10th Mountain Division the ski warriors before World War two when they went and fought in Italy the Alps and my grandpa was an honorary member of the 10th Mountain and he took me up here once when I was a little dude I was only in I was only six years old and he took me up here was all of the guys from the 10th Mountain Division then we went on a cross-country hut to hut ski trip and that really was kind of my first taste of adventure and when the members of the 10th Mountain Division came back after the war some of those guys were responsible for starting the ski industry in Colorado ski cooper is right around the corner I think one of the guys started veil so we can thank the 10th Mountain Division for for skiing really as Jens Voigt the cyclist would always say shut up legs shut up that's what I'm telling my legs right now shut the hell up it's amazing how it goes from very cold to pretty darn warm pretty quickly once that sun gets up in the sky what's up you're always right where I need you to be at the hard hill thanks for cheering us on again I'm gonna try to run what do we have here you have saw our patch kids my favorite I love age stations they always make me happy always full of good people some nice flowers going off right now a lot of wildflowers all right well I guess we're going swimming oh that's cold I hear those crocodiles in here be careful it's not my favorite thing to run in sopping white shoes but you know what it's adventure time overall I feel pretty good just tired yeah just plain old tired this is a test for sure aid station I almost never drink coke because it has caffeine and I don't usually need caffeine to get me going today is a very peaceful day I've been running alone for most of it I'm not quite fast enough to be with the fast fast guys but I'm kind of right right behind them all in front of all the others it's been it's been tough but I'm just moving forward that's that's the best thing you can do right now it's just one foot in front of the other look both way before we cross the train track all clear ah here's my new friend Joe from Scotland how's it going it's good so beautiful out here it is welcome to Colorado and the company's great too I don't know if she's talking about me maybe somebody else the snakes yeah exactly this would be a great trail to my bike my legs feel pretty good it only takes about 20 miles to get warmed up I guess those are all the bunkers from camp hail that's pretty cool all right I have three miles to go that's a 5k that's easy right maybe not so easy after 20 miles walking really wobbly three stages down three to go this is a pretty awesome camp look at this look where the tents are it's gonna be a good one it's really hard for me right now to even bend down to pick up anything my legs are so damn sore hopefully I saved enough energy for the next three days there really is no easy day on this whole thing every day has its own challenges but I'm so excited to be done laying in this grass this is a great spot I've been talking up this beer mile 8 30 and I'm exhausted I went to bed last night 9 p.m. slept till about 5 so I'm getting a lot of sleep my body needs it I have not been this tired in a long long time this thing is beating me up hopefully at night sleep well we'll make me feel a little bit better I do know I'm definitely gonna wake up sore I'm gonna start the race sore again but that just seems to be the name of the game here at TransRocky's. 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