Garden of the Gods 10 Mile and 10k Photos

June 16th, 2016

Garden of the Gods 10 Mile and 10k

On Sunday I went out to Garden of the Gods to the Garden of the Gods 10 Mile and 10k running race. I shot a bunch of photos. You can see a few below and there are links to 4 sets of photos.

Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4

Big Horn Sheep

April 24th, 2016

Big Horn Sheep

One of the cool things about living near the mountains in Colorado Springs is that we frequently see wildlife. The office I work in is right against the foothills north of Garden of the Gods. There’s a herd of big horn sheep living in the area of the old Queens Canyon Quarry.

Occasionally some of the big horn sheep come down on the ridge behind work and along 30th street. Most of the time they are high up on top the ridge but occasionally they come down lower. On April 21st, 2016, 14 of the rams were out on the ridge behind work and I was able to get some photos of them.

Dirty Du Run Photos 2014

November 7th, 2014

Dirty Du Run 2014

The 2014 Dirty Du was in Ute Valley Park last Saturday. It started with a 5k run, followed by 9 miles of mountain bike and ending with another run on the 5k course. There were options to do it was an individual or on a team as a relay. Race results are here.

I went over and shot photos of the race. Here are some photos from the run portions. The full Dirty Du run photo set is here. The Dirty Du mountain bike photo set is here. You can purchase digital downloads or prints.

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Dirty Du Bike Photos 2014

November 3rd, 2014

Dirty Du Mountain Bike 2014

The 2014 Dirty Du was in Ute Valley Park on Saturday. It started with a 5k run, followed by 9 miles of mountain bike and ending with another run on the 5k course. There were options to do it was an individual or on a team as a relay. Race results are here.

I went over and shot photos of the race. Here are some photos of the mountain bike portion. The full Dirty Du mountain bike photo set is here. You can purchase digital downloads or prints.

I’ll have run photos posted in the next few days.

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Pikes Peak South Slope Finally Opens for Few Days

October 3rd, 2014

Mason Reservoir On Pikes Peak South Slope

Pikes Peak South Slope open to public first time in 100 years this weekend and next Thur-Sun before it closes for the winter. A permit must be purchased before going or they won’t let you through the gate. Permits are $15 per vehicle for up to 8 people. Get the details on the Colorado Springs website.

I did a guided hike 4 years ago and have Pikes Peak South Slope photos and post here.

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Manitou Incline Work Day Sept 13, 2014

September 10th, 2014

Manitou Incline to Barr Trail Connector

This Saturday, September 13, will be the first of 3 work days this fall for the Manitou Incline. The other 2 are October 11th and November 1st.

Manitou Incline Repair WorkTimberline Landscaping is doing the hard work on the Incline while it’s closed for repairs through the end of November/early December. They’ve been using a helicopter to move heavy equipment and material up to the steep part of the Incline.

This first work day for volunteers will be on the trail that connects the top of the Incline to Barr Trail. This connector trail has been a social trail with serious erosion issues and multiple paths. The social trails will be closed and a new sustainable trail will be built.

Participants must be 12 years or older, anyone under 18 must have a guardian accompany them during the workday. Check-in/late registration the morning of will begin at 7:30 a.m., in the Barr Parking Lot. The project will begin at 8 AM and end at 3:30 PM. Please come prepared to work the entire day and hike 3 miles up Barr Trail to the project work site.

Tools will be provided and brought to the project work site by staff. You will need to bring and hike with your own gloves, water, hat, sunscreen and lunch.

You can sign up by going to the Colorado Springs Parks and Rec volunteer page and searching with the keyword “incline”. The direct link for the September 13 work day is here

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Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb Photos

August 28th, 2014

Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb 2014

I now have my 2014 Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photos online. Prints or digital downloads can be purchased. For more about the race and ride, see my post from a couple days ago.

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Bone Chilling Pikes Peak Hill Climb

August 25th, 2014

Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb 2014

Yesterday was the Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb. The Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb includes both a USAC race and a timed citizens ride. The cycling hill climb starts the same place as the auto hill climb. The course climbs over 4,700 feet in 12 miles to the summit of Pikes Peak at 14,115.

I helped hand out timing chips at the start line and then shot photos up on the mountain once the USAC race started. The weather at the start was similar to the past years but ominous clouds were building over the summit.

Once I headed up the mountain, I encountered strong winds and it got worse the higher I drove. Clouds were blowing throw so I was having trouble finding a well lit spot for shooting photos. Riders were getting blown around on the road by the wind gusts.

When I was shooting photos, I was shivering and kept jumping up and down in an attempt to stay a little warmer. At the last spot I stopped to shoot photos just before the summit, there was fog and the rocks were covered in ice.

Although the riders were working hard going up, I could only imagine how cold they were as some of them were in shorts and short sleeves. Although many riders sent warm clothes to the top for the ride down, they didn’t have warm enough clothes and were concerned about get blown around on the way down. The race organizers and whomever could shuttled people back down to the start where the weather was a pretty typical August day.

In spite of the weather, I shot a large number of photos. Prints and digital downloads are available on my Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photo page. You can also check out my 2013 Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb photos.

Top 5 Men Pro/1/2

  1. LeRoy Popowski 1:14:21
  2. Emerson Oronte 1:16:14
  3. Christopher Carr 1:17:32
  4. Ian London 1:19:54
  5. Kalan Beisel 1:21:36

Women Pro/1/2

  1. Annie Toth 1:32:28
  2. Lindsey Knast 1:37:21
  3. Sue Stokes 1:42:56
  4. Andrea Koenig 2:09:28

Complete results on BRAC website

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USA Pro Challenge in Garden of the Gods

August 22nd, 2014

USA Pro Challenge in Garden of the Gods

I had fun watching and shooting photos of some of the USA Pro Challenge in Garden of the Gods yesterday. I missed seeing one of the laps because of a phone call for work. It’s always amazing to see how fast the pros are when they’re going all out.

Top 5 for Stage 4

  1. Elia Viviani
  2. Martin Kohler
  3. Serghei Tvetcov
  4. Tyler Magner
  5. Kiel Reijnen

Full Stage 4 Results

Top 5 Overall After Stage 4

  1. Tejay van Garderen
  2. Rafal Majka
  3. Ben Hermans
  4. Tom Danielson
  5. Serghei Tvetcov

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USA Pro Challenge Race Numbers 2014

August 21st, 2014

2012 USA Pro Challenge Passes Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods

The USA Pro Challenge is doing a circuit race in Colorado Springs today. It starts at the Broadmoor and then is doing 4 laps through Garden of the Gods and downtown. It should make for some good spectating.

The top standings overall going into today’s USA Pro Challenge stage 4 are as follows

  1. Tejay van Garderen
  2. Rafal Majka
  3. Ben Hermans
  4. Tom Danielson
  5. Serghei Tvetcov

It took me a bit to track down the race numbers so that I’d have a list to check while watching the race. I’ve posted the list below. A couple things to note, each team has a block of number and the team leader’s race bib ends with a 1.

Bib Name Team Country
1 Tejay van Garderen BMC USA
2 Brent Bookwalter BMC USA
3 Yannick Eijssen BMC Bel
4 Martin Kohler BMC Sui
5 Ben Hermans BMC Bel
6 Michael Schär BMC Sui
7 Peter Stetina BMC USA
8 Rick Zabel BMC Ger
11 Rafal Majka Tinkoff-Saxo Pol
12 Michael Rogers Tinkoff-Saxo Aus
13 Edward Beltran Suarez Tinkoff-Saxo Col
14 Rasmus Guldhammer Tinkoff-Saxo Den
15 Jesper Hansen Tinkoff-Saxo Den
16 Michael Mørkøv Tinkoff-Saxo Den
17 Bruno Pires Tinkoff-Saxo Por
18 Pawel Poljanski Tinkoff-Saxo Pol
21 Jens Voigt Trek Factory Racing Ger
22 Frank Schleck Trek Factory Racing Lux
23 Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing USA
24 Markel Irizar Aranburu Trek Factory Racing Esp
25 Laurent Didier Trek Factory Racing Lux
26 Hayden Roulston Trek Factory Racing NZI
27 Calvin Watson Trek Factory Racing Aus
28 Riccardo Zoidl Trek Factory Racing Aut
31 Thomas Danielson Team Garmin-Sharp USA
32 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle Team Garmin-Sharp Col
33 Thomas Dekker Team Garmin-Sharp Ned
34 Caleb Fairly Team Garmin-Sharp USA
35 Phillip Gaimon Team Garmin-Sharp USA
36 Alex Howes Team Garmin-Sharp USA
37 Ben King Team Garmin-Sharp USA
38 Gavin Mannion Team Garmin-Sharp USA
41 Ivan Basso Cannondale Ita
42 Cameron Wurf Cannondale Aus
43 Edward King Cannondale USA
44 Michel Koch Cannondale Ger
45 Alan Marangoni Cannondale Ita
46 Matej Mohoric Cannondale Slo
47 Cristiano Salerno Cannondale Ita
48 Elia Viviani Cannondale Slo
51 Leopold König Team NetApp-Endura Cze
52 David de la Cruz Melgarejo Team NetApp-Endura Esp
53 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp-Endura Pol
54 Patrick Konrad Team NetApp-Endura Aut
55 Tiago Machado Team NetApp-Endura Por
56 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes Team NetApp-Endura Por
57 Gregor Muhlberger Team NetApp-Endura Aut
58 Michael Schwarzmann Team NetApp-Endura Ger
61 Jai Crawford Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
62 Jonathan Cantwell Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
63 Jordan Kerby Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
64 Darren Lapthorne Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
65 Lachlan Norris Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
66 Adam Phelan Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
67 Bernard Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
68 Wesley Sulzberger Drapac Professional Cycling Aus
71 Lucas Euser UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling USA
72 Isaac Bolivar Hernandez UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Col
73 Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Aus
74 Benjamin Day UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Aus
75 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling USA
76 Jeffry Louder UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling USA
77 Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling USA
78 Daniel Summerhill UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling USA
81 Javier Megias Leal Team Novo Nordisk Esp
82 Kevin De Mesmaeker Team Novo Nordisk Bel
83 Joonas Henttala Team Novo Nordisk Fin
84 David Lozano Riba Team Novo Nordisk Esp
85 Scott Ambrose Team Novo Nordisk NZI
86 Aaron Perry Team Novo Nordisk NZI
87 Charles Planet Team Novo Nordisk Fra
88 Martijn Verschoor Team Novo Nordisk Ned
91 Jure Kocjan Team SmartStop Slo
92 Zachary Bell Team SmartStop Can
93 Rob Britton Team SmartStop Can
94 Joshua Berry Team SmartStop USA
95 Julian Kyer Team SmartStop USA
96 Eric Marcotte Team SmartStop USA
97 Travis McCabe Team SmartStop USA
98 Michael Torckler Team SmartStop NZI
101 Joseph Rosskopf Hincapie Sportswear Development USA
102 Chris Butler Hincapie Sportswear Development USA
103 Robin Carpenter Hincapie Sportswear Development USA
104 Oscar Clark Hincapie Sportswear Development USA
105 Joseph Lewis Hincapie Sportswear Development Aus
106 Tyler Magner Hincapie Sportswear Development USA
107 Toms Skujins Hincapie Sportswear Development Lat
108 Dion Smith Hincapie Sportswear Development NZI
111 Hugh Carthy Rapha Condor JLT GBr
112 Graham Briggs Rapha Condor JLT GBr
113 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor JLT GBr
114 Richard Handley Rapha Condor JLT GBr
115 Kristian House Rapha Condor JLT GBr
116 Tom Moses Rapha Condor JLT GBr
117 Elliott Porter Rapha Condor JLT GBr
118 Daniel Whitehouse Rapha Condor JLT NZI
121 Carter Jones Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
122 Ryan Anderson Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies Can
123 Jesse Anthony Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
124 Alexander Candelario Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
125 Mike Friedman Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
126 Bjorn Selander Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
127 Tom Zirbel Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
128 Scott Zwizanski Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies USA
131 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home Col
132 Stephen Leece Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
133 Matt Cooke Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
134 Ian Crane Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
135 Ben Jacques-Maynes Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
136 Carson Miller Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
137 Luis Romero Amaran Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home Cub
138 Robbie Squire Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home USA
141 Serghei Tvetcov Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis Rou
142 Ian Burnett Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
143 Kirk Carlsen Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
144 Luis Enrique Davila Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis Mex
145 Steve Fisher Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
146 Johnathan Freter Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
147 Jacob Rathe Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
148 Fred Rodriguez Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis USA
151 Tanner Putt Bissell Development Team USA
152 Clement Chevrier Bissell Development Team Fra
153 Gregory Daniel Bissell Development Team USA
154 Daniel Eaton Bissell Development Team USA
155 James Oram Bissell Development Team NZI
156 Keegan Swirbul Bissell Development Team USA
157 Nathan Van Hooydonck Bissell Development Team Bel
158 Ruben Zepuntke Bissell Development Team Ger

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