From begin to end, each the lads’s and girls’s 2013 Hardrock 100 races had been dynamic and unpredictable. Two issues which might be all the time predictable in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, although, are gnarly terrain and the monsoon season, and I don’t suppose there’s a Hardrocker who escaped an honest dousing of mountain steepness and storms. However, in the long run, Sebastien Chaigneau (post-race interview) and Darcy Africa (post-race interview) emerged as victors among the many rigors of competitors and Mom Nature. Alongside the way in which, Seb additionally reset the counterclockwise path’s course file, which was beforehand 24:38 and held by the venerable Karl Meltzer (pre-race interview), who dropped this yr attributable to leg fatigue from racing the Western States 100 two weeks in the past.
The beginning of the 2013 Hardrock 100. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Along with this outcomes article, you’ll find our full play-by-play of the race in addition to a group of our pre-race interviews and preview on our Hardrock 100 Reside Protection web page.
As traditional, we’ll be updating this text with extra outcomes in addition to hyperlinks to Hardock 100-related articles, photograph galleries, and race studies. Depart a remark to tell us in case you come throughout any!
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2013 Hardrock 100 Males’s Race
Off the beginning line, France-born, Colorado-dwelling Joe Grant (pre-race interview) and Frenchman Seb ran collectively in Joe-leading-Seb-tucked-in-behind formation. Every time the pair encountered an assist station or path observers, they had been mentioned to have been chatting deeply in French. And, at occasions, one would watch for the opposite so they may proceed on collectively. The dynamic duo stayed paired till someplace earlier than the Ouray assist station at mile 56.6 the place Seb turned up first and assumed the lead for the remainder of the race. At Ouray, Joe adopted a brief distance behind however would finally drop from the race by returning to Ouray due to a number of bodily illnesses.
Seb and Joe chatting their method into Grouse Gulch. Picture: Dom Grossman
In the remainder of the sector, eventual second-place finisher and Colorado-based Troy Howard performed it cool and across the center of the top-ten males from the get go. As different males got here and went, Troy moved up slot-by-slot till he filed himself into his ultimate place on the Ouray assist station. From about Ouray to Telluride at mile 72, Troy ran at simply over 20 minutes behind Seb, making us all surprise if it will be a race for the win all the way in which to the end. However Seb accelerated after Telluride and created a powerful hole over Troy.
The steadiness of the rostrum included one other Coloradan, Scott Jaime, who ran sturdy all day and throughout the top-five for nearly your complete race. A few third of the way in which across the Hardrock course loop, Scott mentioned he’d by no means felt so good that far alongside in a 100-mile race. Evidently, he continued to really feel properly and he shifted into third place as others slipped again. The finishes of Seb, Troy, and Scott made this yr’s males’s race an all masters podium.
Scott Jaime coming into Maggie Gulch. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Lowland Cali expertise Chris Value confirmed high-altitude racing prowess for the primary time within the San Juans, ending a powerful fourth place. And the fifth by means of tenth-place males every confirmed all-day smarts, most of them working conservatively, place-wise, to start with and staying sturdy when others faltered.
Chris Value after ending the 2013 Hardrock 100. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2013 Hardrock 100 Males’s Outcomes
- Sebastien Chaigneau (The North Face) – 24:25:50 (counterclockwise course file; previous file, Karl Meltzer 24:38, 2009) (pre-race and post-race interviews)
- Troy Howard – 25:20:09 (post-race interview)
- Scott Jaime (Pearl Izumi) – 26:38:43
- Chris Value (INKnBURN) – 26:51:13
- Ted Mahon – 28:19:27
- Nick Coury (Aravaipa Operating) – 28:50:38
- Jared Campbell (La Sportiva) – 29:32:47
- Jason Poole – 29:41:11
- Adam Hewey (Seven Hills Operating Store) – 29:55:57
- Jonathan Robinson – 30:41:39
All however one among this millennium’s counterclockwise course winners: Scott Jurek (’07), Sebastien Chaigneau (’13), and Karl Meltzer (’03, ’05, ’09). Solely lacking Julien Chorier (’11). Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2013 Hardrock 100 Girls’s Race
Oh Diana Finkel, how fickle this race is for you. Coloradan Diana shot off the beginning line, discovering herself immediately within the prime 10 total and the highest 5 by Grouse Gulch assist station at mile 42.1. The multiple-time winner even spent a while in third place total throughout the race’s second third. However when she arrived to Telluride at mile 72, she was starting to look wobbly. As in comparison with her working friends, her tempo dropped noticeably till mile 88 on the KT assist station the place she was slowed to a DNF halt. Finkel has a severe historical past with racing-related kidney points that took her out of the 2012 race and made her very unwell after the 2010 race, however we don’t but know what finally led to this yr’s drop.
