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| Aspen Cross Country Running Event 2013 - Boy's Varsity Start (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
This annual event is named and run in memory of local aspen cross-country phenom, Chris Severy, who sadly died at the young age of 22 in a bicycle accident on Boulder, Colorado’s Flagstaff Road in 1998. Some years it has taken place in the warm Aspen fall sunshine, sometimes there has been rain - but this year we got snow!
Many teams, some from such faraway places as Denver and Ouray, Colorado competed in what has become a much anticipated annual cross-country running event.
Undaunted by the elements, the boys and girls, ranging from middle school age to high school seniors, gallantly negotiated the slick, snowy course in the meadows and hills adjacent to the Aspen schools.
Appropriately with the snow on the ground, skiing athletes from Basalt and Vail won the girls and boys varsity events respectively. All of the competitors seemed to give it their best effort as coaches, teammates and spectators cheered them on. Due to technical problems, we still don’t know who the team winners were.
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| Chris Severy Invitational Aspen Event - Boy's Varsity Winner (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
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| Chris Severy Invitational 2013 - Girl's Varsity Winner (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
On a side note, later that weekend we also got to see the fall colors on McClure pass and from Aspen Mountain via the graciously-provided free gondola rides provided by the Aspen Skiing Company.
I have never viewed the fall color extravaganza from either McClure pass or on Aspen Mountain from up above on the gondola, so both were quite a treat.
Here are a few photos:
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| Colorado Fall Colors from MCClure Pass - Mt Sopris (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
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| Colorado Fall Colors from McClure Pass (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
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| Fall Colors in Colorado - McClure Pass (Photo credit: richpalpine) |
Now that the Colorado school cross-country running season in Aspen is over it’s time to look forward to the winter Colorado cross-country skiing season - and on the same course as the Chris Severy Invitational.
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