Imagine doing an activity you love with your friends, measuring your tenacity
while pushing your body to the limit, exploring the night, while traveling
through a beautiful area under a full moon!



The Wild West Relay is a 195-mile team relay race in Colorado designed for
runners of all abilities. Scheduled around the full moon in August, the second
annual running of the Wild West Relay will be Friday, August 19th - Saturday,
August 20th, 2005.

The relay begins next to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the historic
university town of Fort Collins, Colorado, and finishes in the beautiful ski and
summer resort town of Steamboat Springs. Much of this very scenic and remote
course runs through National Forests or along rural dirt roads. The route winds
through Roosevelt, Medicine Bow, and Routt National Forests, and through small,
mountain and ranching communities.



Team categories are divided into two main divisions: 12-person and Ultra
(6-person).



In the 12-person teams, each person runs three legs, each averaging 5.25 miles.
Categories include: men's, women's, mixed, open, and masters, but we've also
added the "Flatlanders" (all team member must live below 2500 ft.) and the "Hash
House Harriers (the red dress division).



Ultra Teams have two choices - "6 x 1" where each runner does one leg averaging
32 miles, and "6 x 6" where runners each run six legs in rotation like the
12-person teams.



The Wild West Relay has partnered with "FirstCall 211," an organization who
strives to enhance the lives of people by providing timely, accurate, and caring
community resource information and referral to community members and non-profit
organizations in the areas the relay runs through.



This will be a fun and organized event for all runners. An early registration
fee discount is in effect until March 31st.



If interested, please check out the relay website at www.WildWestRelay.com and
come "Get Your Ass Over the Pass!"





Paul Vanderheiden
Race Director



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