Quad Rock 2020 Race Report: Smokin' Hot
Anticipation I've been looking forward to running Quad Rock ever since I started trail running at Horsetooth Park outside of Fort Collins. The course runs over some of the best trails in Horsetooth and Lory Parks just outside of town. While it looked bleak earlier this year due to the pandemic, the race directors managed to jump through hoops to make it happen this year. There were many changes due to COVID including waved starts, masks at aid stations, limited spectators, and more, but the biggest change impacting the race its delay from May to August. Anyone who lives on the Front Range knows that those are two very different climates. Because of that, in the months leading up to the race I spent a lot more time running in the afternoon instead of the mornings to get acclimated with the heat. In the final week leading up to the race, my body was feeling as good as I could hope for coming off of the Never Summer 100K a few weeks prior. After a week or so off from running followin