Great article on the Denver Post highlighting Ned Overend and Matt Carpentar’s continual domination over the younger competition. Very inspirational and the reason why I love endurance sports it’s just not for the young guns and you can continue to improve with age.
Ned Overend and Matt Carpenter proved that by leading their three-man team to victory in the Teva Mountain Games’ ultimate mountain challenge.
Durango cycling legend Overend won the Games’ illustrious hill climb Sunday, besting his first-place time of last year by 30 seconds and racing up the 9.7-mile, 1,500-vertical foot climb up Vail Pass in a blistering 27 minutes, 29 seconds.
That’s an average pace of more than 21 mph on a nothing- but-uphill ride.
“When you are over 50, it’s always good to go faster than the year before,” said Overend, who turns 52 in August.
Carpenter, a 42-year-old ultra runner from Manitou Springs who rarely loses, skated through the Games’ 10K trail running championship in 45:23, finishing almost three minutes ahead of his closest competitor.
“There is a certain satisfaction there when you have more gray hairs than black,” said Carpenter, who won the Games’ 10K trail race last year. “It shows it still comes down to a lot of training and that experience pays off, especially on these kinds of courses.”
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