After finishing third in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic’s short track race on Friday and second in the road race on Saturday, Howard Grotts dominated the pro men’s mountain bike race on Sunday to fini.
Durango Farmers Market opens for the season from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. Ninth St.
Live music will be provided by Jolie, a local band playing a French/Canadian spi.
Highlight of the Week
The Durango Farmers Market is back with its 2022 season. The opening day celebration is from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the TBK Bank parking lot. Live music will be provided.
Steve Ilg gets vertical to end 2020
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Steve Ilg gets vertical to end 2020 Durango’s Steve Ilg climbs the south rib of Hogsback in December on one of his outings during the Merry Vertmas race held by Aravaipa Running. Courtesy of Steve Ilg Escuchar en Español:
Steve Ilg spent his final month of 2020 going uphill over and over again.
Ilg, one of Durango’s famed mountain athletes, tackled the Merry Vertmas race put on by Aravaipa Running out of Arizona. In this virtual challenge, athletes logged all of their vertical feet climbed from Dec. 1-25. Ilg would log 87,915 feet of vertical gain across 182.8 miles during the 25-day effort. He spent a total time of 2 days, 7 hours across 40 different uphill efforts.