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Runners make their way through Carter Park, Saturday, in the Independence Day 10k Trail Run in Breckenridge.
BRECKENRIDGE — The sun was barely popping over the peaks and dew still laced the grass in Carter Park, Saturday morning, when a little more than 350 people were running the trails in Breckenridge, climbing some 800 vertical feet in the third annual Independence Day 10k Trail Run.
“It's a good way to get out and get active before the Fourth of July (festivities),” race director Linsey Kach of the Town of Breckenridge said. “We had a great turnout of males, females — people of all ages. We had a lot of tourists, a lot of visitors came out and raced. It's really exciting.”
The course — which Kach described as “up, then up again” — began on High Street, ran straight out of Carter Park and up around the Moonstone Trail and back.
It was a course that Cripple Creek's Shawn Dubbs knows well, having finished in the top-three in each of the previous editions of the race. Regardless, he was a bit confused when he crossed the finish line in first place.
“I thought that someone was ahead of me,” he said with a shrug of his shoulders. “I was trailing someone and just trying to catch him. I guess I must have.”
Well, sort of.
The man he was chasing was Dennis Flanagan, who was in first for much of the race, that is, before he got lost.
“I was just looking at my feet while I was running,” Flanagan, a Breck resident, explained of the mistake. “It was a good race, though — battled all that uphill. … It's a grind, it wakes you up for sure.”
Regardless of how the win came, Dubbs was pleased with taking the top spot.
“Definitely happy about it,” Dubbs said. “That uphill part is pretty rough, but the course is very good.”
The winner on the women's side, Nan Kennard of Denver, wasn't overly concerned with the result as much as just the run itself.
“It was pretty cool, really beautiful,” she said. “A lot of climbing, though.”
The race nearly doubled its participation in past years, Kach said, and those involved felt it was a great way to kick off the holiday.
“A lot of people were out, it was a great course, whew, a lot of vertical (climbing),” Flanagan said. “It was a great way to start the day and get ready for a fun weekend.”
“It's a good way to get out and get active before the Fourth of July (festivities),” race director Linsey Kach of the Town of Breckenridge said. “We had a great turnout of males, females — people of all ages. We had a lot of tourists, a lot of visitors came out and raced. It's really exciting.”
The course — which Kach described as “up, then up again” — began on High Street, ran straight out of Carter Park and up around the Moonstone Trail and back.
It was a course that Cripple Creek's Shawn Dubbs knows well, having finished in the top-three in each of the previous editions of the race. Regardless, he was a bit confused when he crossed the finish line in first place.
“I thought that someone was ahead of me,” he said with a shrug of his shoulders. “I was trailing someone and just trying to catch him. I guess I must have.”
Well, sort of.
The man he was chasing was Dennis Flanagan, who was in first for much of the race, that is, before he got lost.
“I was just looking at my feet while I was running,” Flanagan, a Breck resident, explained of the mistake. “It was a good race, though — battled all that uphill. … It's a grind, it wakes you up for sure.”
Regardless of how the win came, Dubbs was pleased with taking the top spot.
“Definitely happy about it,” Dubbs said. “That uphill part is pretty rough, but the course is very good.”
The winner on the women's side, Nan Kennard of Denver, wasn't overly concerned with the result as much as just the run itself.
“It was pretty cool, really beautiful,” she said. “A lot of climbing, though.”
The race nearly doubled its participation in past years, Kach said, and those involved felt it was a great way to kick off the holiday.
“A lot of people were out, it was a great course, whew, a lot of vertical (climbing),” Flanagan said. “It was a great way to start the day and get ready for a fun weekend.”
