I made a 30mi detour yesterday to check out the infamous Leadville, Colorado. It’s a grim looking mountain mining town.
It was festive yesterday, however. …
Just shy of three weeks after a disappointing performance in the Tour de France, Levi Leipheimer made a triumphant debut in the Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday, pedaling to a new record, 12 minutes faster than the previous record teammate Lance Armstrong set last year.
Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s), who finished 13th overall in late July in the Tour de France, overcome several crashes to claim the high-altitude mountain bike ordeal in 6 hours, 16 minutes and 37 seconds. …
“That was ridiculous,” Leipheimer told CyclingNews.com after the race. “I don’t know if I’ve ever suffered that much before. …
Levi Leipheimer pedals to dominating win in Leadville Trail 100 debut
I really can’t comprehend how road cyclists can switch so easily to mountain bikes. … Pain tolerance is pain tolerance, I guess.
Rebecca Rusch (Specialized Factory Racing) not only topped her first-time from last year by coming in at 7:47:35, she smashed the course record by nearly a half hour.
Rick McCharles 
Grim looking – oh but the history is amazing!! Part of why Colorado is Colorado is the hard work the miners did in towns like Leadville. I invite you back up for our music festival coming up Labor Day Weekend.
Well, perhaps not “grim”.
That word came to mind as I drove by the heaps of coal on the way into town. … It looks grim compared with Aspen.
🙂