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Colorado Crossing 8 Mile Race Report

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Colorado Crossing is a great race that attracted my attention as soon as I read the description.   The idea of crossing the Colorado River during a race sounds like a lot of fun.   In 2018, the river was low, although it did rise during race weekend, and we crossed it on foot, which was super fun. Colorado Crossing 2019  PC: JJustice Photography In 2018, it was a two day event and on the first day, I ran with a small group of friends.   It was a lot of fun running and crossing the river with them.   On the second day, I ran at race effort and was very happy with my time and finish position. Colorado Crossing 2018 Group  PC: Trail Racing Over Texas For 2019, I began a hard press of local friends to come do the race with me.   I sold them hard on the idea of crossing the river in boats (this year, the plan was to have boats no matter the river level) and running in a group.   I promised that no one would run this race alone unless that is what they specifically wa