"As fascinating as the races themselves... the definitive telling." -- Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure
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"Lazarus Lake may be a sadist, but he isn’t a simple trickster... Wonderful book." -- Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic
Laz made Utah this morning. Heading back soon for ARFTA.
📸 John Clarke
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Laz has passed Montrose. Heading west. "I try not to stop for anything!"
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"The pain state." That's what Laz has renamed Colorado. Two more big climbs before Montrose, and he believes he can get past them today. Yesterday's highlight was a bear climbing a tree with the ease of a cat.
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Laz made Marshall Pass a few days ago. Back on Highway 50, heading west.
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"I saw the 'chain up' sign... it means the play climbs are over." Laz is headed up toward Marshall Pass. Currently just below 10,000ft. Five miles now to pass.
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Laz has made Salida, Colorado. Bigger climbs to come!! Weeks away from turning 71, he's pressing forward on his third walk across America and second Trans-Con.
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"This sun at altitude has the pavement so hot that it is cooking my feet inside my shoes." Laz lost ground again yesterday against his daily mileage goal but made it one mile farther than the day before.
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Laz has started to climb... slowly making his way toward Monarch Mountain, Colorado.
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LAZ is on the move, again!! His walk across America continues just outside Pueblo, Colorado.
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Laz may reach Pueblo, today. Yesterday, this beautiful horse followed him the length of her field.
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At first, they were like clouds hovering the horizon, till Laz realized they were the snow-capped Spanish Peaks of Colorado!! Made La Junta, yesterday.
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Laz has a little over 100 miles to Pueblo, Colorado. A sign at the end of the day that a pot of gold awaits.
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Laz made Colorado - hit Holly and heading for Granada. Started last year on the East coast. 2 miles an hour. Doesn't smoke on the uphills.
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Laz is less than 50 miles from Colorado. His walk across America from East to West marches on at two miles an hour.
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Laz - a dot against a vast landscape of prairie and sky. His yellow vest inches toward Colorado on his quest to walk across the continent at 70.
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LAZ made Dodge city yesterday on his walk across America but came to a fork in the road...
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"It felt like someone was burning it off with a welding torch." A morning spent fixing a toe problem kept Laz out of Dodge. He hopes to make it today. Pushing on!!
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Laz may make Dodge City, today if he doesn'tget distracted. He stopped for a while yesterday to take in this roadside menagerie on Elm Street...
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LAZ is on the road again, walking across the country. A brief return to Tennessee for his Strolling Jim 40, and now back to where he left off in Kansas. 112 miles to the Colorado border. 💥
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"the first objective on any transcon is to not die!" --- With that, Laz has ended this latest leg of #lazcon to be picked up again after Strolling Jim.
Laz's thoughts: "this is the day i bailed...
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temporarily!"
Dodging rain and wild drivers, Laz has reached the city limits of Haviland, Kansas. 55 miles to Dodge. 💯 🏃♂️ 👍
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Laz has reached Pratt, Kansas. About 75 miles short of Dodge City...
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Laz packed it in early, yesterday. So far, he's made 304 miles in 14 days. He's slowed in week two. His hope was to make Dodge City this trip...
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Another welfare check from law enforcement. All good. Laz heading into Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and a 95-degree day.
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Laz made it to Attica, yesterday. 10 miles to Sharon, Kansas, and the Gypsum Hills.
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Laz made Anthony, Kansas, yesterday. It was the longest day so far for him. On toward Attica, Kansas.
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