Vapor Trail 125 - 2010

The ultra-endurance Vapor Trail 125 race started at 10PM on Saturday night in Salida Colorado at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The 125 mile course spends most of its time in the mountains of the Sawatch Range, and once it hits the first singletrack, it never drops below 9,000 feet until the last 8 miles. For most of the course, the elevation varies from 9,000 to a staggering 12,600, usually averaging around 10,500 feet. When the riders are done, they will have completed around 20,000 feet of cumulative climbing. I have ridden a good deal of the trail, and it can be taxing and difficult in daylight, and would be very ugly at night with lights.

Jeff Kerkove of Team Ergon won the race in a blistering 14:26, and Kevin Thomas came in a few minutes later in 2nd place with a 14:29, and about an hour afterward was Jonathan Davis in 3rd with a 15:20. Most of the rest of the riders completed in 16-19 hours, but a few stragglers are still riding as I post this!

My local Monument Colorado compatriot Brad Baker had to bail out at Monarch Pass due to health issues (sorry Brad), and he was unfortunately joined by quite a few others in the DNF and DNS category.

Congratulations to Jeff and all the rest of the racers, and big thanks to the organizers, sponsors and volunteers!

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Note: finish times listed are the time of day in the afternoon and evening when they finished

Vapor Trail 125 - 2010 Results

Rider Name-Bib#	Blanks Cabin	Cascade Aid	Snowblind CG Aid	Monarch Pass Aid	Marshall Pass Aid	FINISH
Jeff Kerkove-478	11:40	3:09	5:54	7:38	N/A	12:26
Kevin Thomas-498	11:28	3:09	6:53	7:31	N/A	12:29
Jonathan Davis-461	11:32	3:20	6:21	8:09	N/A	1:20
Max Nuttelman-485	11:31	3:12	6:11	7:59	N/A	1:43
Jarral Ryter-493	11:41	3:20	6:12	8:11	N/A	2:00
Greg Martin-481	11:32	3:14	6:19	8:00	N/A	2:03
Ezekiel Hersh-473	11:29	3:37	6:47	8:38	N/A	2:07
Adam Hoppe-474	11:34	3:27	6:39	8:38	N/A	2:17
Tim Kugler-480	11:29	3:15	6:37	8:27	N/A	2:18
Matt Turgeon-499	11:30	3:20	6:25	8:10	N/A	2:20
Scott Patterson-487	11:29	3:30	6:33	8:37	N/A	2:42
Bear Oliver-486	11:29	3:18	6:49	9:05	N/A	2:46
Cameron Brenneman-455	11:25	3:09	6:42	8:28	N/A	2:47
Andy Riemenschneider-491	11:36	3:43	7:08	9:10	N/A	3:01
Scott Morris-483	11:36	3:27	6:42	8:44	N/A	3:17
Matthew Steinwand-496	11:32	3:19	6:54	9:14	N/A	3:36
Matt Juth-477	11:38	3:36	7:06	9:10	N/A	3:36
Steven Yore-451	11:37	3:45	N/A	N/A	N/A	3:39
Stephen Carney-457	11:36	3:25	7:13	9:09	N/A	4:02
Andrew Carney-456	11:42	3:25	7:08	9:06	N/A	4:02
Jeff Hemperley-472	11:36	3:40	7:57	10:14	N/A	4:56
Shawn Gregory-468	11:37	3:33	7:57	N/A	N/A	4:56
Lucas Chandler-459	N/A	3:30	7:13	9:15	N/A	4:56
Brad Grohusky-469	11:36	3:28	7:31	9:47	N/A	5:13
Craig Nelson-484	11:36	3:40	8:02	10:11	N/A	6:20
Chris Miller-482	11:36	3:26	7:54	10:08	N/A	6:46
Eszter Horanyi-475	11:36	3:29	7:52	10:08	N/A	6:46
Nathan Friedman-465	11:40	4:04	8:41	10:58	N/A	7:07
Aaron Weinsheimer-500	11:33	4:19	8:13	10:15	N/A	7:07
Evan Ross-492	11:29	3:25	7:05	9:33	N/A	7:07
John Fulton-466	11:36	3:44	8:08	10:12	N/A	7:07
Todd Schweitzer-495	11:53	4:27	9:36	N/A	N/A	8:20
Thomas Ray-490	11:42	3:49	8:22	N/A	N/A	DNF
Jason Stubbe-497	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Andrew Forbes-464	11:41	3:59	8:43	X	N/A	DNF
Michael Schoenly-494	11:32	3:17	6:23	N/A	N/A	DNF
Tom Purvis-488	11:55	4:28	10:13	N/A	N/A	DNF
Ryan Hamilton-470	11:30	3:18	7:37	N/A	N/A	DNF
Brian Behn-453	11:37	4:43	9:49	N/A	N/A	DNF
Jordan Carr-458	11:36	3:18	6:23	N/A	N/A	DNF
Kent Davidson-460	11:54	4:52	10:08	N/A	N/A	DNF
Ed Ellinger-462	11:38	3:40	7:54	10:12	N/A	DNF
Brad Baker-452	11.42	4:09	9:25	N/A	N/A	DNF
Lenny Goodell-467	11:41	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Leslie Handy-471	11:41	3:58	8:34	N/A	N/A	DNF
Aaron Huckstep-476	11:33	3:30	7:55	10:19	N/A	DNF
Dave Kingsbury-479	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS