- Colorado Relay
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The Colorado Relay is an annual nearly 200 - mile team relay race held in Colorado, United States and is designed for athletes of all abilities. 2011 will mark the events 14th Anniversary. Participants are casual runners, serious runners and sometimes even professionals, but most often are somewhere in between. The majority of teams have 10 runners and 2 volunteers plus other support staff (Minimum 5/maximum 12 runners per team) who make their way from Georgetown to Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado with each team member running a certain number of "legs" determined by their teammates (each averages approximately 6 miles). Other teams have between 6-12 members (Non-Conformist category) or 5 members (Ultra category).
An option for elite runners is to create an Ultra team of five runners. Teams in the Ultra "Classic" category, have runners responsible for one leg of the race that averages about 35 miles in length. Alternatively, a new category has been created for Ultra Teams -- "Freestyle" -- which allows them to rotate through the legs as other teams, however, only with 5 runners (each runner runs 6 legs).
Regardless of the division, the Colorado Relay attracts people from all over the Country and World and is designed for both casual and competitive runners.
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Categories:- Endurance sports
- Foot races in Colorado
- Long-distance races
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