Coming into the Garden of the Gods at about Mile 1.
Garden of the Gods at sunrise.
Some nice smooth trail around G of G.
A good size pack of runners for the 7am start.
Pictures really can't do the Garden of Gods justice.
More cool rock formations.
Nice trail around the Garden made for a great warmup.
More G of G.
Climbing out of the Garden towards Rampart Range Road.
Gentle, but long climb up Rampart Range Road.
Closer to the top of Rampart Range Road.
Descending some nice singletrack in Williams Canyon (around Mile 8).
More Williams Canyon.
Now back up toward Waldo Canyon (around Mile 9).
Great views of Pikes Peak from Waldo.
More Waldo Canyon singletrack.
Descending through the forest of Waldo Canyon around 12 miles in. Probably my favorite section of the course today.
Flying down Waldo.
Still heading down Waldo.
Getting close to the Waldo trailhead around Mile 13.
Time for some trudging up Longs Ranch Road.
Not sure if I was hallucinating about halfway up LRR, but thought I was seeing candy canes.
A nice 3 mile, 2000 foot climb through the snow got us all our money's worth today.
Finally things started to level off atop Longs Ranch Road around Mile 16.
Chasing Mr. Pikes Peak down toward the experimental forest.
More of Matt C. A pleasure to run with a legend.
Matt Carpenter and Paul Dewitt near the bottom of the Barr Trail (around Mile 20).
Some bushwhacking trying to find our way back to the Intemann Trail.
Intemann Trail (around Mile 26).
Fat-Ass trophies (toilet paper included).
