{"id":1242,"date":"2016-09-14T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T02:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2016-09-14T21:52:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T02:52:10","slug":"in-steamboat-getting-ready-to-chase-the-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"In Steamboat, getting ready to chase the Rabbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who and what is the rabbit? \u00a0It&#8217;s a trail race in Steamboat Springs, CO. \u00a0This race should be the most\u00a0difficult event I&#8217;ve ever done. \u00a0It runs in the mountains around Steamboat and follows about 8 miles of paved road, 68 miles of trails and the rest rough jeep roads. Total is\u00a0102.9 miles, 20,191 ft. ascent and 20,191 ft. descent. \u00a0 I have 36 hours to do it.<\/p>\n<p>I got to Steamboat yesterday and immediately started following the course up the ski hill. \u00a0Half way up, I got rained on as you can see from the pictures below. \u00a0I was only gone from Colorado for a week, but the leaves have really changed colors quickly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1241 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3132-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3132\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3132-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3132-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3132-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3132-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1239 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3128-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3128\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3128-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3128-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3128-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3128-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hill below is part of the beginning and ending climb. \u00a0There are no switchbacks in this part, it&#8217;s straight up and straight down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1236 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3134-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3134\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3134-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3134-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3134-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3134-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way up the hill, I met another runner. \u00a0His name is Walt and he was also checking out the course. \u00a0We ended up meeting today and hiking another part of the course. \u00a0Coincidentally, the same trail I just left, The Continental Divide Trail, is part of the course and we hiked on it today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1237 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3136-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3136\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3136-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3136-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3136-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3136-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More views of the colors from the course below<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1238 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3137-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3137\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3137-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3137-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3137-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3137-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1240 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3140-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"img_3140\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3140-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3140-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3140-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skelmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3140-624x351.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 625px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 625\/352;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who and what is the rabbit? \u00a0It&#8217;s a trail race in Steamboat Springs, CO. \u00a0This race should be the most\u00a0difficult event I&#8217;ve ever done. \u00a0It runs in the mountains around Steamboat and follows about 8 miles of paved road, 68 miles of trails and the rest rough jeep roads. Total is\u00a0102.9 miles, 20,191 ft. ascent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-runs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}