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• Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Leadville 1879

  
  The Silver Rush Mysteries — Authority: 120
  The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas 1879 is of particular interest to me, being that this is when the tale of Silver Lies begins. According to The History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado , the Tabor Opera House, newly opened but a short while before, was clipping along with performances of The Long ...
  4 days ago

• Thanksgiving, Leadville (Soda Springs) 1879

  
  The Silver Rush Mysteries — Authority: 120
  ... And apparently a "good time was had by all" for Thanksgiving at nearby Soda Springs that year. According to this Evening Chronicle tidbit (dated November 28, 1879), dancing lasted til dawn... a good method of working off the turkey, duck, etc., consumed earlier, I have no doubt. (Note: Soda Springs features in a ...
  1 week ago

• Thanksgiving, Leadville 1879

  
  The Silver Rush Mysteries — Authority: 120
  A surfeit of turkey and company delayed me a couple of days from posting this tidbit from the Leadville Evening Chronicle, November 16, 1879: THANKS To-morrow is Thanksgiving. All banks will be closed. The Postoffice will be closed. The hospitals will be remembered. All the newspaper offices will be closed. ...
  1 week ago

• Snowshoe Racing Season Starts Sunday

  
  Colorado MoJo — Authority: 127
  It’s mud season on Front Range foothills trails, so that means it must be snowshoe racing season in the mountains. The first race is this weekend: the Gobbler Chase 5K at Copper. Racing Underground maintains a good calendar of most snowshoe races around the state, including the state championships (January 17 at ...
  1 week ago

• Words to write by... #4

  
  The Silver Rush Mysteries — Authority: 120
  Two quotes today, taken from a letter that George Elder wrote from Leadville on September 24, 1879, to his mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time, George had recently moved to Leadville, hoping to make his way as a lawyer. (Aside: There were many many lawyers in Leadville... about 150 in 1880, according to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Study Shows Viagra Enhances Cyclists Performance at Altitude

  
  Singletracks Mountain Bike Blog — Authority: 422
  So this is actually an old study (2006) but I just read some commentary about this over on seriousrunning.com this week. Apparently cyclists who took Viagra as part of a study increased performance (cycling, that is) by up to 45% at high altitudes. Not everyone in the study showed signs of improvement but for those ...
  2 weeks ago

• Race Across the Sky: Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race movie

  
  Days of Speed and Slowtime Mondays — Authority: 117
  I went to see this movie last night primarily because Jonny wanted to go.  I had a vague idea that it was about the Leadville 100, wasnt even sure if it was the mountain bike race or the running race .  Its got lots a beautiful footage of the mountains around Leadville, was all Jonny told me.  I agreed to go ...
  3 weeks ago

• Race Across the Sky Encore this Thursday, Nov. 12

  
  Singletracks Mountain Bike Blog — Authority: 422
  In case you hadn’t heard yet, there’s an encore presentation of Race Across the Sky, the movie about Lance Armstrong’s epic battle with Dave Wiens in the Leadville 100 MTB race this year, on Thursday, Nov. 12 at theaters across the US. Check out our recap of the movie if you want to know more and buy your ...
  3 weeks ago

• Race Across the Sky: Coming to Hampton! Thursday Night!!!

  
  Foto by Wes — Authority: 112
  Race Across The Sky, the Leadville 100 documentary, will be showing this Thursday night at the Hampton AMC Theatres! Im ordering my tickets now- the last bike film I saw in the theater was "The Triplets of Belleville."
  3 weeks ago

• Race Across the Sky Encore this Week

  
  UltraRob's Adventures — Authority: 421
  The Race Across the Sky movie about the Leadville 100 mountain bike race was sold out at many theaters for its one night showing a few weeks ago. Due to its popularity, its being shown again this Thursday, November 12th. I enjoyed and you can read my Race Across the Sky review to find out more. You can enter your ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rebecca Rusch: Leadville 100 Winner and 24 Hour Champ

  
  Singletracks Mountain Bike Blog — Authority: 422
  Rebecca Rusch wins the 2009 Leadville 100 Back in September I got a chance to chat with 2009 Leadville winner and 2-time 24 Hour Solo World Champion Rebecca Rusch about racing, training, and mountain bike trails. Meeting Rusch for the first time I was instantly struck by how friendly she comes across despite being ...
  4 weeks ago

• Race across the sky

  
  NorthGeek — Authority: 116
  New York City Marathon. Hawaii Ironman. Badwater Ultramarathon. Tour de France. Atlantic Rowing Race. These are known as some of the greatest tests out there for what you’re made of. A new event rising to the ranks is the Leadville 100 , a mountain bike journey through Colorado. Want to be inspired? Check out ...
  4 weeks ago

• Race Across the Sky: The Leadville Trail 100

  
  The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog — Authority: 477
  Below is a trailer for a limited release movie about the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. This was a significant race as it marked Lance Armstrongs return to Colorado after finishing second the year before to Dave Wiens, a six-time winner of the race. The race starts from the historic mining town of ...
  5 weeks ago

• Leadville 100 Movie - Race Across the Sky Review

  
  UltraRob's Adventures — Authority: 421
  Last night was the showing of the Race Across the Sky which is about the 2009 Leadville 100 mountain bike race. The movie was sold out in many locations across the country. It was planned as a one night showing but because of its popularity, there is going to be an encore on November 12th, 2009. There were 1400 ...
  6 weeks ago

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