Diana Finkel getting some silent props from Brett Gosney in Cunningham Gulch. Picture: Nick Triolo
Two different D’s as a substitute fill out the entrance of the ladies’s subject, Darcy Africa of Colorado and Darla Askew of Oregon. Darcy ran because the second-place lady all day, till Diana dropped at mile 88 and he or she assumed the lead. Although she received the race, I don’t suppose Darcy would name this her finest day. As early as Grouse Gulch at mile 42.1, she famous troubles together with her uphill working and mountaineering. However Darcy is named a better and this race was no totally different; she turned up her effort within the final 20 miles and throughout her return to the Silverton begin/end line.
And Darla gave the impression to be an excellent steam practice chugging down the tracks simply behind Darcy all day. It must also be famous that Darla smiled the entire method, I feel, a constructive presence all around the race course. That is Darla’s second end and a two hour, 43-minute enchancment over her third-place end final yr, on what most Hardrockers name the tougher, counterclockwise path.
Darla Askew on a beeline to kiss The Hardrock. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2013 Hardrock 100 Girls’s Outcomes
- Darcy Africa (Hoka One One) – 29:54:55 (pre-race and post-race interviews)
- Darla Askew (Drymax) – 31:09:52 (post-race interview)
- Betsy Nye – 36:46:42
- Sarah McCloskey – 36:51:03
- Betsy Kalmeyer – 39:48:40
Darcy Africa below the quilt of darkness at Ouray. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2013 Hardrock 100 Articles, Race Experiences, and Extra
Articles and Picture Galleries
- iRunFar’s race day Fb photograph albums: Begin, Cunningham Gulch (mile 9.2), Maggie Gulch (mile 15.3), Sherman (mile 28.7), Grouse Gulch (mile 41.2), Bear Creek Path (mile 53-ish), Ouray (mile 56.6), Governor Basin (mile 64.5), KT and Mineral Creek (miles 89 and 98), and End, and Awards Ceremony
Matt Trappe’s photograph album[broken link removed]- Our video of this yr’s Hardrock 100 begin
- Drymax’s Fb photograph albums from Cunningham Gulch and Grouse Gulch
- Get Prepared For – Hardrock 100 Teaser Video (Seb Chaigneau’s video collection)
- No Foolin’: Hallucinations A part of the Hardrock Expertise – Durango Herald
- A Lengthy Run to Kiss the Hardrock – Durango Herald
- Durango Herald Picture Album
- Seb Chaigneau Conquista las Américas Llevándose la Hardrock 100 (Spanish)
- Victoire de Sébastien Chaigneau sur la Hardrock 100 (French)
- iRunFar’s pre-race video interviews with Darcy Africa and Seb Chaigneau
- iRunFar’s post-race interviews with Seb Chaigneau and Darcy Africa
- iRunFar’s ending movies of Seb Chaigneau, Darcy Africa, and the inspiring Adam Hewey
- iRunFar’s post-race interviews with Darla Askew and Troy Howard
- Criss Furman’s Fb albums: “Hardrock” and “The Path Runners” (additionally Hardrock)
Ben Brashear’s photograph gallery[broken link removed]- Darcy Africa’s and Scott Jaime’s diet report from First Endurance
- AJW’s tribute to Scott Jaime
- Dakota Jones on pacing Troy Howard
Race Experiences
[Last Updated: 2/20/18]
Troy Howard within the instantaneous earlier than ending Hardrock. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell