Kristen Lodge:
"How many athletes do you know enter two races in one day?
On Saturday, March 11, Granby resident Jim Howe, 48, raced in the Frisco Nordic Race, then drove to Vail to race the Wilson Cup at 5 p.m. He placed second in the Frisco race - sixth overall.
The following weekend he raced the 90K North Routt Coureur des Bois Nordic race — now called Glide the Divide — one of 100 toughest sport events in the world, according to organizers.
Glide the Divide started in 2005 and Howe has raced every year. Four times he completed the 45K race, and he's a three-time finisher of the 90K distance. The race starts at the Hahn's Peak Ranger Station northwest of Steamboat Springs and continues through Colorado State Park trails at Steamboat Lake State Park and through the Forest Service trails in North Routt and Medicine Bow.
Howe wanted to break five hours at the March 17 race; and he did.
He finished the grueling race in 4 hours and 54 minutes, a personal best - and 2nd in his age group: 40-49...." (Read more? Click title)
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