Press release from Altra Footwear. Altra Footwear is an ATRA Switchback Corporate Member.
The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is proud to announce a 3-year partnership with Altra Footwear.
Silverton, Colorado Tuesday December 1st , 2015 – Altra Footwear becomes a Diamond Level Partner and the exclusive footwear partner of the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run.
“We are thrilled to welcome Altra Footwear to the Hardrock family,” said Dale Garland, Race Director of the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. “We are excited for the long term commitment of Altra to Hardrock – we share similar values and ideals including the traditions that the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run were built upon.”
The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is looking forward to working together with Altra to create a mutually beneficial partnership that collectively will work towards providing value to Altra and enhancing the overall experience of the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run for all of the competitors.
“Altra Running is psyched to announce this partnership with the Hardrock 100 because it dovetails perfectly with our ‘Zero Limits’ mantra,” said Brian Beckstead, Altra co-founder and VP of sales and a 10-time 100-mile finisher, including completion of UTMB and Wasatch 100 in 2015. “Altra shoes are designed by runners, for runners who seek deep challenges with zero limits. The Hardrock 100 course has the difficulties to test the limits of elite athletes from around the world, and that’s what Altra is all about.”
About The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run:
Every July the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run is held in the scenic, yet rugged San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado. Beginning in 1992, The Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run remains to this day, dedicated to memory of those hardrock miners who made their living within the San Juan Mountains and connects the historic mining towns of Silverton, Ouray, Telluride and Lake City.
The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is an ultramarathon of 100.5 miles in length, plus 33,992 feet of climb and 33,992 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 67,984 feet, at an average elevation of over 11,000 feet. The race is held on a loop course on 4WD roads, dirt trails, and cross country in Southern Colorado’s San Juan Range, USA. This course offers a graduate level challenge for endurance runs. The course is designed to provide extreme challenges in altitude, steepness, and remoteness. Mountaineering, wilderness survival and wilderness navigation skills are as important in this event as your endurance.
About Altra Footwear:
Altra was created by founder Golden Harper and co-founders Brian Beckstead and Jeremy Howlett in 2011 in Orem, Utah.
The shoe’s unique FootShape™ toe box and Zero Drop™ sole was an immediate hit with the ultra-running community, who necessarily spend continuous hours on their feet. In fact, the origin of the name Altra was inspired by the trail shoes founder Harper “altered for ultra” running friends.
In just a little more than 4 years, Altra has catapulted to the third largest trail shoe brand in the Run Specialty channel and now has the 3 of the top 10 selling shoes in the industry, according to research from NPD. Altra’s Hardrock-ready shoes include the Superior, Lone Peak, and Olympus models, and all have Altra’s unique Gaiter Trap™ system to keep out those San Juan rocks!
Altra’s distinctive shoes have been award-winners from the beginning, when the Altra Instinct, the brand’s very first shoe, won Best Debut from Runner’s World. Altra’s shoes have won Editor’s Choice from Runner’s World, Trail Runner, Competitor and garnered rave reviews from Outside, Women’s Running, Women’s Health, SELF, and running websites around the world.
Find Altra on social media: @AltraRunning
You may also learn, more about our run and see stunning photography of our event by visiting the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run home page at www.hardrock100.com
