Category: Endurance Sports
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The Leadville 100 — Learning to Endure the Mountains Leadville, Colorado | 1983, 1984, 1988 In 1983, Ted lined up for one of the toughest endurance races in America — the Leadville 100. One hundred miles through the Colorado Rockies meant relentless climbs, icy stream crossings, thin air, and strict cut-off times. Runners who didn’t…
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Eco-Challenge — When Teamwork Became the Toughest Test By 1995, Ted had climbed mountains, crossed oceans, and pushed his body through limits most people never approach. But the Eco-Challenge would test something very different — and far less predictable. This wasn’t just a race. It was a 300-mile, nonstop, multi-sport survival challenge that had to…
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Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro – 1986 Before Ted ever set foot on Africa’s tallest mountain, he had to conquer a different peak — his fear of flying. Years earlier, Ted had been on an Air National Guard plane that suddenly lost cabin pressure. Passengers became violently ill, and Ted ended up in a San Antonio hospital,…
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Running for a Cause For Ted Epstein, running was never just about miles.It was about meaning. The Freedom Run — 1985 In 1985, Ted ran more than 100 miles in the Freedom Run, an event sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League to support Ethiopian Jews seeking freedom and safety. It was one of the first times…
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Run Across Siberia — 1989 Forty Miles a Day Through the Edge of the World In the summer of 1989, Ted Epstein set out on one of the most unusual runs of his life — not around a track, not through a city, but across the vast wilderness of Siberia. He had read about an…
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The Return of the Six-Day Race Most runners measure their races in hours.A few measure them in days.Ted Epstein stepped into a world where the clock ran for nearly a week. The Six-Day race — one of the most punishing endurance events in history — dates back to the 1800s. Athletes once walked or ran…
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The Run That Started Everything Ted didn’t set out to become an endurance athlete. It began almost by accident. He and Vivian were guests at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, visiting their friend Dr. Michael Cherington. After breakfast one morning, Ted and Michael decided to jog around the hotel’s lake — three quarters of…