Aspen-to-Breck relay may be summer reality
Courtesy of ragnarrelay.com
By Janet Urquhart, Aspen Times
ASPEN — A relay race series that holds events around the country has set its sights on Colorado this summer, with a 187.5-mile run from Aspen to Breckenridge in July. Organizers anticipate it will become an annual event.
The Ragnar Relay Series is seeking special event approvals in Aspen and Pitkin County for the start of the race and is working with other jurisdictions all along the race route. The 36-leg relay would begin in Aspen, with the first six legs taking place within Pitkin County. From the county line, participants would continue down the Roaring Fork Valley to Glenwood Springs and then head east on the Glenwood Canyon bike trail en route to Vail and Breckenridge.
Ragnar anticipates 250-300 teams of 12 runners each — some 3,000 people in all — taking part in Ragnar Relay Colorado on July 27-28.
The event is the first Ragnar race in Colorado, according to Ragnar Relay CEO Chris Infurchia, who doesn't expect a shortage of willing participants.
Read more about the proposed relay race and the course at the Aspen Times website.
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