That being the case, I've listed the names that I would say are contenders for top-10 overall.
It's always fun to size up the competition beforehand, and I want to know your opinions/guesses, too. If I'm missing anyone, I'll add them to the pool and once we get enough names and time guesses, I'll shoot out my top-10 prediction.
In no particular order:
- Ryan Burch (Overdue for a killer 100 miler performance.)
- Duncan Callahan (2 time LT100 winner, but not on list... hmmm.)
- Dylan Bowman (Top-3 last year.)
- Brendan Tremboli (First 100-miler.)
- Dan Vega (2nd to Carpenter in 2005.)
- Harry Harcrow (Numerous top-10's at Leadville.)
- Neal Gorman (Top-5 last year.)
- Patrick Garcia (First 100-miler.)
- Tim Parr (2009 LT100 winner.)
- Marco Peinado (Lives in Leadville. Overdue for a strong 100 finish.)
- Ryan Sandes (Apparently runs with the big dogs overseas.)
- Michael Arnstein (Fast on flatter terrain. Just won the Vermont 100.)
- Lynette Clemons (3rd fastest womens time ever in 2009.)
- Brian Fischer (Has broken 20 hours at Leadville before.)
- Bob Africa (Looks strong from his past results.)
- Zach Crandall (2011 Leadville Marathon winner.)
- Jeff Browning (Numerous 100 mile victories.)
- Allen Belshaw (Has a nice resume with a handful of race victories thrown in.)
- John Anderson (Fast Boulder guy.)
- Tim Long (Strong and consistent. Been personally beaten by him before.)
- Dan Barger (Top-10 at WS100 this year at age 45.)
- Oz Pearlman (Really fast 50 mile guy.)
- Bob Sweeney (Ultrarunning veteran.)
- Me (Broke 20 hours last year.)
