On Saturday in Leadville, Colorado just under 2000 cyclists tackled 100 miles off-road racing with 12,000 feet of vertical gain at the 29th Leadville Trail 100, with 29 year-old gravel racer Keegan Swanson crushes the course record by 15 minutes.

“I was so short of the record (last year), so this year I just went all in, and if I blew up in the end, I blew up,” Swenson said via press release. “I didn’t want to just get the record by a few seconds, I wanted to make it mine. I just put my head down and gave it everything I had on my way back from Columbine. The conditions were good, the course was fast and tacky, there was a little bit of wind and some rain, but the boys were rolling and everyone was down to ride.”

30 year-old Sofia Gomez Villafane not only finished Leadville for the first time, she won the women’s race in 7:09:48, followed closely by Ruth Winder at 7:11:12 and Alexis Scarda in 7:19:03.

“At the bottom of the Boulevard, l looked back and thought, I’m pretty sure that’s Ruth Winder coming for me,” Villafane said afterwards. “I guess this is where my training kicks in — let’s see what kind of 15 minute effort I can do to the finish line to not only finish Leadville for the first time but to finish in the first spot.”

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