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EVENT REPORT HARDROCK 100CLIMBING TOWARDS GRANR SWAMP PASS WITH ISLAND LAKE IN THE BACKGROUNDPHOTOGRAPH | ASUZA HATAKEYAMAHARDROCK 100BY TIM ADAMSHardrock 2014 : After a lacklustre 2013 whichinvolved moving house and then DNFing The BearI was hoping to make 2014 more successful.Build up: Two weeks before race day Azusa and Iflew out to Denver before heading to Aspen to meetup with fellow Brit Stuart Air who was also racing.Stuart had already been out for a few days and hadbeen camping at altitude already, but we manageda couple of run/hikes. The scenery is simplystunning everywhere you look in Colorado. Weheaded straight to Silverton and got stuck instraight away on the trail marking.Tim AdamsTwitter@vamosprabaladaHardrock 100 ResultFinish Time41hrs 9minsFinish Positon52/100 FinishersAn early start the next morning and we met atCharlie’s house in the morning chill in what becamea daily routine. Grab a coffee and head to the hills.Azusa had spent the last 3 months locked uprevising for her vet finals so the first day trailmarking was always going to be a challenge notonly with the mountains but also the altitude. I hadspent the last 2 months in an altitude tent which Ithink did help. Trail marking is a great way to enjoythe scenery, meet some of the other runners andsee the course. It is very relaxed and there is plentyof time to take photos. I knew most of the coursepretty well from last time and ‘revising’ on googleearth.It was great seeing familiar faces around town andthen at the briefing. There was noticeably morebuzz around town this year with so many elites38 ULTRA TALES | OCTOBER 2014Sponsored by thehttp://