The Hardrock 100 ended this morning at 6 a.m.  several runners made the cut-off by only minutes.  Both runners from Manitou Springs made it considerably before the cut-off.  Neal Taylor, the caretaker of Barr Camp,  finished 17th at 5:18 Saturday.  I ran with him for the last 17 miles and it was some of the most spectacular stuff I’ve ever seen, both in terms of scenery and the audacity of the course’s climbs and drops.

Jon Teisher finished much later, at 12:55 a.m. His crew quickly provided him with a PBR and a cigar. I’m pretty sure he was too tired to enjoy that cigar.

Here are some photos from Neal tackling the last 16 miles.

Climbing to Buffalo Boy Ridge, 13,100… 

 The other side of the ridge, looking out at the Weminuche Wilderness…

After droping down to 10,400 feet, starting a climb back to 13,000 feet. The trail essentially goes up the waterfall.

At 13,000 feet on Little Giant, ready for the 4,000-foot plunge to the finish line… 

Running into Silverton, 36 hours after the start…

Jon Teisher, a.k.a. JT, a.k.a Brownie, a.k.a. the man, observing cocktail hour seconds after finishing just before 1 a.m… 

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