Alright dot watchers, the Colorado Trail Race is underway. Due to the pandemic, there wasn’t a mass start version of the race this year, everyone is doing it as an individual time trial. Northern Colorado has two racers currently on course, Jimi Killen and Marie Walsh. Both are westbound from Denver and will arrive in Durango some 500 miles later. 

You can track Jimi and Marie here: (warning, it’s very addictive) http://trackleaders.com/ctr20

Via http://www.climbingdreams.net/ctr/

Race Rules:

Race from Denver to Durango, self-supported, under only your own power, along the entire CTR route.

No pre-arranged support, with the exception of maildrops to a post office and only a post office.

Don’t break the law.

CTR Course Record History:

In 2007, the first CTR ran from Denver to Durango. We used the Tarryall Detour, but skipped the Tenmile range (segment 7) and rode Cinnamon Pass instead of Coney Summit (segment 22) and the old Pole Creek trail (segment 23). This same course was used for 2008. Although Owen Murphy rode this route in 4d08h45m, he missed a short 5 mile section, so the course records for this route are:

Male: 5d02h26m – Ethan Passant, 2008
Female: 7d01h46m – Trish Stevenson, 2008


In 2009, the course changed to use the Hwy-285 Detour through Bailey instead of Tarryall, as well as adding the Tenmile Range (segment 7), Coney Summit (segment 22), and the newly constructed, gorgeous Cataract Ridge (segment 23).
Male: 4d03h20m – Owen Murphy, 2009
3d23h38m – Jefe Branham, 2012
Female: 7d13h23m – Cat Morrison, 2009
6d05h30m – Eszter Horanyi, 2010
5d05h27m – Eszter Horanyi, 2011

In 2013, the course changed once again to use the long, mostly-gravel Tarryall Detour instead of US-285. The Tenmile Range and Coney/Cataract Segments were kept making the CTR as true to the actual Colorado Trail as possible for Mountain Bikes. In addition, we started from Durango in 2013. In future years, the start will alternate between Durango and Denver. The course records starting from Durango include the prologue from downtown Durango to the Junction Creek TH.
Male: 4d04h17m – Jefe Branham, 2013, Durango Start
4d09h55m – Neil Beltchenko, 2014, Denver Start
3d20h44m – Jesse Jakomait, 2015, Durango Start
3d19h40m – Neil Beltchenko, 2016, Denver Start
Female: 8d17h50m – Chrissy Nacos, 2013 ITT, Denver Start
5d15h36m – Jeannie Dreyer, 2015, Durango Start